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Monday, June 22, 2015 at 8:24:03 AM
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Table of Contents (5 articles)
NORFOLK SWIMMING POOL LEAVES 40 INJURED AFTER CHEMICAL LEAK AT HOLIDAY PARK
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, injury, chlorine
CHEMICAL RELEASE AT UNITED TACONITE LAB IN FORBES, 2 INJURED
Tags: us_MN, laboratory, release, injury, other_chemical
CHEMICAL SPILL FORCES EVACUATION OF LOVEJOY POOL IN BUFFALO
Tags: us_NY, public, release, injury, hydrochloric_acid
FEDS CLOSE INVESTIGATION OF 2010 TEXAS TECH LAB EXPLOSION THAT LEFT STUDENT SEVERELY INJURED
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, follow-up, injury, other_chemical
'SHELTER IN PLACE' LIFTED AFTER CHEMICAL EXPOSURE ON ELECTRON DRIVE SENDS 1 TO HOSPITAL
Tags: us_KY, laboratory, release, injury, hydrofluoric_acid
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NORFOLK SWIMMING POOL LEAVES 40 INJURED AFTER CHEMICAL LEAK AT HOLIDAY PARK
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, release, injury, chlorine
More than 30 people including a three-year-old have been taken to hospital after a chlorine leak in a holiday park swimming pool.
Emergency services including police, fire and ambulance crews were called at around 2.35pm to Wild Duck Holiday Park in Belton near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Haven Holidays spokesman Tom Cassidy said that 33 people described as ‰??walking wounded‰?? had been evacuated and taken to three different hospitals as a ‰??precaution‰??.
The casualties taken to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, James Paget Hospital in Great Yarmouth or Ipswich Hospital, Mr Cassidy said.
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CHEMICAL RELEASE AT UNITED TACONITE LAB IN FORBES, 2 INJURED
Tags: us_MN, laboratory, release, injury, other_chemical
Two people suffered injuries after a chemical was released late Saturday morning at the lab at United Taconite in Forbes.
Virginia Fire Dept. Battalion Chief Erik Jonassen said the compound was stannous chloride, a vapor that can cause harm if inhaled as well as irritate and burn the skin or eyes. Jonassen said the chemical release was due to a failure of the in-house ventilation system.
Two people left the site and were taken to a local hospital; one had burns to his face while the others' injuries were unknown. However, Jonassen said as of noon on Saturday, both said their injuries were non-life threatening.
The Virginia Fire Department got the call at 10:49 a.m. on Saturday. When crews arrived, the lab and associated areas of the building were evacuated and sealed. Firefighters worked with the Minnesota State Duty Officer as well as Minnesota Homeland Security on identifying and determining the proper personnel protective equipment. Once the area was cleared, Jonassen said they started ventilating the atmosphere and identified the chemical compound as stannous chloride and determined how to mitigate it. After that, they ventilated the lab and cleared the scene by 2:15 p.m.
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CHEMICAL SPILL FORCES EVACUATION OF LOVEJOY POOL IN BUFFALO
Tags: us_NY, public, release, injury, hydrochloric_acid
A chemical spill at an indoor municipal swimming pool in Buffalo hospitalized one lifeguard and caused swimmers to evacuate Friday afternoon.
Two firefighters in hazardous material gear entered Lovejoy pool, 1171 E. Lovejoy St., to neutralize the spill. The state Department of Environmental Conservation also was notified.
Lifeguard Chris Patrella said another lifeguard noticed the chemicals in the pool were not changing, so she went to the basement to investigate at about 1:30 p.m. What she found was a small puddle of muriatic acid, a chemical commonly used to clean pools.
‰??She came running back up because she had inhaled a lot of the fumes,‰?? Patrella said, still holding onto a small respirator. ‰??So I had to go back down to make sure everything was off and clear the building.‰??
The lifeguard was transported to Erie County Medical Center, where she was treated and released, Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield said.
He said the spill was caused by a mechanical failure.
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FEDS CLOSE INVESTIGATION OF 2010 TEXAS TECH LAB EXPLOSION THAT LEFT STUDENT SEVERELY INJURED
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, follow-up, injury, other_chemical
A federal investigation into a 2010 Texas Tech chemistry lab explosion that severely injured a graduate student has been closed, according to a statement from the university.
Alice Young, associate vice president for research at Tech, said the U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigation at Tech was the first it had done at a university and came shortly after a lab death at the University of California, Los Angeles. The board has not investigated an academic lab accident since, she said.
‰??They sort of brought a spotlight to safety in academic labs,‰?? Young said.
In incidents at Tech after the 2010 chemistry lab explosion, Young said, the CSB has not investigated.
‰??The academic community at Texas Tech has taken on the challenge to develop a strong positive safety culture,‰?? Young said in a statement from Tech. ‰??Staff, students, faculty and administrators have worked to change our expectations about the safety needs of our work and about how we act on those needs.‰??
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'SHELTER IN PLACE' LIFTED AFTER CHEMICAL EXPOSURE ON ELECTRON DRIVE SENDS 1 TO HOSPITAL
Tags: us_KY, laboratory, release, injury, hydrofluoric_acid
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- A chemical leak at a Jeffersontown biotech company sends one man to the hospital. The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. Friday at Peptides International on Electron Drive in the Jeffersontown Industrial Park.
Jeffersontown Fire Chief Sean Dreisbach said the worker was conducting an experiment in the lab when he was exposed to hydrofluoric acid, a serious corrosive material commonly called "HF". The man was using a container of HF when its plastic tubing popped off, leading to the exposure.
Officials said the lab worker inhaled the chemical. He was immediately decontaminated outside the facility then taken to the hospital where he was examined and released. Approximately 30 other people working at the site evacuated and were able to get out unharmed.
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