Case description: This study reports three cases of chemical pneumonia caused by the inhalation of a mixed hydrofluoric and nitric acid mist during an occupational exposure accident. After appropriate ...
Sunlit produces hydrofluoric acid, used to make chips and other chemicals. The company plans to ship chemicals across the United States. Hydrofluoric acid is used to etch or remove unneeded ...
The EPA found that the company failed to identify and assess hazards posed by a pipe elbow in a hydrofluoric acid alkylation unit at the refinery in Philadelphia. The pipe elbow ruptured due to ...
The release said, "According to EPA, the company violated these requirements by, among other things, failing to ensure that its refining operations, particularly the hydrofluoric acid unit ...