A troubled Gramercy plant has come under fresh federal scrutiny after a Baton Rouge contractor died from burns this fall.

Although aqueous solutions of 'slaked' lime are alkaline, its solubility in water is so low that the solution would not be a caustic hazard (causing chemical burns) used in a hand warmer.

A chemical spill at its Pinjarra refinery three months ago saw two men hospitalised with serious caustic burns. Alcoa said it was working to eliminate chemical contact incidents at its refineries ...

Petrochemical giant Ineos has been fined £430,000 after a worker was submerged to the top of his thigh in a sump full of caustic soda ... suffered chemical burns and permanent scarring and ...