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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Friday, December 12, 2014 at 10:02:04 AM
A service of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
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Table of Contents (9 articles)
ERIE FIREFIGHTERS DOUSE CHEMICAL FIRE
Tags: us_PA, transportation, fire, response, sodium
US 29 REOPENS SOUTH OF COLUMBIA AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_MD, public, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
NASA TO HOST INFO SESSION ON ROCKET EXPLOSION IMPACT
Tags: us_DE, public, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
REPORT: TEXAS HAS MOST HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL PLANTS IN COUNTRY
Tags: us_TX, public, discovery, environmental, flammables, toxics
AMMONIA LEAK AT TYSON'S CHICK-N-QUICK SENDS 25 TO HOSPITAL
Tags: us_AR, industrial, release, injury, ammonia, hvac_chemicals
FIRE AT JEA INJURES 7, CHEMICAL LEAK CAUSES EVACUATIONS
Tags: us_FL, public, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
OSHA SHELVES RULE ON EXPLOSIVE DUST
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, environmental, dust
AMMONIA LEAK FORCES EVACUATION OF MESQUITE PEPSI PLANT
Tags: us_TX, industrial, release, response, ammonia
25 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AFTER AMMONIA LEAK AT TYSON PLANT
Tags: us_AR, public, release, injury, ammonia
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ERIE FIREFIGHTERS DOUSE CHEMICAL FIRE
Tags: us_PA, transportation, fire, response, sodium
No one was injured and nothing was evacuated when Erie firefighters were sent to a westside business on a chemical fire this morning.
Crews were called to United Erie, 1432 Chestnut St., at 3:37 a.m. A small release of sodium from a bulk storage trailer ignited but did not spread to any structures, Erie Deputy Fire Chief Mike Fahey said. The fire was doused with dry chemical extinguishers and soda ash on site, Fahey said.
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US 29 REOPENS SOUTH OF COLUMBIA AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_MD, public, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
All lanes of US 29 south were closed prior to MD 198 due to off-road activity involving a single vehicle, according to the Coordinated Highways Action Response Team.
Hydrochloric acid had spilled from a barrel, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer, who said Montgomery crews were assisting the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services in responding to what he characterized as a ‰??small spill.‰??
Travelers were being detoured onto Old Columbia Road, WTOP reported.
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NASA TO HOST INFO SESSION ON ROCKET EXPLOSION IMPACT
Tags: us_DE, public, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
NASA‰??s Wallops Flight Facility will host an information session for the public from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, at the Wallops Visitor Center to provide updates on environmental remediation work completed and underway following the Antares rocket launch failure in late October.
Subject matter experts from Wallops‰?? environmental team will be on hand to answer questions about the mishap‰??s environmental impact on Wallops Island, as well as testing and remediation efforts conducted to date and planned for the future. In addition, launch and range safety officials will be available to speak about safety processes and procedures before, during and after launch operations.
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REPORT: TEXAS HAS MOST HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL PLANTS IN COUNTRY
Tags: us_TX, public, discovery, environmental, flammables, toxics
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) ‰?? A congressional report shows Texas has the largest number of plants in the nation that use the most hazardous chemicals.
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts released the report Thursday at a hearing on chemical safety and security, adding that facilities nationwide ‰??remain vulnerable‰?? following the deadly 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in the Texas town of West.
The report is based on data submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by facilities that use large quantities of highly flammable and toxic chemicals.
The report also says Texas has the largest number of plants that are in proximity to more than 1 million people.
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AMMONIA LEAK AT TYSON'S CHICK-N-QUICK SENDS 25 TO HOSPITAL
Tags: us_AR, industrial, release, injury, ammonia, hvac_chemicals
ROGERS, Ark. ‰??The Rogers fire department responded to an ammonia leak at Tyson's Chick-N-Quick at 400 W Olrich St. Wednesday afternoon.
Several people were hospitalized after an ammonia leak at a Tyson chicken facility.
Tyson Foods released a statement after several workers were transported by EMS due to the leak.
A company spokesperson said contractors were performing maintenance on the roof of the facility. A small amount of ammonia smell was pulled into the plant through the air conditioner.
In all, a total of 25 victims were sent to the hospital, according to officials.
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FIRE AT JEA INJURES 7, CHEMICAL LEAK CAUSES EVACUATIONS
Tags: us_FL, public, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
Seven people ‰?? five roofers and two JEA staffers ‰?? were taken to a hospital after a fire broke out at the JEA sewage pumping station on the Southside earlier this morning.
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue said the workers were putting hot tar on the roof when it ignited a fiberglass pipe at the building on Bradley Road, according to News 4 Jax. The fire caused the evacuation of the building.
All seven were taken to the hospital and are in stable condition. They reportedly were exposed to flames from the burning fiberglass.
The roof fire was put out by firefighters, but a smoldering fire in the lift station's piping was also found.
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OSHA SHELVES RULE ON EXPLOSIVE DUST
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, environmental, dust
CHARLESTON, W.Va. ‰?? Four years after an explosion and fire at a Hancock County metals recycling plant killed three workers, the Obama administration has basically shelved a regulatory proposal that could help prevent such incidents.
Tuesday was the anniversary of the Dec. 9, 2010, explosion and fire at the AL Solutions facility in New Cumberland. AL Solutions operated a small plant on the banks of the Ohio River where it processed scrap titanium and zirconium metals into pressed ‰??compacts‰?? that aluminum producers use as alloy additives. Brothers Jeffrey Scott Fish, 39, and James E. Fish, 38, and Steven Swain, 27, were killed in the 2010 incident.
Titanium and zirconium are both highly flammable, and U.S. Chemical Safety Board testing of dusts from both materials found ‰??higher explosion severity,‰?? according to the agency‰??s report. AL Solutions had a safety manual that listed several requirements for storing and handling the materials, but company management did not enforce those requirements, the CSB said.
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AMMONIA LEAK FORCES EVACUATION OF MESQUITE PEPSI PLANT
Tags: us_TX, industrial, release, response, ammonia
Authorities said nearly 40 employees were evacuated after an ammonia leak at a Pepsi plant in Mesquite early Wednesday morning.
Mesquite and Dallas hazmat crews responded to the plant in the 4500 block of Interstate 30 at about 2 a.m., authorities said.
Mesquite firefighters said crews isolated the small leak and reopened 90 percent of the plant within about two hours.
Officials said no businesses or neighborhoods were affected by the leak.
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25 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AFTER AMMONIA LEAK AT TYSON PLANT
Tags: us_AR, public, release, injury, ammonia
ROGERS (KFSM) -Of the 25 people who were hospitalized with inhalation injuries after an ammonia leak at a Tyson plant in Rogers Wednesday (Dec. 10), 24 have been treated and released as of 9 p.m., according to hospital officials.
The patients were either taken by ambulance or drove themselves to Mercy Hospital in Rogers or Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville, officials said.
The ammonia leak happened around 3:30 p.m. at the Tyson Chick ‰??n Quick at 400 W. Olrich St., according to the Rogers Fire Department, which responded to the hazardous material situation.
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