Ozone Leak Sends Six Employees to Hospital
Wednesday night ozone leak at Analog Devices was controlled quickly and employees were transported for precautionary reasons.
Six Analog Devices employees were transported to area hospitals following a chemical exposure that was controlled quickly thanks to the company’s emergency management plan. John Brown, Wilmington Fire Department Deputy Chief, said crews received a call after 10 p.m. on Wednesday for an ozone leak at a processor inside the building. By the time crews responded to the Woburn Street scene, the building was evacuated and all chemical readings were at zero. The six employees who were in the area of the processor when the leak was reported were transported to the hospital, but it was strictly for precautionary reasons, Brown said. “It was an event, but a non-event because of the systems they have in place there,” said Brown. “The response …
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