The accident happened when a worker accidentally mixed bleach and fluorosilicic acid.
Thirty Portola Hotel and Spa employees, mostly housekeepers, were back on the job Tuesday after being taken to three area hospitals Monday because of a chlorine gas release, said Janine Chicourrat, the hotel’s general manager.
“We’re having a better day today than we did yesterday,” she said.
Chicourrat said she has met with Cal-OSHA about the incident. “We’re just looking at all of our procedures together,” she said.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stayed overnight Sunday at the Monterey hotel but left before the evacuation of guests and workers.
Romney’s swift visit to the Peninsula was confirmed by local Republican Party spokesman Paul Bruno after the former Massachusetts governor’s campaign staff also confirmed it to local media.
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