re: Worker died at Honeywell plant

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The mask the forklift driver was wearing fogged up his safety glasses and didn’t see the guy walking down the road.

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It's an absolute miracle stuff like this isn't happening more.

And all because everyone has to wear a mask that doesn't come close to even slowing down the intake/exhale of the virus. 3 micron or smaller virus while an N-95 mask (best the average person can get) only filters down to 15 microns,at best.......BRILLIANT!

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What kind of PPE is required in a unit involving HF?

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I've been in that plant with just the usual - hard hat, safety glasses, steel toed boots, ear plugs. But that was a few decades ago. I also inhaled a small amount of vapor from the rotating kiln and that was scary stuff that burned like hell. We were warned that if a drop of HF got on your skin from a pipe rack leak to immediately go to the safety department for shots to neutralize it. Otherwise it eats through your skin and dissolves bone. HF and phosgene (BASF) are the worst things I can think of in normal plant operation.

At the time I knew a lot of the plant management there, it was a very well run site (unlike north Baton Rouge). It's always a tragedy when something like this happens.