# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Wal-Mart Stores East, LP
> OSHA SIR `2016109528` · 10/9/2016 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Batteries other than automotive
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wal-Mart Stores East, LP
- **Location:** 18815 NW 115th Ave, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32641
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the water level in a fire system battery when an explosion occurred. The battery acid entered his eyes and pieces of the battery case lacerated his face. He was hospitalized.

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