# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at International Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `2023098921` · 9/27/2023 · PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Chlorine, chlorine bleach
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Company
- **Location:** 1 Bonnybridge Road, PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA, 31407
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exposed to chlorine dioxide that is produced on site to bleach pulp, resulting in a chemical burn due to inhalation. The employee was hospitalized.

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