# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Electro-Metallics Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021108479` · 10/1/2021 · MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Chlorine, chlorine bleach
## Employer
- **Name:** Electro-Metallics Inc
- **Location:** 3004 Lefferson Road, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, 45044
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were cleaning a hose that contained hydrochloric acid. After rinsing the hose, it was placed in a tank with bleach. Hydrochloric acid remaining on the hose reacted with the bleach, exposing the employees to chlorine gas that made it difficult to breathe. One employee was hospitalized for inhalation chemical burns.

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