# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Price Chopper Operating Co. of Massachusetts, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010378` · 1/14/2020 · SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Co-worker
- **Secondary source:** Sulfuric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** Price Chopper Operating Co. of Massachusetts, Inc.
- **Location:** 731 Boston Turnpike, SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01545
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee drank liquid from a water bottle. The employee sustained chemical burns to the lips, mouth, throat, and legs and was hospitalized. A coworker had intentionally substituted the injured employee's water bottle with a water bottle containing sulfuric acid.

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