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(An example of these types of burns can be seen here, but be warned, the image is graphic.)
On my medical professional "ick" scale of 1-10, it rates about a 3 at most.

It'd give it at least a 5 if the blisters were open and oozing. 7-8 if necrosis is involved (that shit will gag a maggot).

The other thing of note, is that though I have every sympathy for those three fishermen who were exposed to and injured by these chemical weapons over those 7 years, it should also be noted that 12 East Coast fishermen DIE EVERY YEAR (PDF) just from the regular hazards of the job. Hundreds to thousands are injured (3000-4000 off of both East and West coasts) in total annually.

So, yes, not a cool thing to have happen to anyone, but on the overall scale of "things that can hurt you", comparatively speaking on a relevant, and relative scale, you're tens of thousands of times more likely to have something ELSE injure or kill you while engaged in commercial fishing off of the East Coast than you are to have some munitions dumped by a clueless nation over the years doing you any harm at all.

Nice to know about the issue, though. And thanks for the picture. I've seen some stuff like that, usually from hot liquid burns, but it does bring back some PTSD-inducing memories.