# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at CHEMTRON CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20201110625` · 11/10/2020 · AVON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** CHEMTRON CORPORATION
- **Location:** 35850 SCHNEIDER COURT, AVON, OHIO, 44011
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping clean out a pool of sodium hydroxide. While the employee was in the pool, the chemical entered the employee's boots (having broken the seal at the top of each boot) and burned the tops of the employee's feet. The employee was hospitalized.

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