Hamm Chemie Chemical Tank Accident- Several hospitalized as HCl pumped into Oleum Tank
Feb 19, , 2017 Oberhausen, Germany. In a shocking incident at a plant owned by Hamm Chemie, Germany, employees apparently mistakenly unloaded Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) from a tanker into a 600 m3 tank that contained Oleum (97% concentrated Sulfuric Acid or H2SO4). This led to a massive reaction and the resultant vapor cloud caused about […]
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