Chemical Safety Headlines =46rom Google Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:15:04 AM Table of Contents (22 articles) 2 DUMP TRUCKS COLLIDE, BLOCK RACCOON VALLEY RD. | WBIR.COM Tags: us_TN, transportation, release, injury, diesel HAZMAT SITUATION AT SOUTH TOLEDO BUSINESS : NEWS : TOLEDOONTHEMOVE.COM Tags: us_OH, waste, fire, response, unknown_chemical BIG RIG CRASHES INTO SA RIVER - SAN ANTONIO & TEXAS NEWS STORY - KSAT SAN ANTONIO Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, environmental, diesel FIVE PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AT LIVERPOOL RESTAURANT - CRIME - NEWS - LIVERPOOL LEADER Tags: Australia, other, release, injury, unknown_chemical CARS COVERED IN POWDER AT GAS STATION | WWLP.COM Tags: us_MA, other, release, response, dust UI LAB EVACUATED BRIEFLY FOR GAS LEAK | NEWS-GAZETTE.COM Tags: us_IL, laboratory, release, response, silane EMPLOYEES EVACUATED AFTER FREON PROBLEM | NEWS-GAZETTE.COM Tags: us_IL, other, release, response, freon EXPLOSION AT SINOPEC PLANT - GLOBALTIMES Tags: China, industrial, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE - TELEGRAM.COM - WALMART VIDEO LEADS POLICE TO TEEN SUSPECTS IN HOMEMADE BOMB CASE Tags: follow-up INVESTIGATORS TRYING TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FIRE AT ALUMINUM PLANT - LOUISVILLE NEWS STORY - WLKY LOUISVILLE Tags: us_KY, industrial, explosion, injury, aluminum_dust SALMONELLA OUTBREAK LINKED TO LABORATORIES | THE SAFETY ZONE Tags: follow-up 3 INJURED IN FRIDLEY INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSION | KARE11.COM Tags: other, explosion, injury, nitric_acid, us_mn KINDEL FURNITURE GUTTED BY FIRE Tags: us_MI, industrial, fire, response, flammables SEMI-TRUCK WRECKS NEAR WOLF LAUREL OVER 100 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL IS DISCHARGED | THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES | CITIZEN-TIMES.COM Tags: us_NC, transportation, release, environmental, corrosives, diesel EXPLODED FIRE EXTINGUISHER LIKELY SUPPRESSED GARAGE FIRE | EASTERN IOWA NEWS NOW Tags: us_IA, other, fire, response, fire_extinguisher CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHED Tags: Canada, industrial, fire, response, paints TANKER OVERTURNS ON EXPRESSWAY - THE TIMES OF INDIA Tags: India, transportation, discovery, response, solvent CHEMICAL LEAKS AT MOUNT MAUNGANUI - LOCAL NEWS - BAY OF PLENTY TIMES Tags: New, Zealand, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid FIRE IN RESOURCE CENTRE | TWEED NEWS | LOCAL NEWS IN TWEED | DAILY NEWS Tags: Australia, waste, fire, response CALEDONIA FIREFIGHTERS CONTAIN CHEMICAL SPILL - CALEDONIA, WI PATCH Tags: us_WI, other, release, response, ammonia AMMONIA LEAK IN SOUTHWEST ICELAND - ICELAND REVIEW ONLINE Tags: Iceland, industrial, release, response, ammonia EXPLOSION, FIRE HURT TWO AT ECKART ALUMINUM - FOX41.COM LOUISVILLE NEWS KENTUCKY INDIANA NEWS WEATHER SPORTS Tags: us_KY, industrial, explosion, injury, aluminum_dust --------------------------------------------- 2 DUMP TRUCKS COLLIDE, BLOCK RACCOON VALLEY RD. | WBIR.COM, http://www.wbir.com/news/article/169277/2/2-Dump-trucks-collide-block-Racc oon-Valley-Rd Tags: us_TN, transportation, release, injury, diesel Two people went to the hospital overnight following a head-on collision between two dump trucks in Knox County. Rural-Metro says the accident happened just before 2:30 a.m. on Raccoon Valley Road near the Anderson County line. Crews had to call in the heavy rescue squad in order to get one of the drivers out. He went to UT Medical Center via Lifestar. An ambulance took the other driver to the hospital. Authorities on the scene say both men did not have any life threatening injuries. Right now Racoon Valley Road is closed in both directions as a result of the accident. They hope to have the road back open by 7:00 a.m. The trucks were owned by the same company, which was doing some over-night road repair work on Interstate 75 near Emory Road. Hazmat was called in because close to 150 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled into a near-by creek. --------------------------------------------- HAZMAT SITUATION AT SOUTH TOLEDO BUSINESS : NEWS : TOLEDOONTHEMOVE.COM, http://www.toledoonthemove.com/news/story.aspx?id=616348 Tags: us_OH, waste, fire, response, unknown_chemical Toledo fire crews were called out to a hazmat situation at a business on Toledo's south side. Around midnight, crews responded to a small fire at Brent Industries, in the 29 hundred block of South Avenue. Brent Industries is a material disposal company. After putting out the fire, crews discovered several 55 gallon drums leaking an unknown material. The leaks were quickly contained, and no one was injured. There were also no reports of anyone being evacuated from the area. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. --------------------------------------------- BIG RIG CRASHES INTO SA RIVER - SAN ANTONIO & TEXAS NEWS STORY - KSAT SAN ANTONIO, http://www.ksat.com/news/27838416/detail.html Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, environmental, diesel SAN ANTONIO -- A big rig crashed into the San Antonio River near Interstate 10 and Probandt on Tuesday morning. San Antonio fire officials said the driver lost control of the big rig when he tried to avoid a multi-vehicle crash and went down an embankment and into the river. Special Operations Chief Jonathan Jones, with the San Antonio Fire Department, said 300 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the river. "The hazmat team responded and was able to contain the spill," said Jones. "We've already had the state out here. They've evaluated it." --------------------------------------------- FIVE PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AT LIVERPOOL RESTAURANT - CRIME - NEWS - LIVERPOOL LEADER, http://liverpool-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/five-people-in-hospit al-after-exposure-to-chemical-at-liverpool-restaurant/ Tags: Australia, other, release, injury, unknown_chemical FIVE people have been taken to hospital after exposure to an unknown chemical at a Thai restaurant in Liverpool this afternoon. Police, fire crews and paramedics were called to the Northumberland St restaurant about 3pm after three staff members became sick. FIND US ON: Facebook They were treated at the scene for the effects of the unknown substance before they were Liverpool Hospital. Three police officers who responded to the incident were also overcome by the fumes - two of them required hospital treatment. Liverpool Fire and Rescue have so far evacuated about 60 people from the area as a precaution. --------------------------------------------- CARS COVERED IN POWDER AT GAS STATION | WWLP.COM, http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/hampden/Cars-covered-in-powder-at-gas-s tation Tags: us_MA, other, release, response, dust WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Customers at the Pride gas station on Riverdale Street in West Springfield were surprised Tuesday afternoon when their cars suddenly became covered in white powder. The powder is a fire extinguishing chemical that is sprayed from the canopy when the fire suppression system is activated. There was no fire reported at the station, and West Springfield firefighters are trying to figure out what caused the system to go off. --------------------------------------------- UI LAB EVACUATED BRIEFLY FOR GAS LEAK | NEWS-GAZETTE.COM, http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2011-01-10/ui-lab- evacuated-briefly-gas-leak.html Tags: us_IL, laboratory, release, response, silane URBANA =97 About 15 people were evacuated from a University of Illinois laboratory building for about 40 minutes after some gas reportedly leaked in one of the labs. According to an Urbana Fire Department report, firefighters were called to the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, 208 N. Wright St., U, at 2:04 p.m. Monday to respond to a report of a gas leak. Urbana Fire Department Division Chief Jeff McDuffy said people working in one of the labs were changing a bottle when some residual gas, identified as silane gas, began to escape, setting off an alarm. McDuffy said the gas was contained within the lab room, and nobody was injured. Those evacuated from the building were allowed to return at about 2:45 p.m. Monday. --------------------------------------------- EMPLOYEES EVACUATED AFTER FREON PROBLEM | NEWS-GAZETTE.COM, http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2011-05-10/employe es-evacuated-after-freon-problem.html Tags: us_IL, other, release, response, freon URBANA =97 A blown Freon line on an air conditioner sent employees from the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District and Carle information technology outside their building Tuesday afternoon. About 1:30 p.m., Urbana firefighters were sent to 1101 E. University Ave. after a report of smoke in a mechanical room. Fire Chief Mike Dilley said firefighters donned air packs and determined that freon escaping from a line had gotten into the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system and was being pushed through the entire building. --------------------------------------------- EXPLOSION AT SINOPEC PLANT - GLOBALTIMES, http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2011-05/653506.html Tags: China, industrial, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical A chemical tank of a Sinopec plant in Guangzhou exploded at 13:20 on Tuesday, reportedly injuring at least four, according to the Southern Metropolis Daily. Billows of smoke were seen rising from the desulfurization area of the plant, where fire engines and ambulances rushed for rescue. One of the evacuated workers said the gas level in the working area exceeded the maximum allowable amount since Monday and fire trucks were stationed in the plant in case of a fire breakout. --------------------------------------------- WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE - TELEGRAM.COM - WALMART VIDEO LEADS POLICE TO TEEN SUSPECTS IN HOMEMADE BOMB CASE, http://www.telegram.com/article/20110510/NEWS/110519964/1116 Tags: follow-up MENDON =97 An astute customer at Walmart helped lead police to charge four teenagers in connection with two explosions of homemade bombs over the weekend. Police Detective Pamela Mason said tonight that a customer at the Northbridge Wal-Mart found it peculiar that teenagers were purchasing toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil. After the customer saw news reports of the crimes that said police were looking for the culprits, she called the Arson Watch tip line, Detective Mason said. ... Police Chief Ernest Horn said the two targets =97 the Alicante Restaurant on Route 16 and a residence on Park Street =97 appeared to have been chosen randomly by the group. Someone could have been seriously hurt, the chief said, but he added that he didn't think the teenagers were looking to hurt anyone. The chemical devices were made by mixing liquid acid and other ingredients in a clear plastic bottle about the size of a water bottle, according to police. Once the chemicals are activated, a homemade bomb can generate extreme heat with potential to cause burns, blindness or other injuries. Police called it a =93Works Bomb=94 after the inexpensive toilet bowl cleaner called The Works. --------------------------------------------- INVESTIGATORS TRYING TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF FIRE AT ALUMINUM PLANT - LOUISVILLE NEWS STORY - WLKY LOUISVILLE, http://www.wlky.com/news/27835853/detail.html Tags: us_KY, industrial, explosion, injury, aluminum_dust LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- For the second time in two months, emergency crews were called to an explosion and fire at a Rubbertown chemical plant. This one was at Eckart Aluminum on Campground Road. Investigators are still searching for what sparked the fire at about 7 p.m. Monday. Firefighters said 20 to 30 workers were in the plant when something caused aluminum powder to ignite and explode inside a building. Two workers were hurt and rushed to University Hospital, but one was released hours later and the other sustained only minor injuries. Emergency officials assessed the situation quickly and found there was never any threat to the surrounding community. --------------------------------------------- SALMONELLA OUTBREAK LINKED TO LABORATORIES | THE SAFETY ZONE, http://cenblog.org/the-safety-zone/2011/05/salmonella-outbreak-linked-to-l aboratories/ Tags: follow-up The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has traced Salmonella Typhimurium infections to exposure in clinical and teaching laboratories, according to an April 28 report. The strain involved in the illnesses is one that is commercially available for use in microbiology labs. The outbreak identified by CDC involves 73 people from 35 states, with the biggest number (six) from Pennsylvania. Of those 73, 44 had contact with a microbiology laboratory in the week before they became ill. Salmonella causes diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps, and usually lasts 4-7 days. Notably, what happened in the lab didn=92t stay in the lab: =93several children who live in households with a person who works or studies in a microbiology laboratory have become ill with the outbreak strain,=94 the CDC report says. In some of those cases, Nature reports, the laboratory worker didn=92t get ill-he or she just passed it on to household members. One person died from the outbreak but CDC doesn=92t say who it was; 10 others were hospitalized. --------------------------------------------- 3 INJURED IN FRIDLEY INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSION | KARE11.COM, http://www.kare11.com/news/article/922646/396/3-injured-in-Fridley-industr ial-explosion Tags: other, explosion, injury, nitric_acid, us_mn FRIDLEY, Minn. -- Three people were injured, and dozens of employees evacuated after a reported nitric acid explosion at a Fridley metal plating plant. First responders got a 911 call shortly after 11 a.m. about an explosion and fire at Incertec Plating located at 160 83rd Ave. NE in Fridley. The fire was put out, but three employees were injured with chemical burns. One of the three also suffered an injury from an exploding container. Rob Clark, director of operations for Incertec Plating, says the evacuation was ordered mostly as a precaution. He says an undisclosed material under pressure blew at Incertec's Fridley facility. Clark, who is based out of Incertec's Kansas facility, says no one was seriously injured but that three people who were nearest the incident were taken to the hospital for evaluations. Authorities say two chemicals were improperly mixed causing the explosion. They do know what those chemicals were at this time. --------------------------------------------- KINDEL FURNITURE GUTTED BY FIRE, http://wtvbam.com/news/articles/2011/may/10/kindel-furniture-gutted-fire/ Tags: us_MI, industrial, fire, response, flammables GRAND RAPIDS -- A mistake by a hazmat crew is being blamed for gutting the old Kindel furniture factory in Grand Rapids. The smoke could be seen for dozens of miles. The huge factory caught fire when a crew cut thru a lacquer pipe with a reciprocating saw and sparks ignited the flammable liquid, around noon yesterday. --------------------------------------------- SEMI-TRUCK WRECKS NEAR WOLF LAUREL OVER 100 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL IS DISCHARGED | THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES | CITIZEN-TIMES.COM, http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20110509/SENTINEL/305090043/Semi-truc k-wrecks-near-Wolf-Laurel-Over-100-gallons-diesel-fuel-discharged Tags: us_NC, transportation, release, environmental, corrosives, diesel Hazmat crews were dispatched to Wolf Laurel after the driver of a Fed-Ex truck flipped on I-26 and spilled over 100 gallons of diesel fuel along the roadway. According to NC Highway State Trooper, Aubrey Hollar, Steven Glenn Lewis, 40, of Kingsport, TN was traveling westbound on Interstate 26 in a double tractor trailer Fed-Ex truck, when he lost control of his vehicle just after 6 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3 and flipped the truck over a guardrail. =93It is possible that he fell asleep, but the cause (of the accident) is still under investigation,=94 said Hollar. Jeff Willis, Emergency Management director, said that the truck, which was carrying mixed hazardous materials, including various corrosives, also spilled over 100 gallons of diesel fuel on to the roadside, when the gas tank dislodged from the truck at the time of the incident. The NC Hazardous Materials Regional Response Team responded to the accident just after 8 a.m. and determined that there was no immediate danger on the scene. --------------------------------------------- EXPLODED FIRE EXTINGUISHER LIKELY SUPPRESSED GARAGE FIRE | EASTERN IOWA NEWS NOW, http://easterniowanewsnow.com/2011/05/09/exploded-fire-extinguisher-likely -suppressed-garage-fire/ Tags: us_IA, other, fire, response, fire_extinguisher Cedar Rapids authorities say hot ashes from a charcoal chimney starter likely caused a house fire in Cedar Rapids on Sunday. Emergency personnel responded to 1708 23rd Street NW on Sunday around 7:15 p.m. for reports of heavy black smoke coming from a garage. A fire extinguisher hanging on the wall where the fire started exploded during the fire, spreading dry chemical throughout the garage and possibly suppressing the flames. Investigators say the damage was confined to the wall of the garage. The vehicles in the garage may have sustained minor smoke damage. There were no injuries. Cedar Rapids Fire Department authorities urge residents that grilling materials should be completely cooled before storage and shouldn=92t be placed next to combustible materials. --------------------------------------------- CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHED, http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Chemical+fire+extinguished/4749062/story.h tml Tags: Canada, industrial, fire, response, paints An evacuation was ruled out after firefighters got a smoky industrial blaze under control in Oldcastle Sunday. Firefighters, OPP and paramedics converged around 1: 30 p.m. on CBi Custom Coatings for Aluminum and Steel on Fasan Drive. Tecumseh fire Chief Doug Pitre said there was no need for an evacuation after firefighters quickly dealt with a chemical blaze inside. "The product was extinguished quite quickly," Pitre said. He said the product was a type of nickel-based sealant into which metallic parts are dipped for oxidization. A sign in front of the shop advertises anodizing and black oxide services. Though the fire was taken down quickly, Pitre said the main danger was to firefighters exposed to the chemical. "If you get it on your skin it would continue to burn for 48 hours," he said. Firefighters washed down their equipment after coming into contact with the sealant, he said. He said a small amount of product was spilled and would be dealt with by Environment Canada. --------------------------------------------- TANKER OVERTURNS ON EXPRESSWAY - THE TIMES OF INDIA, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Tanker-overturns-on-expre ssway/articleshow/8209920.cms Tags: India, transportation, discovery, response, solvent VADODARA: Traffic on Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway was affected after a tanker carrying an inflammable chemical overturned on the highway in the early hours of Monday. Traffic had to be diverted to the national highway eight (NH-8) in the wake of the incident. The tanker had overturned on the expressway around 2.30 am disrupting traffic there. It is believed that a snag developed in the front wheel of the tanker while it was moving on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara lane of the highway. The driver lost control and the tanker overturned. Fearing that the chemical in the tanker was an organic solvent that could catch fire, the Vadodara fire brigade was called around 3.30 am. While fire tender was kept at the spot, attempts to put the tanker back on its wheels and remove it from the roads were started. --------------------------------------------- CHEMICAL LEAKS AT MOUNT MAUNGANUI - LOCAL NEWS - BAY OF PLENTY TIMES, http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/chemical-leaks-at-mount-maung anui/3951249/ Tags: New, Zealand, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid The Mount Maunganui Fire Service attended a small chemical leak at Peter Baker Transport in Portside Drive this morning. Fire Service communications shift manager Megan Ruru said the incident involved a small carton inside the building leaking hydrochloric acid and the fire service had been called at 6.16am. She said a small carton was isolated and placed into a decontamination drum and removed from the building, which was then ventilated. The fire crew then went through a decontamination shower. --------------------------------------------- FIRE IN RESOURCE CENTRE | TWEED NEWS | LOCAL NEWS IN TWEED | DAILY NEWS, http://www.tweednews.com.au/story/2011/05/10/fire-stotts-creek-resource-re covery-centre-tweed/ Tags: Australia, waste, fire, response SMOKE could be seen billowing from the Stotts Creek Resource Recovery Centre on Saturday when a fire broke out. A Tweed Shire Council spokeswoman said the fire is thought to have ignited about 1am. =93The fire was attended to by local Rural Fire Services and Tweed Shire Council contractors,=94 the spokeswoman said. =93The fire was brought under control on Saturday morning and is now fully extinguished. =93However, there was some smouldering over the weekend.=94 The spokeswoman said the fire was thought to have been caused by a chemical reaction in waste collected as part of the household clean-up campaign. --------------------------------------------- CALEDONIA FIREFIGHTERS CONTAIN CHEMICAL SPILL - CALEDONIA, WI PATCH, http://caledonia.patch.com/articles/caledonia-firefighters-contain-chemica l-spill Tags: us_WI, other, release, response, ammonia Caledonia and SouthShore Firefighters responded to a hazardous material call Sunday after 800 gallons of anhydrous ammonia leaked into the air at 12:03 p.m. While applying fertilizer in a field in the 4300 block of County Hwy H, a farmer was pulling a tank behind a tractor when a coupling released and struck a supply line on the tank. The chemical billowed into the air causing a white toxic vapor cloud, according to a report by the Caledonia Fire Department. Jeff Henningfeld, battalion chief with the Caledonia Fire Department, said no one was injured and no one was evacuated. Firefighters were able to =93knock down=94 the toxic vapor cloud by spraying it with water. --------------------------------------------- AMMONIA LEAK IN SOUTHWEST ICELAND - ICELAND REVIEW ONLINE, http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Ammonia_Leak_in_Sout hwest_Iceland_0_377530.news.aspx Tags: Iceland, industrial, release, response, ammonia The police and fire department in Sandgerdi on Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland were called out shortly after 8:30 pm last night because of an ammonia leak from the cooler system in the local fish processing plant, Slaegingarthj=F3nusta Sudurnesja. =46rom Sandgerdi. Photo by P=E1ll Stef=E1nsson. Two firefighters in chemical suits went inside the plant and managed to stop the leak, ruv.is reports. The wind was blowing from the north when the accident occurred and so the chemical didn=92t blow over the town but rather south towards the beach and over the ocean. According to police, it is uncertain how much damage the leak caused; a considerable amount of fish was being stored inside the plant. --------------------------------------------- EXPLOSION, FIRE HURT TWO AT ECKART ALUMINUM - FOX41.COM LOUISVILLE NEWS KENTUCKY INDIANA NEWS WEATHER SPORTS, http://www.fox41.com/story/14603245/explosion-fire-hurt-two-at-eckart-alum inum Tags: us_KY, industrial, explosion, injury, aluminum_dust LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- An explosion and fire has left at least two people hurt at Eckart Aluminum in Rubbertown. It happened just after 7 p.m. Monday, emergency responders said. The two workers were taken to University Hospital with injuries suffered from the concussion of the blast, officials at the scene said their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. There was no word Monday night of their names or conditions. A city spokesman says there was no need for evacuations; air tests showed no danger. The city did not sound any warning sirens. The explosion apparently was sparked by aluminum dust or powder. Emergency responders said the fire was out as of 10 p.m. Lake Dreamland firefighters left the scene shortly after, leaving plant workers to monitor the conditions. --------------------------------------------- All article summaries and tags are archived at http://pinboard.in/u:dchas
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