Two Injured in Charlestown Lab Incident
Boston EMS and Fire Department officials responded to a 'chemical incident' in an MGH lab in the Charlestown Navy Yard at around 3 p.m.
[UPDATED Tuesday, Feb. 26, 4:11 p.m.] Two people are being transported to the hospital after a chemical incident occurred in a Massachusetts General Hospital lab in the Charlestown Navy Yard. The Boston Fire Department received a call at around 3 p.m. for a "possible chemical incident" in a 10-story building at 149 13th Street. By about 3:30 p.m., two people were being taken from the scene to the hospital—one person who was injured in the original incident and one emergency responder who was injured at the scene. Both injuries appeared to be minor, according to Fire Department officials. The incident apparently occurred in a sixth-floor lab, where a lab technician was working with the chemical tetrazine when it caused some glassware to …
Plenty O'Toole
4:23 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
These "incidents" at that MGH lab are getting a bit frequent, no? more ›