Recently, I had an interaction with some persons in a training programme. During the discussion, a person narrated his experience with HF handling three decades ago.
The person was asked to take a plastic bottle from one place to another. He held the bottle at the top and it crumbled and in the process, he had splashing of some contents on his thumb. Not knowing what it is, he washed and continued his work. Later, in the evening he had swelling and pain for which he consulted the doctor.
On enquiry, it came out that the bottle contained some HF.
After a week of exposure to HF, the injured could see the bone of the thumb and it took a long time for recovery.
Though, I could not make out the injury from the normal appearing thumb, but the pain underwent is visible, when he narrated the incident to the audience.
Search from internet shows incidents, wherein, innocent persons just washed off the spillage with some water and continued their work, but were found dead in the sleep.
As per standard practice, in case of any chemical splash, remove the clothing and wash the affected organs for atleast 15 minutes and consult the doctor. Even after 15 minutes wash, only about 95% of the chemical is removed and thus care is very much required. One should not ignore the advice by experts.
Showing posts with label Hydro fluoric acid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hydro fluoric acid. Show all posts
Aug 11, 2013
Oct 12, 2012
Explosion and hydrofluoric acid gas leak near Gumi city in South Korea
In an incident of explosion in a chemical factory near Gumi in South Korea led to release of dangerous hydro fluoric acid gas and caused five deaths and affected more than 3000 persons apart from animals and crops in 524 acres. Some nearby factories in the affected area also shutdown their operations after the incident. The incident happened on 27.09.2012 and it is reported that the evacuation was done after villagers request.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/277261/news/world/thousands-treated-after-toxic-gas-leak-in-s-korea
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/10/08/south-korea-belated-response-to-toxic-gas-leak-affecting-thousands/
http://news.ph.msn.com/regional/thousands-treated-after-toxic-gas-leak-in-s-korea-reports
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/10/09/south-korea-declares-area-hit-by-toxic-chemical-leak-special-disaster-zone/
Mar 10, 2011
Mar 9, 2011
Spread of acid fumes from broken bottles to three villages
A news item in Hindu news paper today is about leakage and impact of acid fumes on residents of three villages. The leakage and spread of fumes from possible broken bottles containing bromine (HBr?) caused health complications such as irritation in the eyes, trachea and stomach, coughing, nausea, skin allergy. Another report says about the quantity stored as 40 bottles of each 750 ml. And as per another report, it is stored in 2 and 5 lit bottles and liquid bromine from one broken bottle reacted with husk in the area. I am unable to guess what quantity of the chemical leaked that caused spread of thick fumes to three villages affecting the people.
A report on the same incident mentions
A report on the same incident mentions
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