Chemical spillage at Tuas View Loop

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Chemical spillage : five workers suffer chemical burns

Five workers suffered chemical burns due to a chemical spillage at Tuas View Loop earlier today.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force or SCDF received a call at 4pm, informing them of yellow smoke emitting from a window at the building.

Upon arriving at the scene, the SCDF carried out immediate decontamination of the workers and conveyed four of them to the National University Hospital or NUH.

One worker, however, declined to be sent to NUH.

The SCDF's Hazardous Materials team, wearing high performance suits, cleared the contaminated area by using absorbents and diluting the affected area with water.

--938Live

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3 workers dead, 2 others suffer burns from chemical spill in Tuas

SINGAPORE: Three workers have died after a chemical spill took place their work site in Tuas on Friday.

Two died last night from chemical burns, while the third man succumbed to his injuries on Saturday morning.

Another worker is in critical condition at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) with 70 per cent burns to his body.

A fifth worker is now in stable condition at SGH.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted to the incident when yellow fumes were seen coming from the first level of the building.

The workers were conducting equipment maintenance works when the incident took place.

The Civil Defence Hazardous Materials team de-contaminated the workers before they were sent to the National University Hospital for treatment.

They were later transferred to SGH.

The workplace was then cleared of the fumes using absorbents and water. - CNA/vm

Dvon SG

It's nitric acid, i read.

Got ppl jumped down fm 2nd storey oso.

arghhhhh......