# Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions at UF Health Shands
> OSHA SIR `2023010290` · 1/10/2023 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Disinfectants
## Employer
- **Name:** UF Health Shands
- **Location:** 1600 SW Archer Road, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32610
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stripping the floor with a concentrated disinfectant solution. As the employee was refilling the mop bucket, the solution splashed onto their right shoe, causing third degree burns to the employee's right foot.

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