Na wah! Wetin happen for Port Panama City wey make 11 workers knack bay go hospital? E no be small matter o!
So, dem say as dem dey do normal cleaning for one cargo ship wey dem call Lowlands Luck, dem use muriatic acid, wey be hydrochloric acid. This chemical na wetin dem dey use to clean but this time, e come get serious wahala looo!
As dem dey clean the No. 4 hold for the ship, the muriatic acid come jam the cement residue wey dey left behind from cement wey dem unload, and as e jam, dem gas wey come come out, e dey choke people. Imagine being inside foggy area plus that kind gas, wahala no go miss you!
Eleven good people come dey feel sick well well. One person dey critical but stable condition. Others wey no too dey bad, dem dey recover for HCA Florida Gulf Coast hospital.
David Collier, wey be fire chief for Panama City and the acting incident commander, talk say dem react fast to the situation because safety no be issue wey dem go play with. Port authority boss, Alex King, come add say dis na the first time dem dey experience such wahala for the port.
King come mention say, “We dey always make sure say our staff dey trained well make dem sabi wetin dem dey do. Safety first, my people!”
According to wetin dem talk, dem go step up training make sure say all the workers sabi wetin to do if wahala show face again. Safety no go take break for Port Panama City, so everybody go dey on their toes!
As the situation dey develop, dem dey monitor all the workers wey don chop side effects from the incident, make we just dey pray say everybody go dey alright soon.
For the guys wey dey work for the port, na warning sign fi dem say chemical no be play matter. Na so e be, make dem dey careful with chemical use next time. Tea and tea dem no go mix! Even the fog dey play its own role.
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