# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at CH2M Hill
> OSHA SIR `2017032435` · 3/16/2017 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Ingestion of harmful substance
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** CH2M Hill
- **Location:** 1933 Jackson Rd., PASADENA, TEXAS, 77506
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing PH analysis on water using sodium hydroxide. The employee ingested some of it and was hospitalized for a burned esophagus and stomach.

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