WPRI: Chemical spill causes 20 to be hospitalized at Zoll manufacturing facility

PROVIDENCE – Twenty employees of the Zoll Medical Corp. medical manufacturing facility at 525 Narragansett Park Drive were hospitalized Thursday evening after a chemical spill, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported.

None of the symptoms were life threatening, according to the company.

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The company said that the building will remain closed until it is deemed safe to return.

The R.I. Department of Environmental Management and a regional hazmat team were tasked with inspecting the building. 

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