A lime dust explosion at a Kansas City water treatment plant injured two workers July 15. The workers reportedly had chemical burns and were rushed to a local hospital.
The employees were working with an overloaded lime slaker and the material contacted water, creating a lime slurry that burned the workers.
One of the employees was released from the hospital after a short time, and the other stayed in the hospital a few days.
“Safety is a part of KC Water’s culture and all accidents are taken very seriously,” said the municipal water company in a statement reprinted by local
News Briefs: Lime Dust Explosion Injures Two Operators in Kansas City
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a hazardous chemical reaction results in the evacuation of a wastewater plant in San Francisco; and a computer malfunction in Vermont causes a 3-million-gallon spill into Lake Champlain
Jul 18, 2018
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