# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Westby Cooperative Creamery
> OSHA SIR `2020010658` · 1/21/2020 · WESTBY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, 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:** Westby Cooperative Creamery
- **Location:** 401 S Main Street, WESTBY, WISCONSIN, 54667
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rinsing out chemical barrels when sanitizing chemicals mixed with phosphoric acid and produced chlorine gas. The employee inhaled the chlorine gas, suffering a chemical burn in the lungs.

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