2. Minimize HF Acid Burns
• Leak test gloves before use.
• If contact with acid is suspected take
immediate action:
• Decontaminate
• Report
• Begin medical treatment
3. Incident Key Points
• The site did not have a practice of testing acid
gloves before each use.
• An Instrument Tech either used a glove with
an existing hole or may have punched a hole
in the glove from a wire snag while climbing
scaffolding.
• The instrument being worked on was in “trace
acid” service.
• Acid contact was not reported for 2-1/2 hours.
17. Minimize HF Acid Burns
• Leak test gloves before use.
• If contact with acid is suspected take
immediate action:
• Decontaminate
• Report
• Begin medical treatment