One male and two females, all sophomores, were taken to Samaritan Hospital for sulfuric acid burns during an organic chemistry lab at around 9 am on Tuesday. Professor Jim Moore’s students were working on a routine synthetic organic chemistry experiment when one student dropped a flask containing about 10 milliliters of the acid. The splatter caused burns on one female student’s face as well as burns to one male and a second female students’ hands.
A hazardous materials truck was dispatched to Walker Laboratories and applied sodium bicarbonate to neutralize the spill. Troy Fire Department and RPI Ambulance also responded. After being treated at the hospital, the three students were able to return to campus with only minor injuries.
