# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Select energy services
> OSHA SIR `2023032802` · 3/29/2023 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chlorine, chlorine bleach
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Select energy services
- **Location:** 158 and 1379 Wrage Recycling Facility, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a trash pump used to treat water for drilling and fracking. The trash pump vapor locked and the employee was trying to get the pump started when the hose ruptured and they were exposed to a 12.5% bleach solution. The employee sustained chemical burns to their arm and leg.

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