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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 3:41:37 AM
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Table of Contents (7 articles)
VIDEO SHOWS CRASH INVOLVING 100-POUND PROPANE TANK AT 5TH, NORTH
Tags: us_WI, transportation, release, response, bomb, propane
HOVERBOARD EXPLODES, BURSTS INTO FLAMES AT EAST BAY HOME
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, batteries
UPDATE: INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSION INJURES FOUR MEN AT HUMBLE BUSINESS
Tags: us_IN, industrial, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
11 INJURED AT MARSHALL COUNTY CHEMICAL PLANT
Tags: us_WV, industrial, release, injury, dust
SPILLS OF DILUTED BITUMEN FROM PIPELINES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL FATE, EFFECTS, AND RESPONSE
Tags: transportation, discovery, environmental, asphalt, oils, petroleum
UPDATE 3-HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL REOPENED AFTER CHEMICAL TANKER FIRE
Tags: us_TX, transportation, fire, response, other_chemical
A CHEMICAL SPILL AT ISU HAS FIREFIGHTERS AND HAZMAT CREWS TO THE ENGINEERING BUILDING
Tags: us_ID, laboratory, release, injury, other_chemical
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VIDEO SHOWS CRASH INVOLVING 100-POUND PROPANE TANK AT 5TH, NORTH
Tags: us_WI, transportation, release, response, bomb, propane
MILWAUKEE ‰??A hazardous materials response was called to Milwaukee's near north side Tuesday morning.
Crews responded to the area of 5th Street and North Avenue just after 8 a.m.
Milwaukee police said a truck carrying two 100-pound propane tanks was involved in a crash.
One of the tanks fell from the truck and was leaking propane.
A surveillance video showed a car driving through a stop sign, hitting the truck and causing the tank to fall off.
‰??When you're dealing with a tank, that's called a bleve, where if it were to start on fire, and the tank expands, and it heats, and you have essentially a mini bomb,‰?? Milwaukee Fire Department Battalion Chief Joel Rechlitz said.
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HOVERBOARD EXPLODES, BURSTS INTO FLAMES AT EAST BAY HOME
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, batteries
The nation's hoverboard frenzy -- foretold nearly three decades ago by a board-riding McFly in the movie "Back to the Future II" -- continued to go up in flames Tuesday, as retailers ditched the devices amid reports of dangerous malfunctions, the latest in East Contra Costa County.
On Monday, a self-balancing scooter, or hoverboard, bought as an early Christmas gift burst into flames at a Brentwood home with a 15-year-old girl aboard. It later exploded, charring the board, the batteries and part of a wall in the kitchen.
"We're still pretty shook up," Cameron Washington, 34, said Tuesday morning. Washington's niece was on the board when it caught fire. "I mean, the whole house could've burned down."
A hoverboard caught fire at a Brentwood home late Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)
The girl escaped without any physical injuries, Washington said. But it was not the first such accident.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating at least 11 reports of hoverboard fires -- apparently caused by the devices' large lithium-ion batteries -- in 10 states, including California. The agency is testing hoverboards in its laboratory in the Washington, D.C., area, said Patty Davis, spokeswoman for the CPSC. It has also received reports of 29 hoverboard injuries -- all related to falls -- that needed emergency room treatment, she said.
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UPDATE: INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSION INJURES FOUR MEN AT HUMBLE BUSINESS
Tags: us_IN, industrial, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
The Humble Fire Department and EMS were dispatched to a warehouse business in the 1200 block of Indiana in regards to what was first reported as an industrial explosion at approximately 1 p.m. today.
According to reports from the scene, four people were injured when there was an explosion. One was transported downtown, another transported to Memorial Hermann Northeast, one treated at the scene and a fourth victim was set to be transported via Life Flight but could not be due to the chemical the victims were burned with.
Two of the men are listed in critical condition.
Humble Police Department Lieutenant Melinda Bradshaw confirmed HazMat was called to the scene but were not needed because there was not any residual chemicals.
The incident happened at Moore Rod and Pipe which specializes in making industrial plastic pipe for the oil and gas industry.
According to Moore Rod and Pipe executives who spoke with the Observer‰??s news partner ABC-13 KTRK earlier today, a machine that melts plastic pellets clogged, and the workmen tried to unclog it.
‰??The pressurized molten plastic is said to have sprayed the men on their upper bodies and faces,‰?? ABC-13 reported earlier.
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11 INJURED AT MARSHALL COUNTY CHEMICAL PLANT
Tags: us_WV, industrial, release, injury, dust
Eleven workers were injured Tuesday morning when a tank on an industrial boiler at a Marshall County chemical plant released steam and ash into the air.
Plant owner Axiall Corp. of Atlanta released few details on the incident, except to say that it occurred in the facility‰??s power plant and involved steam from its coal-fired boiler.
‰??There was no hazardous chemical release from this accident,‰?? company spokesman Chip Swearngan said in an email response to questions. ‰??There was not a significant release of steam from the boiler either.‰??
A report filed with the state Department of Environmental Protection by a Marshall County emergency dispatcher said that a boiler tank at the plant had released steam and ash and that some workers had second-degree burns and dust inhalation injuries.
The 11 contract workers were being treated at four local hospitals, but Axiall refused to provide any information about the type or extent of their injuries. Axiall would not provide the name of the contracting company that employed the workers.
A spokesman for the Marshall County Office of Emergency Management said initial reports were that the injuries were not life-threatening, but that his agency did not have complete and updated information on the workers‰?? conditions.
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SPILLS OF DILUTED BITUMEN FROM PIPELINES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL FATE, EFFECTS, AND RESPONSE
Tags: transportation, discovery, environmental, asphalt, oils, petroleum
Diluted bitumen has been transported by pipeline in the United States for more than 40 years, with the amount increasing recently as a result of improved extraction technologies and resulting increases in production and exportation of Canadian diluted bitumen. The increased importation of Canadian diluted bitumen to the United States has strained the existing pipeline capacity and contributed to the expansion of pipeline mileage over the past 5 years. Although rising North American crude oil production has resulted in greater transport of crude oil by rail or tanker, oil pipelines continue to deliver the vast majority of crude oil supplies to U.S. refineries.
Spills of Diluted Bitumen from Pipelines examines the current state of knowledge and identifies the relevant properties and characteristics of the transport, fate, and effects of diluted bitumen and commonly transported crude oils when spilled in the environment. This report assesses whether the differences between properties of diluted bitumen and those of other commonly transported crude oils warrant modifications to the regulations governing spill response plans and cleanup. Given the nature of pipeline operations, response planning, and the oil industry, the recommendations outlined in this study are broadly applicable to other modes of transportation as well.
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UPDATE 3-HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL REOPENED AFTER CHEMICAL TANKER FIRE
Tags: us_TX, transportation, fire, response, other_chemical
Dec 14 The Houston Ship Channel was re-opened after a burning tanker prompted a nearly three-hour shutdown of a two-mile-long (3.20-km-long) section of the largest petrochemical port in the United States.
The fire was extinguished nearly 90 minutes after it started, but the channel remained closed for nearly another 90 minutes as firefighters monitored the air to ensure no toxic fumes lingered, Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick said.
"Initially it was a big fire, but it came down pretty quickly," he said.
Earlier on Monday, flames were seen shooting from the tanker Navigator Europa, moored outside the Targa LPG export terminal, according to a source and Reuters vessel tracking data.
A representative for Targa Resources Corp did not respond to a phone call seeking comment.
Kendrick confirmed that the tanker was loading ethylene when the fire started, and said no injuries had been reported. Ethylene is a chemical used in making plastic.
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A CHEMICAL SPILL AT ISU HAS FIREFIGHTERS AND HAZMAT CREWS TO THE ENGINEERING BUILDING
Tags: us_ID, laboratory, release, injury, other_chemical
A chemical spill at Idaho State University‰??s Engineering building sent hazardous materials teams and firefighters racing to the building on Monday morning.
Two people were sent to the hospital as a precautionary measure and phone and email alerts were sent out urging people to avoid the Engineering building.
That toxic chemical is Boron Trifluoride, a colorless gas with a harsh odor that is toxic if inhaled. It‰??s typically used in organic chemistry and symptoms of exposure include irritation of eyes, skin, nose, respiratory system, nose bleed, eye and skin burns.
‰??So when they discovered it was leaking they put it in to the fume hood in their laboratory and they evacuated and so we have the fire department here,‰?? says Farina.
Peter Farina with Idaho State University says around 11:30 Monday morning, a lab technician and a student discovered and reported a gas leak in a piece of equipment at the Engineering building on the ISU campus.
‰??Well it‰??s a dangerous chemical, but ISU followed procedures correctly and got the material into a hood so it was contained,‰?? says Greg Vickers, Battalion Chief for Pocatello Fire Department.
Four fire trucks, an ambulance and a hazmat team was on scene to assess the situation after the building was evacuated.
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