# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Cool Zone Inc,
> OSHA SIR `2022021319` · 2/11/2022 · NAPLES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ingestion of harmful substance
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** Cool Zone Inc,
- **Location:** 1918 Imperial golf Course Blvd, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 34110
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a residential HVAC system. The employee was provided an unlabeled bottle of drain cleaner (sodium hydroxide) which he mistook for a beverage and drank some of it resulting in chemical burns to the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines. The employee was hospitalized.

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