# Chemical burns, corrosions  first degree at Yarco Property Management
> OSHA SIR `2024065691` · 6/25/2024 · OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns, corrosions  first degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Chemicals and hazardous materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Calcium hypochlorite
## Employer
- **Name:** Yarco Property Management
- **Location:** 9800 W. 86th St., OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, 66212
- **NAICS:** 531311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance on the community pool by adding chemicals including chlorine. When the employee opened the bucket containing the chemicals, the chemicals exploded upward toward the employee's face. The employee sustained first-degree burns to their face, arms, and right foot.

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