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Associated Press
Chemical Spill at State Office Sends Employees Home
| Location | Date of Incident | |||
| Little Rock, AR, United States | 7/23/2001- 2:30 PM | |||
| Date of Report Update | ||||
| 7/24/2001 - 5:13 PM | ||||
| Incident Types | Location Types | |||
| - Release to Environment | Fixed Facility | |||
| Evacuations | Injuries | Fatalities | ||
| 1000 (Estimate) | 1 (Estimate) | None | ||
| Chemicals Involved | ||||
| - Nitric acid | ||||
| Description or Latest Development | ||||
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The Arkansas Dept. of Health's main campus was evacuated after a nitric acid spill Monday afternoon. A jar containing the acid was broken after being dropped by a worker. The worker left the scene after being badly burned on her feet. She later went to the hospital emergency room for care. It
took a hazardous materials team about two hours to clean up the
acid, according to a fire department official. |
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