# Burns and corrosions, unspecified at Enervest Operating
> OSHA SIR `2017010858` · 1/27/2017 · SONORA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Hydrogen sulfide
- **Secondary source:** Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Enervest Operating
- **Location:** IH-10, SONORA, TEXAS, 76950
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a H2S (hydrogen sulfide) tower using a H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) chemical when a chemical explosion occurred. The employee suffered burns to an ear and leg.

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