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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:05:49 AM
A service of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
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Table of Contents (6 articles)
HOME 'EXPLOSION' INJURES MAN IN ROBINA
Tags: Australia, laboratory, explosion, injury, drugs, illegal
CHEMISTRY LAB FIRE AT STRIVE PREP SCHOOL SENDS 4 STUDENTS TO HOSPITAL WITH BURN INJURIES
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, fire, injury, methanol
92-YEAR-OLD TURRET MAN FOUND DEAD IN HOME WITH STOCKPILE OF EXPLOSIVES, CHEMICALS
Tags: us_CO, public, explosion, death, bomb, explosives
BLAZE DESTROYS MORGAN SINDALL NOTTINGHAM LAB PROJECT ë? CONSTRUCTION ENQUIRER
Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, follow-up, response, unknown_chemical
LEAKY CHEMICAL TRUCK PROMPTS EMERGENCY ALERT FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS
Tags: us_WA, transportation, release, injury, flammables, solvent
SKINNY CHEF: HOW TO PUT OUT A GREASE FIRE (VIDEO)
Tags: public, fire, response, other_chemical
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HOME 'EXPLOSION' INJURES MAN IN ROBINA
Tags: Australia, laboratory, explosion, injury, drugs, illegal
Police believe there may have been an amphetamines drug lab inside a Gold Coast townhouse where a man was badly injured in an explosion Tuesday morning.
The force of the explosion nearly blew the garage door off the Robina townhouse, leaving a 37-year-old man with severe burns.
The police Illicit Laboratory Investigation Team was called in, after fire crews declared the scene safe about 11am.
"The residence has been closed down pending a thorough examination," Detective Inspector Marc Hogan said.
"At this time indications are that police will be managing a scene which does or has involved the likely production of dangerous drugs."
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CHEMISTRY LAB FIRE AT STRIVE PREP SCHOOL SENDS 4 STUDENTS TO HOSPITAL WITH BURN INJURIES
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, fire, injury, methanol
DENVER - A chemistry teacher is on paid leave after four students were injured when an experiment went wrong at the Strive Prep School on the Lalo Delgado campus.
"We are reviewing all of the safety policies and protocols as they relate to the science lab," said school spokeswoman Lindsay Neil. "We've suspended all science lab activity in our network of schools."
The teacher was identified as first-year teacher Daniel Powell.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board tells 7NEWS: "The CSB will be sending two investigators over to the scene of the accident -- they should arrive on scene very shortly."
Denver Fire spokesman Mark Watson said the students suffered burn injuries, and although he could not describe their conditions, he said any burn injury to the face or mouth area should be considered serious.
Denver Health said three students were treated and released and the fourth had been transported to University Hospital because of the severity of his burns.
Strive Prep School is a Denver Public Schools charter school located at 3201 West Arizona Avenue. The Denver Fire Department received the call about the fire at 7:54 a.m.
A 10th grade student, David Mathis, was in the classroom and told 7NEWS that the chemistry teacher was lighting methanol when it exploded. He said the fire extended up to the ceiling and out towards the back wall of the classroom, and all of the students who were hurt were sitting in the back of the room.
"I only saw one of the students, but his skin was peeling off, and it looked like at least second-degree burns all over," said Mathis. "We were all just chaotic. We were trying to figure out what just happened. We just saw fire everywhere in the room, too, and we were just trying to put it out and help the students."
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92-YEAR-OLD TURRET MAN FOUND DEAD IN HOME WITH STOCKPILE OF EXPLOSIVES, CHEMICALS
Tags: us_CO, public, explosion, death, bomb, explosives
TURRET, Colo. - An autopsy is scheduled Monday to determine what killed a 92-year-old Turret man who was found dead in his home, which was stocked with large amount of explosives.
A friend found the body of Edwin Bartheld in Bartheld‰??s crawlspace on Friday, the Chaffee County Sheriff‰??s Office said.
It appeared that he had been dead for several days, the sheriff‰??s office said. Initially, authorities suspected that he died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. But now investigators believe he was killed when one of his homemade explosive devices accidentally detonated, the sheriff‰??s office said.
The sheriff‰??s office said when they were called to the man‰??s home on Friday afternoon, they discovered a large cache of explosive devices and chemicals commonly used for manufacturing explosives. Detectives had to back out of the house and call for the Colorado Springs Regional Explosives Unit and two nearby HAZMAT teams to secure the scene.
On Saturday, members of the bomb squad and HAZMAT teams found large quantities of chemicals commonly used for manufacturing explosives, along with several homemade detonators and homemade explosives inside the house.
The explosives were removed and safely detonated by the bomb specialists while the HAZMAT team identified chemicals and mixtures to assure they were stable before they were removed from the house.
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BLAZE DESTROYS MORGAN SINDALL NOTTINGHAM LAB PROJECT ë? CONSTRUCTION ENQUIRER
Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, follow-up, response, unknown_chemical
Morgan Sindall‰??s nearly-finished å£16m chemistry lab project in Nottingham has been destroyed after fire engulfed the building on Friday night
Sixty fire fighters and 10 engines battled to bring the fierce blaze under under control but they were unable to save the timber building.
The project was part funded by GlaxoSmithKlein and was billed to be the world‰??s first zero carbon chemistry laboratory.
Instead it has highlighted how vulnerable timber-frame structures are to fire during the construction phase.
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LEAKY CHEMICAL TRUCK PROMPTS EMERGENCY ALERT FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS
Tags: us_WA, transportation, release, injury, flammables, solvent
A tanker truck leaking a hazardous chemical shut down Interstate 90 near the Washington-Idaho state line for hours today and released fumes that sickened two police officers and prompted officials to advise nearby residents to stay indoors.
The truck was parked at the Washington State Patrol weigh station and Port of Entry just east of Liberty Lake. At 9 p.m. an emergency alert was issued advising anyone within a half mile of there to take shelter indoors with their windows closed and air conditioning off.
The warning was prompted by two police officers south of the interstate who complained of throat irritation and headaches, said Andy Hail, deputy chief of the Spokane Valley Fire Department.
The Florida-based truck is carrying 7,000 gallons of anhydrous trimethylamine, a flammable substance used in making solvents, animal feed supplements and products consumed by the paper, oil and gas industries.
The rare decision to shut down the freeway in both directions was intended to keep drivers away from the truck, parked just along the westbound lanes. Traffic backed up for miles at detours in Liberty Lake and Post Falls.
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SKINNY CHEF: HOW TO PUT OUT A GREASE FIRE (VIDEO)
Tags: public, fire, response, other_chemical
Over the last three weeks, two of my neighbors experienced kitchen fires. As a professional cook, it has happened to me many times, as well. If you're cooking a lot, like many of my foodie friends, it's really a matter of when - not if - you'll experience your first fire.
Because it happens so rarely for most people, they can become scared and startled when a fire occurs. So invest 3 minutes to learn the proper techniques for dealing with kitchen fires!
Because my neighbors didn't know if they were able to handle the fire, they called in the fire fighters - which is always a good idea, if you're not sure you can handle it yourself!
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