# Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified at Bulk Transport Company East, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054566` · 5/24/2024 · AUGUSTA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
- **Source:** Multiple chemicals and hazardous materials
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Bulk Transport Company East, Inc.
- **Location:** 1635 South Missouri 94, AUGUSTA, MISSOURI, 63332
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up a pipe to unload product when a chemical reaction occurred and they were exposed to chlorine gas. The employee sustained chemical burns to the nasal cavity, throat and lungs.

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