Thursday, August 11, 2016

Worker severely burned by corrosive lubricant at the Delta Companies Group plant in Deer Park






Man suffers chemical burn at Delta Comp. facility in Deer Park, Kevin Quinn reports. (KTRK)


  A 51-year-old man who sustained chemical burns to his face, chest, back and waist was airlifted to Memorial Herman Hospital via LifeFlight after he was sprayed by about gallon of a corrosive lubricant substance at a chemical plant in Deer Park.

Deer Park Fire Department responded to the Delta Companies Group plant on Tidal Road before 12:00pm Thursday. No one else was hurt.

The corrosive lubricant is called Hexamethylenediane.

Delta Companies Group is conducting a review of the incident to determine the cause.