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Table of Contents (11 articles)
THIEVES GRAB TOXIC CHEMICAL
Tags: New_Zealand, public, release, response, sodium
HANFORD WORKERS AFFECTED BY SUSPECTED CHEMICAL VAPORS NOW AT 40
Tags: us_WA, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
TWO WOMEN RUSHED TO SWEDISH HOSPITAL AFTER POSSIBLE HAZMAT EXPOSURE
Tags: us_WA, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
HAZMAT TEAM BRIEFLY EVACUATES SOUTHWEST CHARLOTTE BUSINESS
Tags: us_NC, transportation, release, injury, unknown_chemical
HAZMAT SECURED; ASHLAND CLOSED AT ROOSEVELT ON NEAR WEST SIDE
Tags: us_IL, transportation, release, response, acids
CHEMICAL SPILL CLOSES KUHIO HIGHWAY
Tags: us_HI, transportation, release, response, water_treatment
CHEMICAL COVERED DOGS LEAD TO HAZMAT RESPONSE IN EAST LIVERPOOL
Tags: us_OH, industrial, discovery, environmental, unknown_chemical
FEDS: COMBUSTIBLE DUST SAFETY GUIDANCE NEEDED AFTER 2010 WEST VIRGINIA EXPLOSION THAT KILLED 3
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, death, dust
CHEMICAL SPILL, VEHICLE WRECKS REPORTED IN AREA: MEMBERS
Tags: us_ID, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
HAZMAT CREWS CALLED TO ACID SPILL IN SW OKC
Tags: us_OK, transportation, release, injury, hydrochloric_acid
WORKER HURT IN CHEMICAL LEAK INSIDE SCHOOL
Tags: us_PA, education, release, injury, freon, hvac_chemicals
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THIEVES GRAB TOXIC CHEMICAL
Tags: New_Zealand, public, release, response, sodium
Thieves stole 25kg of a highly toxic and potentially lethal chemical from a property in Pokeno, Waikato overnight.
Police believe the chemical was targeted because the thieves were under the false impression it could be used to manufacture methamphetamine.
Police are ''highly concerned'' as the chemical, sodium selenate, can be lethal if handled incorrectly.
Anyone who came in contact with the chemical could find themselves in grave danger and police were advising anyone who may come across it to stay away and call them immediately on 111.
Sodium selenate has the appearance of white powder the consistency of fine sugar.
The stolen chemical was secured in a blue metal drum and was clearly marked.
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HANFORD WORKERS AFFECTED BY SUSPECTED CHEMICAL VAPORS NOW AT 40
Tags: us_WA, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
Two workers at the Hanford Site were exposed to suspected chemical vapors on Thursday, sending one to a nearby hospital and another to the on-site medical clinic.
The incident happened around 7:15 a.m., according to a statement issued by Washington River Protection Solutions, one of the private contractors performing clean-up work at Hanford. The statement said the worker who received treatment at the on-site clinic returned to work later in the day.
According to other workers who witnessed the incident, the two people who received medical attention were working outside of the A tank farm and were not wearing respirators. A group of workers inside A farm saw one of the two fall to the ground, after which they called for assistance. None of the workers in the group that witnessed the incident was affected; all of these workers were wearning respirators.
That brings to 40 the number of workers who, since mid-March, required some sort of medical attention after reporting being exposed to chemical vapors escaping from huge tanks holding nuclear waste.
Just last week the U.S. Department of Energy took reporters on a tour of the site to showcase safety precautions and to report that none of its own studies had detected chemical vapors this year. Energy officials did not rule out vapor exposure as a possible cause of the workers' conditions, but stressed that no air monitoring tests had picked up signs of chemical in the air at the site.
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TWO WOMEN RUSHED TO SWEDISH HOSPITAL AFTER POSSIBLE HAZMAT EXPOSURE
Tags: us_WA, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
Over sixteen Seattle Fire Department units have been dispatched to a hazardous material report at Keller Supply and Company at 3209 17th Ave. W. in Interbay.
Two women were exposed to something that caused them to have a rash and one to vomit after fainting.
The women were rushed to Swedish Hospital on Cherry Hill in basic life support condition.
Scott Yurczyk, Battalion Chief with Seattle Fire Department, said that no other people in the building experienced medical effects. Furthermore there was no indication to what caused the reaction because there were no reports of fire or a chemical scent.
There is a chemical business next door and a rail yard behind the business, but Yurczyk reported they have checked those areas with no leads.
SFD said it was unlikely the agent that caused the reaction came from inside the business because there are very few chemical products offered at the plumbing supply store. However, they are still ruling out causes.
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HAZMAT TEAM BRIEFLY EVACUATES SOUTHWEST CHARLOTTE BUSINESS
Tags: us_NC, transportation, release, injury, unknown_chemical
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? Hazmat crews were called out to a business in southwest Charlotte Thursday morning to investigate a hazmat leak on Westinghouse Blvd.
Officials told Channel 9 that a truck pulled into IGM Resins on Westinghouse Blvd. around 10 a.m. and when an employee opened the back of the truck, some strong fumes were released.
The Charlotte Fire Department was called and the business was briefly evacuated as a precaution.
Nobody was hospitalized.
The company performs coatings for wood and metal and they said they were unsure if the chemicals on the truck belonged to them.
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HAZMAT SECURED; ASHLAND CLOSED AT ROOSEVELT ON NEAR WEST SIDE
Tags: us_IL, transportation, release, response, acids
CHICAGO (WLS) -- An acid leak coming from a truck on the city's Near West Side is secured, but Chicago Fire Department officials said Ashland Avenue remains closed at Roosevelt Road.
Officials said Ashland could be closed for several hours Wednesday evening while Hazmat teams clean the area and remove the truck.
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CHEMICAL SPILL CLOSES KUHIO HIGHWAY
Tags: us_HI, transportation, release, response, water_treatment
LIHUE ? County officials were forced to shut down Kuhio Highway in Kapaia following a chemical spill Tuesday morning that left a strong odor of bleach lingering in the area.
A truck carrying multiple containers of hypochlorite solution, a water treatment agent, was northbound on Kuhio Highway near Maalo Road around 8:30 a.m. when one of the tie-down straps broke, causing two of the containers to spill onto the roadway, according to a preliminary report.
DOH spokeswoman Janice Okubo said the 12-percent bleach solution was being transported for laundry services by BEI Hawaii, the state?s largest distributor of agricultural and industrial chemicals.
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CHEMICAL COVERED DOGS LEAD TO HAZMAT RESPONSE IN EAST LIVERPOOL
Tags: us_OH, industrial, discovery, environmental, unknown_chemical
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio -
Experts in the handling of hazardous materials were dispatched to an abandoned facility on the East End of East Liverpool on Wednesday just before 12:00 PM after a woman found her dogs covered with a tar-like substance.
Alecia O'Hanlon tells 21 News her dog Miley, a Pitbull Mix was covered in the black substance on Tuesday evening, and also had severe cuts to her body, "Actually the person who found her they had to pull her out. They said there was about a foot of tar. She was glued to the ground basically. If she wouldn't have been found, she would have been dead."
First responders from local fire departments and a hazmat team from West Virginia and Columbiana County Emergency Management spent the day at the former Dacar Chemical Plant on Michigan Avenue.
The area was cordoned off as crews inspected the site in an attempt to determine if chemicals there posed any environmental risk.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lists Dacar as an EPA regulated site. A search of the EPA database shows no known records of violations or enforcement issues over the past five years. The EPA has also been called to the scene, and a representative from Dacar is on site.
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FEDS: COMBUSTIBLE DUST SAFETY GUIDANCE NEEDED AFTER 2010 WEST VIRGINIA EXPLOSION THAT KILLED 3
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, death, dust
A New Cumberland metal recycling plant lacked a safety system to collect combustible dust during a 2010 explosion that killed three people and injured another, according to federal investigators.
In Charleston on Wednesday, the Chemical Safety Board released findings about the December 2010 explosion at AL Solutions. The board determined that defective blender equipment containing combustible particles likely sparked the blast.
AL Solutions may have exacerbated its problems by using water safety sprays in its facility. The board said water could have reacted with molten metal and contributed to the explosion.
Repeating its advice from 2006, the board suggested that the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration create a combustible dust safety standard.
The chemical board found the safety administration hadn't conducted a dust inspection at AL Solutions before the 2010 explosion, despite past incidents. The safety administration's dust inspections occur on a random basis, regardless of previous problems, the board said.
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CHEMICAL SPILL, VEHICLE WRECKS REPORTED IN AREA: MEMBERS
Tags: us_ID, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
The right northbound lane of Interstate 15 south of Inkom was closed for about an hour Monday afternoon as Pocatello and Inkom firefighters cleaned up a magnesium chloride spill.
The 12:30 p.m. incident occurred when the tanker truck carrying the toxic chemical suffered a tire blowout.
A piece of the shredded tire struck the tank carrying the magnesium chloride, causing the liquid chemical to leak onto the interstate.
Magnesium chloride is used to de-ice roads.
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HAZMAT CREWS CALLED TO ACID SPILL IN SW OKC
Tags: us_OK, transportation, release, injury, hydrochloric_acid
OKLAHOMA CITY - Police and Hazardous Materials crews are heading to the scene of a hydrochloric acid spill in southwest Oklahoma City that has injured at least one person.
Authorities have closed down SW 15th St. from Agnew to May Ave. while emergency crews work the scene.
No evacuations have been ordered at this time. Police tell News 9 the leak stems from a rail car in the area. It is unclear how the victim came in contact with the acid. That person?s identity and condition has not been released.
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WORKER HURT IN CHEMICAL LEAK INSIDE SCHOOL
Tags: us_PA, education, release, injury, freon, hvac_chemicals
A maintenance worker is recovering after a chemical leak led to a hazmat situation at a Northeast Philadelphia high school.
Officials say they received a call reporting a chemical leak at the Benjamin Rush School on the 11000 block of Knights Road at 7:12 p.m. on Tuesday. When crews arrived, they discovered that there was a release of freon inside the school basement. Freon is a cooling agent often used in air conditioners.
"What we found in the basement was a mechanical failure," said Philadelphia Fire Deputy Commissioner Jesse Wilson. "That mechanical failure caused a 600-pound vessel of freon, typical freon that you can buy in a Pep Boys or any place like that."
A Hazmat situation was declared at 7:29 p.m. Officials say a maintenance worker was injured during the incident. He was taken to Aria-Torresdale Hospital, treated for dizziness and is currently in stable condition.
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