# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Cleaver Brooks Sales and Service
> OSHA SIR `2019010852` · 1/24/2019 · NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Chlorine compounds, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Cleaver Brooks Sales and Service
- **Location:** 698 S. Walnut Avenue, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78130
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had installed a flapper valve on a fresh water tank on a boiler. He was standing next to the pipe release valve when the valve turned on and potassium chloride sprayed into the employee's eyes causing chemical burns.

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