Chemical Safety Headlines =46rom Google Friday, June 3, 2011 8:15:01 AM A service of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety Connecting Chemistry and Safety at http://www.dchas.org All article summaries and tags are archived at http://pinboard.in/u:dchas Table of Contents (15 articles) :: CINCINNATI NEWS STORY :: LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV IN CINCINNATI Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, ammonia HAZMAT SITUATION AT WEST SIDE TRUCKING CO. SENDS 4 TO HOSPITAL Tags: us_OH, transportation, release, injury, phenol UPDATE: ROADS REOPENED AFTER DISPOSAL OF ACID AT PIONEERS MUSEUM Tags: us_CO, public, discovery, response, picric_acid VEHICLES BURNING AT CHULA VISTA RECYCLING CENTER Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, waste POWDER COVERS CARS AT HESS STATION Tags: us_MA, public, release, response, fire_extinguisher PAROLE APARTMENTS EVACUATED TO VENTILATE DANGEROUS FUMES Tags: us_MD, public, release, response, unknown_chemical GRASS FIRE SEARS JSC GROUNDS Tags: us_TX, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical CHEMICAL FIRE ERUPTS IN GLASS COMMUNITY; 2 FIREFIGHTERS AIRLIFTED ON NWTNTODAY.COM Tags: us_TN, transportation, fire, injury, ammonium_nitrate INVESTIGATION BEGINS AFTER FOUR PEOPLE KILLED IN EXPLOSION AT OIL REFINERY IN PEMBROKE Tags: United, Kingdom, industrial, explosion, death, unknown_chemical KLTV 7 NEWS TYLER, LONGVIEW, JACKSONVILLE | Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, environmental, petroleum WOODLAWN CHEMICAL SPILL SCENE CLEARED Tags: us_OH, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical PLANT'S HYDROGEN GAS LEAK BLAMED IN DEADLY GALLATIN INCIDENT Tags: us_TN, industrial, explosion, death, hydrogen, follow-up SACTO 9-1-1: CHEMICAL EXPLOSION MISCHIEF AT MIRA LOMA HIGH Tags: us_CA, education, explosion, response, unknown_chemical WAXAHACHIE DAILY LIGHT > NEWS > HAZMAT SPILL Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid PLANT EVACUATED AFTER AMMONIA LEAK Tags: us_LA, industrial, fire, response, ammonia --------------------------------------------- :: CINCINNATI NEWS STORY :: LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV IN CINCINNATI http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Ammonia-Leak-Investigated-at-Sharo nville-Plant/kcfOwFBS0UWwBUdEx5rxRQ.cspx Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, ammonia Fire and Hazmat crews get the call for the smell of ammonia at a business in Sharonville. Crews responded to Cincinnati Freezer on Sharon Road just before 9 a.m. A worker opening the business for the day reported the ammonia smell. Crews located the leak in a small area of the large building. They closed that area off and ventilated the rest of the building. No one needed to be evacuated from the business or surrounding area. And no one was hurt. --------------------------------------------- HAZMAT SITUATION AT WEST SIDE TRUCKING CO. SENDS 4 TO HOSPITAL http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2011/jun/02/cfd-hazmat-team-called-west-side-tr ucking-company-ar-516304/ Tags: us_OH, transportation, release, injury, phenol COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Four men go to the hospital after a hazmat situation at a West Side trucking company. Columbus fire, police, and CFD's hazmat team were called to the USF Holland Inc. trucking company at 4800 Journal St. just after 8 a.m. on a report of a hazardous material spill. That=92s in the area of Walcutt and Roberts roads, near Hilliard. Columbus fire told NBC4 a 55-gallon drum containing the chemical phenol alcohol was punctured by a fork lift. Only a couple of gallons actually spilled out of the container. Workers at the distribution center stopped the container from spilling more. According to Battalion Chief Mike Fowler, four male dock workers were checked out by medics were transported to Doctors West Hospital in stable condition. --------------------------------------------- UPDATE: ROADS REOPENED AFTER DISPOSAL OF ACID AT PIONEERS MUSEUM http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/123048168.html Tags: us_CO, public, discovery, response, picric_acid Things are back to normal around the Pioneers Museum in downtown Colorado Springs following a Hazmat situation that forced the evacuation of the building. Museum workers discovered that a Boy Scout first-aid kit from the 1930s was leaking Piric acid, an ointment used to treat wounds, which can become corrosive. The building was evacuated as a precaution. A robot used to retrieve the substance and dispose of it. --------------------------------------------- VEHICLES BURNING AT CHULA VISTA RECYCLING CENTER http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/02/multiple-vehicles-fire-chul a-vista-recycling-cente/ Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, waste CHULA VISTA =97 A fire that started in a crumpled stack of junked cars was still burning four hours after it began Thursday afternoon at an auto parts recycling center in Chula Vista. Containment was expected by about 5:30 p.m., authorities said. More than 60 firefighters from several agencies, including Chula Vista, San Diego and Hazmat responded to a vehicle fire at 1 p.m. at Pick Your Park Auto Wrecking on Energy Way in Chula Vista, said Deputy Chief Jim Garcia of the Chula Vista Fire Department. When the first crews arrived, they found a compressed stack of eight to 12 cars on fire, he said. The fire spread and scorched 12 acres of grass next to the wrecking yard, but that blaze was contained within an hour, Garcia said. The vehicles continued to burn because of the amount of tire rubber, he said. No homes were threatened and there were no injuries, Garcia said. The cause of the fire is under investigation. --------------------------------------------- POWDER COVERS CARS AT HESS STATION http://needham.patch.com/articles/foam-covers-cars-at-hess-station Tags: us_MA, public, release, response, fire_extinguisher Customers parked at a Hess gas station on Highland Avenue Thursday morning got their cars showered with powder after a chemical fire extinguishing system was accidentally set off. The incident occurred shortly after 9:00 a.m., with Needham Fire Department reportedly on the scene soon after. The station is located on Highland Avenue near the Needham/Newton town line. No injuries were being reported as of 11:00 a.m., and representatives from Hess were on the scene with about six customers whose vehicles were covered by the powder, a dry chemical similar to the type used in home fire extinguishers. --------------------------------------------- PAROLE APARTMENTS EVACUATED TO VENTILATE DANGEROUS FUMES http://greaterannapolis.patch.com/articles/parole-apartments-evacuated-to- ventilate-dangerous-fumes Tags: us_MD, public, release, response, unknown_chemical Some of the residents of the apartments on Hearne Road in Parole were evacuated Wednesday just before 5 p.m. after they reported a chemical odor in the building. Anne Arundel County Fire Department Capt. James Rostek said firefighters determined the cause of the odor to be from cleaning solutions the apartments' management used to clean heads of the sprinklers in the building. Rostek said firefighters ventilated the building and eventually allowed residents to return. He said two people had shown some symptoms from the fumes, but they refused treatment. --------------------------------------------- GRASS FIRE SEARS JSC GROUNDS http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/bay_area/living/article_1bbb070c-ffad-551a- ba48-a7927dfa3040.html Tags: us_TX, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical A team of engineers working on NASA=92s Morpheus Project test apparently sparked a large grass fire on the grounds of the Johnson Space Center Wednesday afternoon. The fire, which started about 3 p.m., was burning over a wide area behind the Houston Fire Department Station 72 on Saturn Lane and across the road from Space Center Intermediate School. No injuries were reported and no structures were damaged as the firemen quickly began fighting the blaze, which was aided by the wind. By 5 p.m. the fire was mostly out after searing a wide area of grass and burning dozens of bales of hay provided for the Texas Longhorns, which graze nearby. A NASA website describes the project: "Morpheus is a vertical test bed vehicle demonstrating new green propellant propulsion systems and autonomous landing and hazard detection technology. Designed, developed, manufactured and operated in-house by engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center, the Morpheus Project represents not only a vehicle to advance technologies, but also an opportunity to try out 'lean development' engineering practices." HFD and NASA plan a joint investigation into the cause of the blaze. --------------------------------------------- CHEMICAL FIRE ERUPTS IN GLASS COMMUNITY; 2 FIREFIGHTERS AIRLIFTED ON NWTNTODAY.COM http://www.nwtntoday.com/news.php?viewStory=56822 Tags: us_TN, transportation, fire, injury, ammonium_nitrate Two firefighters had to be airlifted to Memphis and some 15 houses in the Glass community west of Obion had to be evacuated Wednesday when a farm truck pulling a spreader buggy filled with ammonium nitrate caught fire, spreading toxic fumes in the area. Firefighters Paul Duren and Jonathan Tolley with the Obion Volunteer Fire Department were transported by helicopter to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis after they were overcome by fumes from the ammonium nitrate, according to Obion Fire Chief Jamie Evans. Both men were listed in stable condition today, according to Evans, who checked on their condition this morning. Tolley was scheduled to be released from the Memphis hospital today, but due to complications with Duren=92s condition he will be kept there another night, according to Evans. Ammonium nitrate is used as a high nitrogen fertilizer, but is also highly combustible and very toxic. It was about 10 a.m. Wednesday when Obion firefighters were called to a field off Ben Morris Road in the Glass community, according to Evans. He said a farm truck owned by the Obion Grain Co. was being driven by Kane Stacks. He had pulled off into the field when it is suspected a mechanical fire broke out in the truck, causing the ammonium nitrate to catch fire, Evans said. --------------------------------------------- INVESTIGATION BEGINS AFTER FOUR PEOPLE KILLED IN EXPLOSION AT OIL REFINERY IN PEMBROKE http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/06/03/investigation-begi ns-after-four-people-killed-in-explosion-at-oil-refinery-in-pembroke-91466 -28813103/ Tags: United, Kingdom, industrial, explosion, death, unknown_chemical An investigation has begun into a massive explosion at a Welsh oil refinery last night that killed four people. Witnesses reported hearing a blast from the Chevron refinery in Rhoscrowther, near Pembroke, on Thursday evening. Chief Supt Gwyn Thomas, of Dyfed Powys Police, said police were informing the four victims' families and an investigation was under way into what appeared to be a =93tragic industrial incident"=94. No formal identifications have taken place and the Coroner has been informed. Play Slideshow=AB Previous PhotoNext Photo =BB Chevron oil refinery Show Caption Play Slideshow=AB Previous PhotoNext Photo =BB 12next =BB He said the explosion was in a 730 cubic metre storage tank where maintenance was being carried out. An adjacent tank was also damaged. --------------------------------------------- KLTV 7 NEWS TYLER, LONGVIEW, JACKSONVILLE | http://www.kltv.com/story/14776138/fluid-spill-creating-traffic-mess-in-lo ngview Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, environmental, petroleum LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV) - A fluid spill created a slippery situation Longview this morning. HAZMAT crews along with Longview PD and the fire department worked to clean up a hydraulic fluid spill on Hwy 259 between I-20 and Neiman Marcus Pkwy. A dump truck from Longview Asphalt Inc. leaked all of its hydraulic fuel out onto the roadway after the driver left the power take-off engaged and the hydraulic fluid hose broke. The plant operator tells KLTV the driver was unaware of the leak. Crews have cleaned up the spill and the northbound outside lane of Hwy 259 has been reopened. --------------------------------------------- WOODLAWN CHEMICAL SPILL SCENE CLEARED http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110601/NEWS01/306010008/Woodlawn-chem ical-spill-scene-cleared?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE Tags: us_OH, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical WOODLAWN - Marion Road has reopened at Ohio 4 after it was shut down for about 90 minutes due to a chemical spill in a business parking lot early Wednesday, according to Woodlawn police. No injuries were reported when a Rumpke driver spotted an unknown substance with a fume-like odor in the parking lot of Academy Rentals, 116 Marion Rd., about 3:30 a.m., said Sgt. Kevin Sorrells. Residents in the six surrounding homes were advised to remain indoors until a Hazmat crew arrived to investigate. Sorrells said they determined the substance was not lethal, and the scene was cleared by 5:30 a.m. --------------------------------------------- PLANT'S HYDROGEN GAS LEAK BLAMED IN DEADLY GALLATIN INCIDENT http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110602/NEWS/306020062/Plant-s-hydrogen -gas-leak-blamed-deadly-Gallatin-incident Tags: us_TN, industrial, explosion, death, hydrogen, follow-up GALLATIN =97 Federal safety investigators said Wednesday that a =93fire involving leaking hydrogen gas=94 occurred at the GKN/Hoeganaes Corp. plant Friday morning, fatally burning two workers and leaving a third in critical condition. But the cause of the fire remains unknown, according to members of a team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigating the incident. The team arrived Saturday and has been looking into the incident since. They also said they don=92t know whether combustible iron dust blamed for two explosions at the plant earlier this year had a role in the latest incident. The first of those incidents, on Jan. 31, resulted in two other deaths. --------------------------------------------- SACTO 9-1-1: CHEMICAL EXPLOSION MISCHIEF AT MIRA LOMA HIGH http://www.modbee.com/2011/06/01/1713486/sacto-9-1-1-chemical-explosion.ht ml Tags: us_CA, education, explosion, response, unknown_chemical Students were sent to the principal's office this morning after they allegedly set off small chemical explosions in plastic bottles at Mira Loma High School. Nobody was hurt in the minor explosions that were set off at the school's running track, a San Juan Unified School District official said. Four young people were involved in the 7:30 a.m. mischief that created a mess, officials said. However, there was not of any danger to the surrounding neighborhood. The school is located at 4000 Edison Ave. --------------------------------------------- WAXAHACHIE DAILY LIGHT > NEWS > HAZMAT SPILL http://www.thedailylight.com/articles/2011/06/01/news/doc4de66e49cae893617 40592.txt Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid No injuries were reported from a hazardous materials call Tuesday morning. First responders were dispatched at 8:45 a.m. to Coal City Cob in the 4300 block of Interstate 35E in Waxahachie. =93The call came in as a chemical spill or leak. What we had is we had a semi-tanker truck. We are not sure how much hydrochloric acid it had in it but when they pulled it inside the building it started spewing acid out,=94 Waxahachie Fire Chief David Hudgins said. --------------------------------------------- PLANT EVACUATED AFTER AMMONIA LEAK http://www.ktbs.com/news/28095867/detail.html Tags: us_LA, industrial, fire, response, ammonia An ammonia leak at a west Shreveport dairy Wednesday morning caused a small fire and led to the brief evacuation of the plant. No one was injured in the incidents at Foremost dairy, located off Monkhouse Drive near Shreveport Regional Airport. The Fire Department was called to the dairy about 9:20 a.m. after anhydrous ammonia began leaking. Firefighters said they found a one-inch pipe that was leaking from a valve that had ruptured in a maintenance room. That rupture caused a small fire that was extinguished before the Fire Department arrived, Assistant Fire Chief Scott Wolverton said. The plant evacuated all 136 employees as a precaution, Wolverton said. ---------------------------------------------
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