Chemical Safety Headlines =46rom Google Wednesday, June 8, 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 (10 articles) MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN ADAMS COUNTY Tags: us_WI, public, release, response, hydrazine 'SUSPICIOUS MATERIALS' FOUND IN MIT DORM IN CAMBRIDGE DEEMED HARMLESS Tags: us_MA, public, discovery, response, bomb CHINA CHEMICAL SPILL CUTS OFF WATER SUPPLY, SHUTS SCHOOLS Tags: China, industrial, release, environmental, toxics FIREFIGHTERS DOUSE CHEMICAL BLAZE IN MARIETTA Tags: us_GA, industrial, fire, injury, propane INTEL SAYS SEVEN INJURED AT ARIZONA PLANT, WORK UNAFFECTED Tags: us_AZ, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical CHEMICAL BURNS WORKER Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, injury, sodium_hydroxide YUMA FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL, HOLIMAN, TEAM, YUMA Tags: us_AZ, transportation, release, response, corrosives CYANIDE SCARE IN VILLA HILLS Tags: us_OH, public, discovery, response, pesticides HAZMAT TEAM INVESTIGATES CHEMICAL SMELL IN NEIGHBORHOOD Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, cleaners MICROWAVE CAUSES TWO-ALARM FIRE AT CHEMICAL PLANT IN HARRISON Tags: us_NJ, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical --------------------------------------------- MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN ADAMS COUNTY http://www.wisn.com/r/28159837/detail.html Tags: us_WI, public, release, response, hydrazine A pilot from the Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard is reported to be safe after ejecting from an F-16 fighter jet over Adams County at approximately 1:20 p.m. Tuesday during a routine training flight. ...The aircraft was flying from Volk Field and was carrying a chemical called hydrazine, which is used to make rocket fuel. A hazmat team was assessing the area Tuesday night. --------------------------------------------- 'SUSPICIOUS MATERIALS' FOUND IN MIT DORM IN CAMBRIDGE DEEMED HARMLESS http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/features/x1725636849/Possible-pipe-bo mb-found-in-MIT-dorm#axzz1OgIq4XYV Tags: us_MA, public, discovery, response, bomb Cambridge =97 Two MIT dormitories were evacuated at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, after private contractors working on the third floor on the New House dorm on Memorial Drive found two pipes, both filled with ball bearings and a granular material, laid out next to a tub of chemicals. The surrounding area was cordoned off, but a six-and-a-half hour investigation that involved the MIT Police Department, Cambridge Fire Department, Boston State Police, the Cambridge Bomb Squad, FBI and ATF agents, a HAZMAT unit, high-powered water cannons and sniffer dogs, ended when officials declared that the potential bomb was a =93collection of harmless materials.=94 Police department spokesman Dan Riviello said that an abundance of =93suspicious material=94 warranted a full response. Nine students were evacuated from New House, and the adjacent Next House facility was cleared after 11 a.m. Police blocked off a small surrounding area, which incorporated Amherst Alley and a neighboring car park. Around 12 p.m. the Boston Police Department=92s Twitter page had referred to the package as a =93possible pipe bomb.=94 --------------------------------------------- CHINA CHEMICAL SPILL CUTS OFF WATER SUPPLY, SHUTS SCHOOLS http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/idINIndia-57571720110608 Tags: China, industrial, release, environmental, toxics (Reuters) - Thousands of people in eastern China are without tap water after a spill from a factory may have dumped toxic chemicals into a river, state media said on Wednesday. The spill comes just a week after the Environment Ministry said one in six major Chinese rivers are so polluted the water is unfit even for farmland. The factory in the wealthy province of Zhejiang is suspected of contaminating the Tiaoxi River with chemicals including benzene and alkene, the official Xinhua news agency cited a government statement as saying. "The pollution has disrupted the operation of two downstream water treatment facilities and affected tap water supplies in Hangzhou's Yuhang district, which has a population of about 848,400," Xinhua said. Two water treatment plants in the towns of Pingyao and Liangzhu stopped working on Sunday because of the spill and have not restarted, the report added. --------------------------------------------- FIREFIGHTERS DOUSE CHEMICAL BLAZE IN MARIETTA http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/firefighters-douse-chemical-blaze-969984.html Tags: us_GA, industrial, fire, injury, propane A two-alarm fire and a hazardous material call brought about 50 firefighters and 14 pieces of equipment Tuesday afternoon to a burning chemical plant in Marietta. The fire was reported shortly after 2 p.m. at Sinergy Elastomers Inc., a producer of waterproofing materials at 922 Mountain Industrial Drive NW near White Circle Drive in Marietta. The building is in an industrial park at the base of Kennesaw Mountain. ... The blaze began when hot waterproofing chemical spilled from a mixing barrel and ignited the propane tank of a nearby forklift, Boyd said. --------------------------------------------- INTEL SAYS SEVEN INJURED AT ARIZONA PLANT, WORK UNAFFECTED http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-08/intel-says-seven-injured-at-arizo na-plant-work-unaffected-1-.html Tags: us_AZ, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical Intel Corp. (INTC), the world=92s largest chipmaker, said a fire in a chemical storage building injured seven people at its plant in Chandler, Arizona. Four people were hospitalized, one with serious injuries, said Bill Calder, a spokesman for Intel. While one building -- called Fab 32 -- was evacuated as a precaution, there was no effect on production, Calder said. Intel plants, which are largely automated, churn out hundreds of millions of chips a year and run 24 hours a day. The multibillion-dollar factories are most vulnerable to power outages, which can disrupt a manufacturing process that takes up to three months from start to finish, as recently seen in damage to facilities in Japan caused by the earthquake and tsunami. --------------------------------------------- CHEMICAL BURNS WORKER http://www.pal-item.com/article/20110607/UPDATES/110607021/Chemical-burns- worker?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, injury, sodium_hydroxide An unidentified man was severely injured today while working at a northwest side business. The victim was transported by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, after falling into a vat of caustic soda at Levi Holdings, Richmond Fire Department Battalion Chief Jerry Purcell said. The heroic actions of a co-worker saved the man=92s life, Purcell added. That co-worker was transported to Reid Hospital for treatment of burns on his hand and arm. Neither man was identified Tuesday by RFD. The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. at the tanker cleaning business, 1655 Rich Road. According to Purcell, the man who fell into the vat suffered third-degree burns over 60 to 70 percent of his body and was taken to Miami Valley for treatment. --------------------------------------------- YUMA FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL, HOLIMAN, TEAM, YUMA http://www.yumasun.com/news/holiman-70547-team-yuma.html Tags: us_AZ, transportation, release, response, corrosives A special disposal team was called in from California to remove hazardous waste that was discovered and contained Tuesday afternoon by Yuma firefighters. Fire Inspector Kayla Holiman said the Yuma Fire Department responded to a medical call at 2130 W. 24th Street shortly before 1:00 p.m. While they were on scene, she said firefighters noticed an unknown substance leaking from a the trailer of a semi truck that was parked in the same parking lot. Holiman said a YFD Engine Company was called to the scene and found that a 270-gallon tote container was leaking a unknown corrosive liquid. The YFD's Hazardous Materials Team then responded and contacted CHEMTREC (a national chemical data base for emergency response procedures). The liquid was later identified as sodium potassium carbonate, which is a cleaning solution. =93It poses an inhalation and absorption hazard,=94 Holiman said. =93It is also corrosive to metal.=94 --------------------------------------------- CYANIDE SCARE IN VILLA HILLS http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110606/NEWS0103/306060046/Cyanide-sca re-in-Villa-Hills?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE Tags: us_OH, public, discovery, response, pesticides Emergency management and fire personnel were called to the 800 block of Rogers Road in Villa Hills after an auctioneer discovered a box labeled "Cyno Gas" while preparing for an estate auction. The hazmat team discovered a corroding can of calcium cyanide - as well as arsenic, malathion and other poisons once used as herbicides and insecticides - in the garage. They sealed all the items in hazmat containers. Larry Chaney, owner of Elite Estate Group, said he found the container in a locked box on a shelf in the garage while going through items for an estate auction. "It was well hidden," he said. He said the lock on the box had a key in it, and when he opened it, he found a sealed cardboard box marked "poison." He left the garage and called 911. --------------------------------------------- HAZMAT TEAM INVESTIGATES CHEMICAL SMELL IN NEIGHBORHOOD http://www.ocregister.com/news/pluard-303449-woman-home.html Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, cleaners GARDEN GROVE - A hazardous-materials team was called to a Garden Grove neighborhood Monday night after an "acid-type substance" was poured in the area in what police suspect to be a suicide attempt. Residents reported a "weird smell" near a vehicle belonging to a 20-year-old woman who was staying with them and within their home in the 12200 block of Lampson Avenue just before 7:30 p.m., Garden Grove police Sgt. Doug Pluard said. More from Garden Grove-Westminster Draft redistricting would erase Sanchez's Latino district Home sales fall in 60 ZIPs: Yours? Latino education group celebrates its success The residents entered the home to see if they could find the woman, who they reportedly hadn't seen in a day, but they were unable to contact her and called police, Pluard said. Authorities closed portions of Lampson and Buaro Street as the investigated the smell. Nearby residents were advised to stay in their homes. Shortly before 9:30 p.m., a hazardous materials team determined that the smell was from an "acid-type" substance, possibly one used in pool cleaners, Pluard said. --------------------------------------------- MICROWAVE CAUSES TWO-ALARM FIRE AT CHEMICAL PLANT IN HARRISON http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/06/microwave_causes_two-alarm_fir. html Tags: us_NJ, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical A two-alarm fire broke out at a chemical plant in Harrison earlier this morning, officials said. At 6:07 a.m., an employee at the GEO Specialty Chemicals plant, located at 1st and Essex streets, called 9-1-1 and reported a microwave fire, said Fire Chief Thomas Dolaghan. The worker tried repeatedly to put out the fire, but was unable to, Dolaghan said. Fortunately, firefighters led by Dolaghan and Captain John Mulrennan were able to get the fire under control within 27 minutes of reporting to the scene, he said. The fire took place in a 20 by 20 foot laboratory which the company was vacating, Dolaghan said, adding that the fire originated from a convection oven used to heat sample chemicals. The fire was not suspicious and appears to have been electrical in nature, Dolaghan said. Units from Kearny and East Newark also reported to the scene, Dolaghan said. Hudson Regional Health Commission inspectors came to the plant, which makes paper lubricants and water repellent, and determined that there were no hazardous conditions, Dolaghan said. ---------------------------------------------
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