Wetzel County Hospital Chief Executive Officer George Couch said Monday he expects to receive a report today about what led to the release of chlorine gas at his facility. On Thursday, fire and police agencies responded to a report of a chlorine gas release about 4:52 p.m. at the hospital. Couch said two chemicals were accidentally mixed into a 15-gallon tank for the hospital’s water cooling system. Couch believes the hospital may have received one of the wrong types of chlorine, but he expects a report from his maintenance staff will reveal more details about what happened. “It wasn’t anything significant,” Couch said. “It dissipated quickly.” He noted as soon as the maintenance worker realized a negative chemical reaction was occurring, he stopped mixing and implemented the hospital’s emergency procedures. The worker, he noted, was checked out at the hospital’s emergency room. He did not receive any injuries from the exposure. The gas did not enter into any patient care or public areas of the facility, Couch noted. “In stronger concentrations, it can be an irritant to the skin, eyes and lungs,” Couch said of chlorine. He noted the report will help the hospital prevent such an accident from occurring again. According to a news release from the New Martinsville Fire Department, the chemicals mixed were sodium hypochlorite and biobrom C103.