Acid spill at Teck injures contractor
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Updated: October 27, 2009 4:49 PM
A contract employee was burnt with acid from a sulfuric acid drain line during a routine shutdown of the roaster acid area of Teck’s Trail operation on Oct. 19.
The contractor was treated for burns and released the same day at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH).
“We were in the midst of a planned shutdown of this area that began Oct. 17 and will run until Oct. 29,” said Carol Vanelli-Worosz, public relations for Teck’s Trail operation.
“We know he was discharged from the KBRH on the same day, but because he wasn’t our employee I have no further detailed information.”
Vanelli-Worosz said the shutdown isn’t anything out of the ordinary for Teck and about 120 contract employees would be coming and going on site during the maintenance.
She says an investigation is underway involving Teck, Work safe B.C. and Trail’s Local 480 United Steel-Workers Union.
“We are committed to everyone leaving our worksite safely everyday and we take these incidents very seriously,” said Vanelli-Worosz.
“There is now an investigation into the route causes of the incident to ensure it does not happen again.”
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