# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at ZECO
> OSHA SIR `2021087175` · 8/23/2021 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **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:** ZECO
- **Location:** 2915 Nicholson Ave, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64120
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a product transfer hose. Sodium hydroxide splashed onto the employee's face, eyes, and torso. The employee sustained chemical burn to the eye(s).

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