A workman who sustained burns after an incident at the Wacker polysilicon plant in Charleston, Tennessee, last year has sued the company and is seeking up to $3 million in damages.
Attorneys for Justin R. Bailey of Walker County, Georgia, said in the lawsuit that the employee of mechanical contractor Jake Marshall LLC was working at the plant and was exposed to hydrochloric acid when an explosion took place on Nov. 13, 2020, in which another worker died.
“One worker received fatal injuries because he was forced to jump from the tower. Four other workers, including [Bailey], were hospitalized after being trapped and exposed to the hydrochloric acid,” said the suit.
The suit said Wacker’s “negligence was the sole and proximate cause of the explosion and [Bailey’s] personal injuries…”
But attorneys for the company said in a court filing that Wacker maintains Bailey’s complaint is without merit.