# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Jody Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109178` · 10/5/2023 · DIX HILLS, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
- **Source:** Chlorine, chlorine bleach
## Employer
- **Name:** Jody Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 6 wedgewood Drive, DIX HILLS, NEW YORK, 11746
- **NAICS:** 562219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up trash bags on a route and putting the bags in the back of a garbage truck. The employee was compacting the trash when one of the bags released vapor and dust from chlorine and pool cleaning chemicals. The vapor and dust contacted the employee's eyes and mouth and were inhaled. The employee was hospitalized with chemical irritation to the eyes and lungs.

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