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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Friday, September 25, 2015 at 7:23:13 AM
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Table of Contents (10 articles)
AMMONIA LEAK SHUTS DOWN BREWERY
Tags: Canada, public, release, response, ammonia
MERCURY SPILLED AT BATTLE CREEK HOME
Tags: us_MI, public, release, response, mercury
SMALL CHEMICAL EXPLOSION LEADS TO BUILDING EVACUATION
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, explosion, response, acids
CHEMICAL SPILL CLOSES HIGHWAY AT KARAPIRO
Tags: New_Zealand, transportation, release, injury, chlorine, cleaners, dust
TAKING ACTION: FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, release, response, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL SOLUTION SPILLED AT STONEHILL COLLEGE IN EASTON
Tags: us_MA, laboratory, release, response, copper_sulphate, hydrochloric_acid
LFR CALLED TO FIRE, MAN COVERED IN CHEMICALS THURSDAY MORNING
Tags: us_TX, public, fire, injury, propane
FDA HIRING TOP OFFICIAL TO IMPROVE LAB SAFETY IN WAKE OF SMALLPOX INCIDENT
Tags: laboratory, follow-up, environmental
CHINA‰??S STATE COUNCIL PROBES THE TIANJIN EXPLOSIONS
Tags: China, industrial, follow-up, death, other_chemical
LIBERIA: SEVERAL INJURED IN SIME DARBY EXPLOSION
Tags: Liberia, industrial, explosion, injury, ag_chems
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AMMONIA LEAK SHUTS DOWN BREWERY
Tags: Canada, public, release, response, ammonia
Pacific Western Brewery was evacuated and Prince George Fire Rescue was called in to deal with an ammonia leak on Thursday afternoon.
PGFR deputy chief Cliff Warner said the leak erupted when a valve was hit and cracked. He said the leak was isolated to an enclosed room and firefighters were to go in to try to further contain the damaged equipment and ventilate the building.
Firefighters were called in at about 12:15 p.m. and were on the scene for most of the afternoon.
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MERCURY SPILLED AT BATTLE CREEK HOME
Tags: us_MI, public, release, response, mercury
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. -- A chemical spill in Battle Creek Thursday morning prompted a response from HAZMAT crews, according to the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department Dispatch.
The spill happened at 73 S. Union Street just before 11 a.m. Thursday, dispatchers said.
Officials say that 16 ounces of mercury was spilled on a small porch on the back of the house. Two technicians were able to contain the spill to one small area. They are waiting for an environmental company to come and take it away. It is unknown where the mercury came from.
Two people were being isolated and decontaminated. A third was being pulled from school to be tested.
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SMALL CHEMICAL EXPLOSION LEADS TO BUILDING EVACUATION
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, explosion, response, acids
BROWNSVILLE -
A small chemical explosion led to the evacuation of a building at Texas Southmost College in Brownsville. The explosion happened in a lab on Thursday morning at the science, engineering and technology building.
Physics professor Ahmed Touhami said one of his students was cleaning his station, when he put an acidic chemical in another container and then sealed the container. The container exploded moments later.
The student was the only person in the lab at the time. He was not injured.
Safety officials transported the student to the hospital as a precaution
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CHEMICAL SPILL CLOSES HIGHWAY AT KARAPIRO
Tags: New_Zealand, transportation, release, injury, chlorine, cleaners, dust
A chemical spill on SH1 at Karapiro last night around 11.30 pm has kept the road closed all night and not due to open until 11am this morning....
Three police officers were taken to hospital after becoming unwell from fumes off a chemical spill that closed a Waikato highway for 12 hours.
The Mainfrieght truck carrying a load of chemicals crashed on State Highway 1, at Karapiro, at 11.30pm on Thursday and emergency services worked through the night to contain the spill.
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When the first fire crews arrived chlorine could be smelled up to 8km away, near the Mobil service station, he said.
At its peak, 40 firefighters were working to contain the spill overnight with rotating crews, a hazardous substance unit and showers set up to decontaminate.
"When some of the powder form mixes with water it gives off a chemical smell," Breeze said.
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The mostly 20 to 100 litre drums contained chemicals including everyday cleaning products like hand wash, teet-washers, chlorine powder and pool cleaner, Breeze said.
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TAKING ACTION: FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, release, response, unknown_chemical
An evacuation followed a chemical spill at the M1 Biology Lab on Thursday at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley‰??s campus in Brownsville
Patrick Gonzales, UTRGV assistant vice president for marketing and communications, said a student spilled a liter of chemicals, and the emergency call to the Brownsville Fire Department was made at 10:51 a.m.
The entire building was evacuated, Brownsville‰??s Assistant Fire Chief Mario Guerrero said, and the fire department‰??s hazardous materials team was called to the scene but not needed.
However, after the situation had been assessed, the hazardous materials team did not need to be activated, Guerrero said.
Only one other person was in the building at the time of the spill, and that person was evacuated safely, Gonzales said.
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CHEMICAL SOLUTION SPILLED AT STONEHILL COLLEGE IN EASTON
Tags: us_MA, laboratory, release, response, copper_sulphate, hydrochloric_acid
EASTON ‰?? The science building at Stonehill College was evacuated Thursday afternoon after a student dropped a chemical solution, officials said.
The Shields Science Center was evacuated just before 1 p.m. as local firefighters and a state department responded to the college.
A glass jar containing a chemical solution was dropped by a student and the liquid spilled inside one of the science rooms, fire officials said.
‰??There is a possible chemical spill in the Science Center and the building has been evacuated,‰?? said Martin McGovern, a college spokesman. ‰??It will be closed for at least three hours.‰??
A state hazardous materials response team responded for a Tier 1 incident, which is the lowest of five levels.
They later determined that a student carrying a 4-liter glass jar containing a ‰??water-based solution‰?? of ‰??the diluted chemicals copper sulphate and hydrochloric acid‰?? spilled, McGovern said.
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LFR CALLED TO FIRE, MAN COVERED IN CHEMICALS THURSDAY MORNING
Tags: us_TX, public, fire, injury, propane
Lubbock Fire Rescue responded to the report of a fire Thursday morning at Thermo King, 2420 East Slaton Highway.
According to a photojournalist at the scene, firefighters extinguished a fire that was near a large propane tank. LFR also found a man covered in chemicals. He was decontaminated at the scene before EMS took him to University Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
According to the photojournalist, the business was evacuated during the incident. The fire marshal was asked to come investigate. Specifics were not yet available on how the fire and the chemical contamination happened.
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FDA HIRING TOP OFFICIAL TO IMPROVE LAB SAFETY IN WAKE OF SMALLPOX INCIDENT
Tags: laboratory, follow-up, environmental
Laboratories operated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lack key data for tracking safety incidents, fail to require important training and need to establish more consistent procedures, according to a report by outside experts examining federal biolabs in the wake of high-profile mishaps with deadly pathogens.
The FDA Is addressing the issues by hiring a top safety official, improving training and taking several other actions, said Luciana Borio, the agency‰??s acting chief scientist. The FDA‰??s scientists do research with bacteria and viruses that cause food-borne illnesses as well as those with potential to be used as bioweapons as part of the agency's work regulating a wide range of products.
‰??I thought the report was extraordinarily important for us,‰?? Borio said Wednesday. The agency has a ‰??tremendous commitment‰?? to improving safety and putting new agency-wide training and specimen inventory programs in place by next year, she said.
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CHINA‰??S STATE COUNCIL PROBES THE TIANJIN EXPLOSIONS
Tags: China, industrial, follow-up, death, other_chemical
While Chinese President Xi Jinping is touring factories and visiting schools in Seattle, Premier Li Keqiang is staying busy back in China. On Tuesday, Li had a particularly important task: hearing a briefing on the State Council‰??s investigation into the deadly explosions that took place in Tianjin last month.
On August 12, two major explosions occurred at a chemical warehouse in Tianjin, killing 165 people. China‰??s state media later reported that the company that operated the warehouse, Tianjin Ruihai International Logistics Co. Ltd., had used the political connections of its owners to circumvent safety regulations and inspections. In the wake of the explosion, China announced that 23 people ‰?? business executives, including officials at Tianjin‰??s port, as well as government officials ‰?? had been arrested for their roles in the blasts. Beijing also announced that Yang Dongliang, head of China‰??s State Administration of Work Safety was being investigated for corruption, although that move was not directly tied to the Tianjin blasts.
The State Council investigation team was called to examine the extent of the damage as well as the cause of the blast. According to Xinhua, Li was briefed on both those points ‰?? but the story did not actually include the investigation‰??s findings, as the report has not yet been finalized.
As for the question of damages, the numbers are unclear. Estimates of the damage done by the blast are staggering ‰?? Credit Suisse put the number of insurance losses $1-1.5 billion; a more recent estimate from reinsurance firm Guy Carpenter said insurance losses could reach as high as $3 billion. The State Council‰??s estimates will have to wait until the investigation‰??s report is completed and made public.
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LIBERIA: SEVERAL INJURED IN SIME DARBY EXPLOSION
Tags: Liberia, industrial, explosion, injury, ag_chems
Sime Darby, an oil palm plantation owned by Malaysian firm has confirmed a fire incident that led to the injuries of several persons on its plantation. According to the Public Affairs Officer of Sime Darby, David Kolleh who addressed a news conference on Monday, said the fire incident occurred Sunday morning thereby causing several employees to sustain injuries. The situation also led to the destruction of several bags of fertilizers in its chemical warehouses and other valuable properties.
In brief remarks, Mr. Kolleh said the plantation regrets the incident which started about 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning but was quickly extinguished by health safety and environment team members at the plantation.
As a result of the severity of the chemical explosion, Mr. Kolleh has warned residents of Clay District, Bomi County to stop drinking from wells, hand-pumps, and creeks in the area. Sime Darby has at the same time warned students attending the plantation school and other schools in and around the area to remain home as means of providing safety measures.
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