# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Vargas Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022064824` · 6/4/2022 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vargas Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 4414 S Evans, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60653
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 4, 2022, at 1:00 PM, an employee was using a scrubber machine to strip and clean the floors in a facility. The employee slipped on stripping chemicals and fell to the floor. The chemicals saturated their clothing resulting in burns to the skin. The employee was hospitalized.

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