Worker dies after falling into vat of sulfuric acid

NY Post ^ | February 11 2019 | Chris Perez

[oh8eleven]

Damn, what a way to go.

[originalbuckeye]

I cannot imagine anything more painful.

[relictele]

Confucius say....absorbed in work etc.

I had a friend whose Dad ran a chrome plating plant and a similar incident occurred there.

[EdnaMode]

Poor guy.

[Dont tread and Live]

have worked in a plating room before....not a good experience.

[Carriage Hill]

I'm surprised that there was much left of him to get to a decon room and a hospital... 160° sulfuric acid?

[stormer]

I knew a guy that worked at a brewery and drowned in a big beer vat. When his wife asked if he suffered, they said they didn’t think so, cause he got out to go to the bathroom three times.

[PGR88]

The company will be sued into near bankruptcy, and the work will be sent to China or Vietnam

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Thermal burns and chemical burns ... I can’t imagine how he must have died. Perhaps from shock, or heart attack; maybe even infection. It hardly bears thinking about.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

MST management — “This was a serious industrial accident”

[rktman]

Chrome plating is NASTY business.

[oh8eleven]

One can only hope he had a heart attack and was dead when he fell into the acid.

[SgtHooper]

LOL! OMG!

[Disambiguator]

Confucius say....absorbed in work etc.

He also say, "man who fall in vat of molten glass makes a spectacle of himself."

[dpetty121263]

A career ending move for sure...Knew a guy who was a tanker driver and he was transferring some chemical like this and hose blew dousing him...he lingered for 1 month and died a horrible death.

[Skooz]

Got some in my eyes one time. Burned like crazy.
But to be submerged in it. I can’t imagine.

[rey]

It would seem to me that the fumes are quite harmful. Do you wear protective masks/gear?

[jerod]

Instead of lethal injections, they should have replaced ‘sparky’ with a big vat of sulfuric acid, a much more effective method for the death penalty.

[moovova]

"267 workdays 0 workdays without an accident."

[b4me]

prayers for his family.

my guess is as other FR mentioned heart attack and fell in or some thing along that line. Maybe some how medication or under influence of some thing that dulled his judgement and/or mobility?