Overview
- A BASF Logistics employee suffered severe leg burns after a nitric acid mixture splashed during filling operations in the Nord section of the Ludwigshafen plant on the evening of July 22.
- A company emergency doctor provided on-site first aid and the worker was subsequently admitted to a nearby hospital, where he remains under treatment.
- BASF confirmed the intermediate is corrosive to metals, can intensify fires, and is toxic when inhaled, causing severe skin and eye burns.
- Local authorities were informed of the accident in accordance with company protocols for chemical incidents.
- The accident underscores the inherent hazards at BASF’s Ludwigshafen complex, which handles large volumes of industrial intermediates.