# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Bausch & Lomb
> OSHA SIR `20190910141` · 9/27/2019 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ingestion of harmful substance
- **Source:** Disinfectants
## Employer
- **Name:** Bausch & Lomb
- **Location:** 140 North Goodman, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14609
- **NAICS:** 333314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee picked up a beverage bottle that had previously fallen from a janitor's cart and drank from it. The bottle contained a blue liquid that was a disinfectant cleaning solution. The employee suffered chemical burns to the throat and esophagus and was hospitalized.

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