# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at WestRock Company
> OSHA SIR `2021108945` · 10/17/2021 · EVADALE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chlorine, chlorine bleach
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock Company
- **Location:** 1913 Farm to Market 105, EVADALE, TEXAS, 77615
- **NAICS:** 333243
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a copy machine. While trying to open the filter compartment to finish the cleaning by rinsing with water, the pressure exerted on the lid caused a solution with possible traces of a sodium hypochlorite to spray into the employee's eyes, resulting in eye irritation that required hospitalization.

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