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Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:00:26 pm
I had my first bad dream featuring work last night. I dreamt that the conc acids had been moved to a different fume hood because we were having someone visit the lab. Anyway I was dispensing conc hydrochloric acid without wearing any gloves (I'd never do this in real life) and I got some on my hands, so just wiped it off on my lab coat and carried on with what I was doing (again I would never do this because then I lose the skin on my fingers...). My boss then came over with the people who were visiting, walked up to the dispenser I had just been using and said 'and this is where we keep the hydrofluoric acid', I then piped up and said 'no that's the hydrochloric' my boss then rotated the bottle to show it was in fact hydrofluoric acid. I then got that kicked in the stomach feeling, and said 'oh god I got that all over my hands', I started panicking as did my boss, who ran off to find the emergency treatment gel.
After that I woke up, read this to see why I'm a little afraid of HF.
Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:06:34 pm
I *totally* get that nightmare!! The worst thing I ever got on my skin was trifluoroacetic acid, which was quite annoying (it was a tiny drop and not really anyone's fault but I had to go to A&E and wait for hours, after which they asked me if I could still feel my fingers and I said that if I didn't they could safely assume I would've told them by now). Have you got HF on the job??
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2) deleted, Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:35:43 pm
OMG that's freaky. Eeeeeeeeek.
Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:37:05 pm
re: comment#1
I *totally* get that nightmare!! The worst thing I ever got on my skin was trifluoroacetic acid, which was quite annoying (it was a tiny drop and not really anyone's fault but I had to go to A&E and wait for hours, after which they asked me if I could still feel my fingers and I said that if I didn't they could safely assume I would've told them by now). Have you got HF on the job??
I don't actually know, but I'd assume so, as there was treatment gel in the fume hood once but no sign of any HF.
Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:19:40 am
I once touched an unknown substance on a train.
So yeah, lived the nightmare. Rookie.
Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:11:39 am
re: comment#3
I don't actually know, but I'd assume so, as there was treatment gel in the fume hood once but no sign of any HF.
there's never a sign of HF unless you have some glass (or a finger) ready...
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:35:38 pm
re: comment#5
I once touched an unknown substance on a train.
So yeah, lived the nightmare. Rookie.
Unknown substances have dripped onto my head in train stations.So yeah, lived the nightmare. Rookie.
Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:19:01 pm
I think the worst thing is that like phenol you can't feel it burn you...
