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Friday, September 14, 2012 8:02:51 AM
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Table of Contents (10 articles)
SULFURIC ACID SPILL INJURES 2 NEAR AIRPORT
Tags: us_TN, industrial, release, injury, sulfuric_acid
HOMEMADE BOMB BY 11-YEAR-OLD SPARKS CONCERN
Tags: us_MO, public, discovery, response, bomb, flammables
LEAKING TRUCK CAUSES OIL SPILL IN ADAMS COUNTY
Tags: us_CO, transportation, release, response, oils
EXPLOSION AT PEST CONTROL BUSINESS CLOSES WESTGATE
Tags: us_OR, transportation, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
SIX BURNT TO DEATH, 13 INJURED IN KHANNA CHEMICAL FACTORY BLAST
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, death, hexane
LAB INCIDENT AT ARLINGTON HIGH SENDS TEACHER AND STUDENTS TO HOSPITAL
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, release, injury, unknown_chemical
3 SERIOUSLY INJURED IN PROPANE EXPLOSION IN SHELTON- THE NEW HAVEN REGISTER
Tags: us_CT, industrial, explosion, injury, propane
BRIEF: EXPLOSION CRITICALLY INJURES MAN IN PARK CITY
Tags: us_KS, industrial, explosion, injury, petroleum
KYMA NEWS 11... YUMA, AZ/EL CENTRO, CA
Tags: us_AZ, industrial, explosion, injury, dust
CHEMICAL SPILL KILLS WORKER AT SANGER WINERY
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, death, ammonia
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SULFURIC ACID SPILL INJURES 2 NEAR AIRPORT
http://www.wkrn.com/story/19522209/sulfuric-acid-spill-near-airport
Tags: us_TN, industrial, release, injury, sulfuric_acid
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -
Two workers were burned early Wednesday morning in a sulfuric acid spill.
The accident happened around 8 a.m. at Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services located at 10 Airways Boulevard off Briley Parkway near the Nashville airport.
The workers were taken by ambulance to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Authorities said one of the workers was burned when a 55-gallong drum of acid spilled onto him.
A co-worker was also burned when he tried to help the first worker wash himself off.
The first worker suffered burns to his head and hands.
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HOMEMADE BOMB BY 11-YEAR-OLD SPARKS CONCERN
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/13/4816641/homemade-bomb-by-11-year-old-sparks.html
Tags: us_MO, public, discovery, response, bomb, flammables
DES PERES, Mo. -- An 11-year-old St. Louis County boy has been turned over to juvenile authorities after making a crude explosive device that caused a brief scare at a police station.
KMOV-TV ( http://bit.ly/QWEYe7) reports that parents of the boy discovered their son had made a bomb of flammable liquid in a plastic bottle. Unsure what to do with it, the parents took it to the Des Peres Police Department.
Officers realized the bomb posed a risk so they called in the fire department's hazmat unit, which diffused the device.
Police say the boy told them he learned how to make the bomb on the Internet.
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LEAKING TRUCK CAUSES OIL SPILL IN ADAMS COUNTY
http://kdvr.com/2012/09/13/125146/
Tags: us_CO, transportation, release, response, oils
ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. Ñ Additional hazmat crews were requested to clean up an oil spill on East 64th and Washington Street Thursday afternoon.
At around 11:25 a.m., Colorado State Patrol confirmed a semi truck spilled 400 gallons of oil along a three-block area, closing the intersection's turn lane.
Troopers say the truck didn't crash, but a seal broke causing fuel to leak along the road. Some oil did get into the storm drain, however it is not clear how much oil got into the drain before crews could plug it up.
The Tri-County Health Department and the owner of the semi company were on the scene cleaning up the spill. There were no injuries and no other accidents reported.
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EXPLOSION AT PEST CONTROL BUSINESS CLOSES WESTGATE
http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local_news/explosion-at-pest-control-business-closes-westgate/article_6f04133e-fe27-11e1-a6d5-0019bb2963f4.html
Tags: us_OR, transportation, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
A chemical explosion Thursday at a business near the 3500 block of Westgate, Pendleton, forced evacuations and closed both the street and railroad.
Pendleton Fire Marshal Tyler Nokes said four Union Pacific Railroad workers were injured and taken to a local hospital, but said he didn't know how they were injured, to what extent or what hospital they went to.
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SIX BURNT TO DEATH, 13 INJURED IN KHANNA CHEMICAL FACTORY BLAST
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/5-killed-14-injured-in-Khanna-chemical-factory-blast/SP-Article1-928565.aspx
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, death, hexane
In another industrial accident in Punjab, six workers were charred to death and 13 others seriously injured when a gas boiler in a soap-oil manufacturing factory in Khanna exploded on Tuesday night.
Deputy commissioner Rahul Tiwari who, along with Khanna SSP Ravcharan Brar and officials of the civil administration, rushed to the spot, has marked a magisterial inquiry into the incident to Khanna sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Purshotam Singh Sodhi. The SDM has been asked to submit the inquiry report within a week.
The factory, Sanjeev Agro Food Pvt Ltd, owned by Naval Aggarwal of Khanna, makes oil used in the manufacture of soap from paddy husk. According to eyewitnesses, a huge explosion occurred in the factory at around midnight, followed by a fire which engulfed the entire premises and reduced the unit to ashes.
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Sodhi said the factory owner suspected that the blast might have occurred due to some lapse on the part of workers in operating the boiler, which contained hexane, a highly inflammable gas.
"Forensic experts from Chandigarh examined the spot to ascertain the reason behind the blast, but they are yet to identify the cause. They will now take the assistance of other experts," said the SDM
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LAB INCIDENT AT ARLINGTON HIGH SENDS TEACHER AND STUDENTS TO HOSPITAL
http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/09/12/4252934/lab-accident-at-arlington-high.html
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, release, injury, unknown_chemical
ARLINGTON Ñ A teacher and five students at Arlington High School were taken to the hospital early Wednesday afternoon after they were overcome by fumes during an biochemistry lab exercise.
The district declined to identify the six people, citing privacy rules. Students indicated in Twitter posts that the teacher was Brandi Bastas.
Assistant Fire Chief Jim Self said that one of the five students was referred to the hospital by a parent. The others, along with the teacher, were taken by ambulance and were in stable condition, he said.
The incident happened just before lunchtime while the students in the International Baccalaureate class were performing lab work on identifying proteins and amino acids. One of the last chemical compounds they used contained a small amount of cyanide, but Self said that fire investigator quickly ruled out the poisonous substance as a "primary player" in the incident..
"During the four-step lab process, they had an unanticipated reaction," he said.
Junior Karen Ortiz, who was in the class, said 20 to 30 students were in the room. After the teacher became sickened and left the room, she said, an assistant principal came and told the students to leave. Students were advised to see the school nurse if they felt ill, Ortiz said.
The district declined to discuss the specific details of the incident. Self said that he was satisfied with the safety protocols followed and the response of the fire department's hazardous materials team.
The lab is expected to be open Thursday.
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3 SERIOUSLY INJURED IN PROPANE EXPLOSION IN SHELTON- THE NEW HAVEN REGISTER
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2012/09/10/news/valley/doc504e32656a3fa684998096.txt
Tags: us_CT, industrial, explosion, injury, propane
SHELTON Ñ Three men were seriously injured when a house at 67 Wopowog Trail exploded at 2 p.m. today.
Two victims are employees of Pioneer Gas & Appliance Co., 56 Bridgeport Ave., owner William Papale said Monday afternoon.
The three were in critical condition at Bridgeport Hospital, a spokesman said.
Papale said he doesn't know what happened. Two of his workers were connecting a tank to a propane gas system that had been operational.
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BRIEF: EXPLOSION CRITICALLY INJURES MAN IN PARK CITY
http://technews.tmcnet.com/news/2012/09/10/6571580.htm
Tags: us_KS, industrial, explosion, injury, petroleum
Sep 10, 2012 (The Wichita Eagle - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A man suffered critical injuries Monday afternoon when an explosion occurred in a Park City business near a tank used to haul crude oil, a fire official said.
The man suffered inhalation injuries and burns around his mouth and nose and was taken to Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, said Sedgwick County fire Division Chief Eddie Fajardo.
Someone was welding outside the tank and possibly ignited vapors coming from the top of the tank, Fajardo said. The explosion blew a hole, about 10 feet by 10 feet, in the roof over the tank. The explosion occurred in a large metal garage.
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KYMA NEWS 11... YUMA, AZ/EL CENTRO, CA
http://www.kyma.com/slp.php?idN=7325
Tags: us_AZ, industrial, explosion, injury, dust
PHOENIX (AP) Ñ Two workers are being treated for second- and third-degree burns after a dust explosion at a Phoenix design business.
Phoenix Fire Department officials say the workers were in the attic and the roof of the building of a door manufacturing company when the explosion occurred Monday afternoon.
Authorities say the workers were cleaning up years' worth of old dust from Rockhard Design and Surfaces.
Somehow the dust became an ignition source and all that sawdust in the air exploded.
The Associated Press reported that after the explosion, the workers fell through the roof into an old office.
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CHEMICAL SPILL KILLS WORKER AT SANGER WINERY
http://www.kmph.com/story/19514053/chemical-spill-kills-worker-at-sanger-winery
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, death, ammonia
SANGER, Calif. (KMPH) -
Authorities in Sanger are investigating a deadly chemical spill at a winery.
It happened just before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Gibson Winery, located on Academy and Cherry avenues.
Sanger Police say one of the workers accidentally opened a wrong valve and released ammonia into a confined area.
Other workers rushed to help the man out, but he died after being exposed to the chemical. He's been identified as 28-year-old Robert Munoz, of Sanger.
The Sanger Fire Department, OSHA and County Environmental Health are involved in the investigation.
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