Yesterday morning, Wednesday the 5th of May at least two students were sent to Wollongong Hospital after a chemical spill.
In a chemistry class in a lab in the Science Teaching Facility at the university, second-year undergraduate students were conducting a routine experiment. During the experiment, an chemical spill exposed three students to acid. The one male student and two female students had to be hospitalised as a result of minor skin burns caused by the chemicals despite their use of PPE. Emergency services were called to the university, where the students were initially treated on-site before being taken to Wollongong Hospital for further treatment.
The University of Wollongong is currently looking into this incident, and the incident will be reported to SafeWork NSW.
Source: https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2021/science-class-chemical-spill-incident.php
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