CSB Launches Investigation into Another Release of Toxic HF at Honeywell Facility in Louisiana

Washington D.C. June 10, 2024 – Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced that it is deploying a team of chemical incident investigators to investigate a release of highly toxic hydrofluoric acid (HF)  that occurred last Friday, June 7, 2024, at the Honeywell International Fluorine Products facility in Geismar, LA, that seriously injured a worker there

Honeywell reported that a contract maintenance employee was exposed to the HF while performing maintenance activities at the facility. The worker was hospitalized because of the exposure