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Table of Contents (4 articles)
UPDATE: SIX INJURED IN OXYGEN CANISTER EXPLOSION RELEASED
Tags: us_TX, education, explosion, injury, oxygen
CHEMICAL CLOUD RISES FROM N. SPOKANE SMELTER
Tags: us_WA, industrial, fire, response, metals
CHEMICAL LEAK PROMPTS SANTA TERESA EVACUATIONS
Tags: us_NM, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
TOXIC CHEMICAL SPILLED IN SALT LAKE CITY WAREHOUSE
Tags: us_UT, industrial, release, response, flammables, resin
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UPDATE: SIX INJURED IN OXYGEN CANISTER EXPLOSION RELEASED
http://www.friscoenterprise.com/articles/2013/10/16/frisco_enterprise/news/183.txt
Tags: us_TX, education, explosion, injury, oxygen
Principal Karen Kraft of Lone Star High School said in a letter to parents that all six people injured this morning have been released from the hospital
Firefighters were called to a medical emergency after an oxygen tank explosion at the school at 10:01 a.m. on Monday. When they arrived eight minutes later, they saw a nurse treating a student with an emergency oxygen mask, according to a press release.
Officials said when the nurse attempted to change the canisters, the device exploded, which exposed the nurse, another student, and assistant principal and three firefighters to chemicals.
Kraft's email said the chemical was reportedly compared to a liquefied soda ash material with a high pH. A representative of OxySure, the company which produces the canisters and has been partnered with Frisco ISD since 2005, was on site to help determine the cause of the accident.
The nurse and assistant principal returned to work after being released from the hospital.
After the explosion, Frisco Fire Department?s HAZMAT unit was alerted at 10:44 a.m. and arrived 13 minutes later. All six people exposed to the chemicals were taken to Centennial Hospital to be treated for exposure and/or minor burns, according to the release.
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CHEMICAL CLOUD RISES FROM N. SPOKANE SMELTER
http://www.krem.com/news/slideshows/Fire-creates-chemical-cloud-in-N-Spokane-228167631.html
Tags: us_WA, industrial, fire, response, metals
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Fire crews responded early Thursday morning to what was initially reported to be a fire.
Witnesses said they did not see flames at the Global Metal Technology building on East Trent Avenue. Smoke, however, turned out to be the concern for firefighters. Crews said they found ore tailings used at the plant smoldering on a shelf. Those tailings were creating a noxious chemical cloud.
Firefighters said there was no immediate danger to the public because the cloud was dispersing in the air
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CHEMICAL LEAK PROMPTS SANTA TERESA EVACUATIONS
http://www.abqjournal.com/283281/abqnewsseeker/chemical-leak-prompts-santa-teresa-evacuations.html
Tags: us_NM, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
Emergency crews cleared the scene early this morning after a chemical leak forced the evacuations of workers at the Santa Teresa Logistics Park near Airport Road Wednesday night, New Mexico State Police told KTSM Newschannel 9.
The scene was cleared at 2 a.m. today, and businesses were allowed to reopen and employees were allowed back inside their buildings, KTSM reported.
A business owner in the industrial park told Newschannel 9 that the leak originated in a chile plant, and workers complained of watery eyes and a chemical taste in their mouths.
According to television station KFOX14, HAZMAT crews were called to the park around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday said something in the air was causing them to have nosebleeds and respiratory problems.
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TOXIC CHEMICAL SPILLED IN SALT LAKE CITY WAREHOUSE
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57006220-78/chemical-asay-bottles-crews.html.csp
Tags: us_UT, industrial, release, response, flammables, resin
No one was harmed after a highly toxic chemical spilled at a Salt Lake City warehouse Wednesday morning.
Salt Lake City Fire received a call just before 9 a.m. of a chemical spill near 5178 W. 150 South, according to spokesman Jasen Asay.
Asay said when hazmat crews arrived at RinChem, a chemical distribution company, they found about 10 gallons of highly toxic, flammable chemicals on the floor. The liquid was a mix of a substance called TCIR-ZR8690PB and a second chemical. Asay did not immediately know the name of the second chemical.
According to Asay, 20 glass bottles filled with the first chemical ? a resin commonly used to make flash drives -? were sitting on a shelf in the warehouse when the shelf broke and the bottles spilled on the ground. As the bottles fell, they knocked down other bottles containing the second chemical.
Asay said the two chemicals were "compatible" and did not produce a reaction.
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