Worker put on leave after inhalation incident: ABQJournal (might be sub. req. - one never knows)

A Los Alamos National Laboratory worker has been placed on leave after two researchers inhaled acid fumes during preparation for an experiment.

The accidental inhalation of concentrated nitric and hydrochloric acids sent one of the researchers to the hospital for nearly a week with respiratory problems.

The accident occurred in early June but was not reported until July, after one of the researchers returned to work from the hospital. LANL management did not learn of the incident until Aug. 3, according to a lab news release.