Worker injured in Carver acid spill

By Anne Baker, Globe Correspondent

A man was treated and released from a hospital today after he was doused in sulfuric acid when a pipe broke during a routine cleaning of a water filtration facility at Decas Cranberry Products in Carver, the company president said.

The accident occurred around 8 this morning at the facility adjacent to the company's processing plant on Old Forge Drive, said Jeff Carlson, president and chief executive of the company.

The facility does not have a permanent staff, and production at the main plant was not interrupted. There does not appear to be any permanent damage to the facility, he said.

Police, firefighters, and emergency medical workers were dispatched to the facility, Carver police said in a statement. No further information was immediately available.

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