An equipment malfunction Tuesday around 5 p.m. at a lab on CU Boulder's campus spat acid on a student, sending her to the hospital with minor injuries, according to campus police.
The Cristol Chemistry Building where this accident happened will be open on Wednesday, but police said some offices and labs will remain closed due to water damage. Contractors are clearing up the area overnight.
The injured student followed proper emergency procedures after the spill, rushing to a shower station to clean herself of the acid.
Runoff from the shower caused some slight water damage to the building, campus police said.
What the student was working on, and the specific type of equipment that malfunctioned causing the injury was not explained. The Cristol Chemistry building was briefly evacuated Tuesday night. The incident may have happened on the second floor, as authorities were encouraging people to avoid it during the Hazmat investigation.
