# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at KIK Custom Products
> OSHA SIR `20190910172` · 9/28/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chlorine, chlorine bleach
## Employer
- **Name:** KIK Custom Products
- **Location:** 2921 Corder Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While on a ladder, an employee was going to do a line break on a 2-inch PVC line of bleach (16% sodium hypochlorite) in order to repair a leak. The line was 8 feet above the ground. When the 2-inch PVC  line was cut, the employee came in contact with the bleach, sustaining chemical burns on the upper body. The employee was hospitalized.

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