The hazmat crew worked for more than three hours and used four mercury spill kits to clear the area. Each kit, which includes a compound that when mixed with water adheres to the mercury ...

Mercury has a relatively high vapor pressure at room temperature and high airborne levels can accumulate if the spill is not thoroughly cleaned up. Spills involving a mercury volume greater than that ...

Before resuming work, make sure the spill area has been adequately ventilated to remove flammable vapors. Mercury spills rarely present an imminent hazard unless the spill occurs in an area with ...