BU student cut by shattered vial in hazmat incident
By J.D. Capelouto Globe Correspondent
Cummington Mall, Boston, Mass.
June 22, 2016
A Boston University student doing research in one of the school’s labs was sent to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after he was injured by a broken vial, fire officials said.
The man suffered a cut to the hand and a small cut to his neck and is expected to survive, Boston fire spokesman Steve MacDonald said.
The victim, a graduate student, was working with nitric gases in a lab on Cummington Mall at about 2:30 when one of the chemicals had a bad reaction, MacDonald said.
A “hazmat situation” was declared, but the chemicals were contained to that lab, he said.
BU spokesman Colin Riley said the building is safe and the space was being cleaned.