The Dow Science building at Central Michigan University was shut down today due to a chemical spill.
This morning at around 10 a.m an employee in the Dow Science building dropped a beaker containing base solution on his foot, causing burn damage. He was rushed to the hospital shortly after. Clean up crews were immediately called to the building to tend to the spill.
Bill Yeagley Chief of the Central Michigan University Police
"As a normal protocol we evacuate the entire building especially until we identify what that agent is we are dealing with. Different agents have different threat levels have different threat levels, fortunately this one was a very low threat level but at the onset of the incident we didn't know what we were dealing with so we always evacuate the entire building until we are able to identify the compound we're dealing with."
The university says the building will be closed until 1:00 p.m. Doctors say the injured employee will make a full recovery. Officers with the CMU Department of Public Safety are investigating the situation.
