# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Employer's Resources of Colorado
> OSHA SIR `2016021031` · 2/3/2016 · WATKINS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Chlorine, chlorine bleach
## Employer
- **Name:** Employer's Resources of Colorado
- **Location:** 39 deg 45' 45" N 104 deg 36' 8" W, WATKINS, COLORADO, 80137
- **NAICS:** 924110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 3rd, 2016, an employee was adding chlorine to the water and received chemical burns to the gastrointestinal tract from breathing in the chlorine gas.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*