# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
> OSHA SIR `20201211425` · 12/5/2020 · SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Cleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- **Location:** 10700 27TH AVE S, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98168
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

While working in the maintenance shop, an employee's jacket caught the spout of a bottle of chemical floor stripper, spilling the chemical on his pants. Later that evening the employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to the leg.

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