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The production utility man was disconnecting a 4" vacuum hose from a manifold and when it came loose it hit him on the lower lip and caused about a 0.25" split. He was taken to the hospital where a doctor glued the cut closed. He was immediately released to go back to work.
A contract laborer was assisting cleaning up a lime spill with a shovel and a big bag with several others. After he went home he noticed a burns on the upper inside of his legs. He went to the doctor the next day and the doctor treated the burns and told him to come back in 2 days.
A contract laborer was assisting a lime spill cleanup with a vacuum hose. He noticed a burn on his neck later that evening and went to a doctor on monday. It appears that some lime dust got on his neck and reacted with body moisture.