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Table of Contents (8 articles)
INDIAN CHEMICAL COMPANIES NEED TO SPEND ON IMPROVING ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY: YOGESH KOTHARI, ICC
Tags: India, industrial, follow-up, environmental
CAUSE OF BLAYNEY FACTORY CHEMICAL SPILL A MYSTERY
Tags: Australia, industrial, release, injury, hydrogen_sulfide, waste
GAS LEAK CAUSES HAZMAT TO BE CALLED TO CLAY HOSPITAL
Tags: us_FL, public, release, response, natural_gas
V/LINE PASSENGERS LEFT WAITING
Tags: Australia, transportation, release, response, jet_fuel
SUSPECTS CHARGED IN BOZEMAN METH LAB EXPLOSION
Tags: us_MT, public, explosion, response, meth_lab
2 THERMO PAC WORKERS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_GA, laboratory, release, injury, nitric_acid
CHEMICAL LEAK CONTAINED, POWER RESTORED AT MIDLAND DOW CORNING PLANT
Tags: us_MI, industrial, release, response, HCl
FIRE FIGHTERS CLEARING CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: New_Zealand, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
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INDIAN CHEMICAL COMPANIES NEED TO SPEND ON IMPROVING ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY: YOGESH KOTHARI, ICC
Tags: India, industrial, follow-up, environmental
Indian Chemical Council (ICC) is organising the Annual India Chemical Industry Outlook Conference from March 6-7, 2014. This year?s event will bring together a pool of experts from the industry to debate on ?India in the global chemical industry?. The policy makers, the leaders from the industry and other important stake holders will collaborate on the huge potential which is apparent.
On the eve of this mega event, Rakesh Rao caught up with Yogesh Kothari, President, ICC, to known the present status of the Indian chemical industry and challenges and opportunities before it.
What are the challenges faced by the Indian chemical industry? How can one overcome these challenges?
The attitude and the awareness of the top management in the chemical companies need to go through a major change and bring their houses in order by spending capex towards environmental and safety related improvement projects. These need to be taken up may be in a phased manner but on a priority basis and for this finance may be provided by the Government looking at the overall potential of the industries and the revenues which can be generated which in turn helps overall growth of the GDP.
The image of the industry is always challenged and this is true all around the world - may be a little more so in India. The industry will have to realise the payback will be much more, when the house is in order.
The Government and the industries need to work out together to improve the glitches in the infrastructure facilities whether be the roads, industrial areas, port facilities, energy etc.
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CAUSE OF BLAYNEY FACTORY CHEMICAL SPILL A MYSTERY
Tags: Australia, industrial, release, injury, hydrogen_sulfide, waste
ONE person remains in Bathurst hospital after inhaling toxic fumes from a chemical spill at a waste management facility in Blayney, but the cause of the spill remains unknown.
Environmental Treatment Solutions (ETS) director Jock Germany could not be reached for comment about Thursday?s 25-metre chemical spill, which forced the evacuation of St Joseph?s Catholic School and hospitalised eight workers and a police officer when they were overcome by fumes.
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and WorkCover are investigating the incident.
EPA south director Gary Whytcross said the investigation would take several months.
?The EPA will inspect the ETS premises, require a report from the company on the incident, interview ETS staff and where required issue a statutory notice to the company to provide specific information,? he said.
?Initial investigations suggest that the gas emission is thought to have been hydrogen sulphide.?
Hydrogen sulphide, commonly known as rotten egg gas, is highly toxic and explosive.
A WorkCover spokesman said the fumes were created by a chemical reaction during the neutralisation of hazardous substances at the centre.
The business is barred from using the process while investigations are underway, but can continue other operations.
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GAS LEAK CAUSES HAZMAT TO BE CALLED TO CLAY HOSPITAL
Tags: us_FL, public, release, response, natural_gas
A foul smell resulted in a Fire Rescue hazardous materials team finding a natural gas leak at St. Vincent?s Medical Center Clay County.
Clay Fire Rescue Chief Lorin Mock said the gas leak was isolated after firefighters searched for about 30 minutes in the hospital that opened in October.
Mock, also Clay County?s emergency management director, said the natural gas never reached explosive levels and the 64 in-patient bed hospital didn?t require evacuation.
The leak was in an maintenance area near the boiler room, Mock said.
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V/LINE PASSENGERS LEFT WAITING
Tags: Australia, transportation, release, response, jet_fuel
UPDATE 5.10PM: MFB has confirmed between 1,000 to 4,000 litres of aviation fuel leaked from a damaged pipeline that runs alongside multiple railway lines in Sunshine.
Workmen on site were able to contain the fuel into a bunded concrete pit.
MFB firefighters were on scene within minutes of receiving the call and ensured the fuel leak was isolated and the split product blanketed in foam.
MFB Hazmat operators used specialist equipment to monitor flammability and toxicity levels of the fuel and continued to conduct air monitoring.
Exon Mobil representatives were also on site to give expert advice.
The incident took 50 minutes to bring under control
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SUSPECTS CHARGED IN BOZEMAN METH LAB EXPLOSION
Tags: us_MT, public, explosion, response, meth_lab
Two men are now facing charges in the meth lab explosion that happened Tuesday night at the Continental Inn on East Main Street in Bozeman.
Firefighters responded to the explosion that blew out the window of one of the rooms. No one was injured.
The Missouri River Drug Task Force was called to the scene after firefighters found evidence of methamphetamine manufacturing.
26-year-old Devon Arnaud was arrested on a probation violation that night. Friday he was charged, along with 31-year-old Jesse Moore with the operation of an unlawful clandestine laboratory. While Arnaud was already in jail, Moore was arrested Thursday night.
According to court documents the men were operating a "one pot lab" in the hotel room that was the cause of the explosion. Both men are being held on a $50,000 bond in the Gallatin County detention center.
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2 THERMO PAC WORKERS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_GA, laboratory, release, injury, nitric_acid
Two employees of Thermo Pac in Stone Mountain were taken to the hospital as a precaution after one of the workers spilled nitric acid on her clothing and others rushed to help her, reports WXIA TV.
DeKalb County Fire Department hazmat teams spent Friday morning cleaning up after the chemical spill at the food packaging company. Nitric acid is described on science websites as a highly toxic and very corrosive acid.
DeKalb fire Capt. Eric Jackson said the department was called around 8 a.m.
An employee carrying nitric acid out of a lab dropped the container, which broke as it hit the floor. The building was evacuated.
Hazardous materials crew members decontaminated the woman who carried the container, two other Thermo Pac employees who came to her rescue and several firefighters at the scene, said the TV station. The woman carrying the container and one other employee went to the hospital as a precautionary measure.
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CHEMICAL LEAK CONTAINED, POWER RESTORED AT MIDLAND DOW CORNING PLANT
Tags: us_MI, industrial, release, response, HCl
MIDLAND, MI ? A chemical leak has been contained and power restored to a Midland Dow Corning Corp. plant that was temporarily shut down the morning of Friday, Feb. 28, a spokesman said.
Part of the Midland Dow Corning Manufacturing facility was shut down because of a power outage that happened about 11:30 a.m. at the plant, 3901 S. Saginaw, Dow Corning spokesman Jarrod Erpelding said.
A chemical leak also was reported but it never left the plant?s fence line, Erpelding said. The chemical was hydrogen chloride, Erpelding said.
?The leak was contained this morning and power was restored earlier this afternoon,? he said.
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FIRE FIGHTERS CLEARING CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: New_Zealand, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
Four people have been taken to Christchurch Hospital after a chemical spill in an industrial area of Wigram.
A liquid had spilt from a drum in the yard of a freight forwarding company, Fire Service southern communications shift manager Andrew Norris said. The Fire Service had been alerted to the spill about 10am and a hazardous materials unit had been handling the incident.
An ambulance spokesman said four workers were taken to Christchurch Hospital as a precaution. The workers were observed to ensure they were okay, he said.
The liquid, which was yet to be identified, was not posing any risk to nearby properties or people, Mr Norris said.
Earlier, Fire Service southern communications shift manager Andrew Norris said the liquid had spilt from a drum in the yard of a freight forwarding company in the suburb of Wigram.
A hazardous materials unit was handling the spill, which had occurred in an industrial area.
The liquid, which was yet to be identified, was not posing any risk to nearby properties or people, Mr Norris said.
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