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Koura Plant St. Gabriel - 1 dead, 1 injured - Hydroflouric Acid Exposure
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:44 pm
WBRZ
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ST. GABRIEL - A plant worker died following an exposure to hydrofluoric acid at a chemical plant in St. Gabriel, sources confirmed to the WBRZ Investigative Unit.
Sources said two workers with burns were taken from the Koura plant to a hospital. One of them died during surgery. Their name has not been released.
WBRZ has reached out to the plant for information about what caused the death. We are waiting to hear back.
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Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:46 pm to MSCGA
HF is some nasty shite
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:47 pm to MSCGA
Damn.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:47 pm to MSCGA
What a horrible fricking way to die.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:49 pm to MSCGA
Had to be a big cloud. I wonder if the 2nd guy was close to the 1st. He's probably in pretty bad shape if he was.
This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:50 pm to Trout Bandit
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HF is some nasty shite
Will dissolve basically anything
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:50 pm to MSCGA
Oh snap. Other than methyl ethyl eat your left testicle that is some really nasty stuff. Horrible way to go.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:52 pm to MSCGA
Had an episode of ER where a worker (Michael Rappaport?) was exposed. The F ion binds with Ca ions in your blood (according to Anthony Edwards), in addition to the burns. Anyone know what the objective is in surgery (other than "prevent death")?
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:59 pm to MSCGA
Posted on 11/19/25 at 2:02 pm to SingleMalt1973
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Will dissolve basically anything
And what it won't dissolve it will change the crystalline structure of.
What a horrible thing to endure.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 2:03 pm to MSCGA
That is some nasty stuff. I'm glad we don't deal with that in the plant I work in.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 2:19 pm to MSCGA
Can confirm. Turnaround just ended. Normal startup activities. The guy who made it is going to be ok.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 2:25 pm to MSCGA
HF is awful awful stuff.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 2:26 pm to deltadummy
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Anyone know what the objective is in surgery
Probably some kind of calcium injections
Posted on 11/19/25 at 2:27 pm to MSCGA
Hydroflouric acid will frick. You. Up.
I work in the tank (among other things) rental industry and when someone asks if they can store HF, we just tell em nope. We have poly tanks but even still, it’s so nasty a chemical that we stay away.
I work in the tank (among other things) rental industry and when someone asks if they can store HF, we just tell em nope. We have poly tanks but even still, it’s so nasty a chemical that we stay away.
This post was edited on 11/19/25 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 11/19/25 at 2:28 pm to deltadummy
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The F ion binds with Ca ions in your blood (according to Anthony Edwards)
Send da video
Posted on 11/19/25 at 2:29 pm to Trout Bandit
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HF is some nasty shite
yep, nasty nasty shite. its why so many places are getting rid of it.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 2:43 pm to Ingeniero
Posted on 11/19/25 at 2:50 pm to SingleMalt1973
Won't melt a break down a cast iron tub, one of the few chemistry mistakes in Breaking Bad but it was in the script...
Posted on 11/19/25 at 2:58 pm to MSCGA
Is this the old Honeywell Plant ?
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