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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Monday, October 3, 2016 at 7:50:14 AM
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Table of Contents (7 articles)
STUDENTS TREATED FOR MERCURY EXPOSURE AT SCHOOL
Tags: Malaysia, laboratory, release, injury, mercury
HAZMAT SPILL CLOSES BOLIVAR POST OFFICE FRIDAY MORNING
Tags: us_TN, transportation, release, response, diesel
POLICE: TANKER TRUCK CRASH EXPLODES IN FLAMES, DAMAGING HIGHWAY 58
Tags: us_OR, transportation, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
CLEANING CHEMICAL MIX AT CHEESE LOUISE INJURES EMPLOYEE, CLOSES ROUTE 28 BUSINESSES
Tags: us_NY, industrial, release, injury, bleach, cleaners
CHEMICAL SPILL SHUTS DOWN HIGHWAY 90 IN ST.MARY, ALL LANES REOPE
Tags: us_LA, transportation, release, response, liquid_nitrogen
CHEMICAL REACTION LEADS TO HAZMAT RESPONSE AT JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL IN ARLINGTON
Tags: us_VA, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL TANKER YOWA MARU SINKING IN JAPAN
Tags: Japan, transportation, release, response, sodium_hydroxide
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STUDENTS TREATED FOR MERCURY EXPOSURE AT SCHOOL
Tags: Malaysia, laboratory, release, injury, mercury
LABUAN: A broken thermometer caused a scare at a secondary school.
A total of three students were exposed to mercury after the thermometer fell to the ground and shattered at the laboratory in SM Sains Labuan.
Labuan Fire and Rescue Department director Zainal Madasin said the students were sent to the Labuan Nucleus Hospital for treatment following the accident at about 7.30am.
The Form One students of the school were carrying out an experiment when the accident happened.
‰??A hazmat (hazardous materials) team was rushed to the school after being notified of the accident.
About 20 students, a teacher and a lab assistant were present when the accident happened.
‰??The hazmat team decontaminated the lab in a two-hour operation, said Zainal. ‰?? Bernama
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HAZMAT SPILL CLOSES BOLIVAR POST OFFICE FRIDAY MORNING
Tags: us_TN, transportation, release, response, diesel
BOLIVAR, Tenn. ‰?? A hazmat spill early Friday morning in Bolivar has been cleared after temporarily causing the post office to close.
Employees had to evacuate the building because of the spill. The Bolivar Fire Department, EMA and even first responders from Madison County responded to the hazmat scare along Market Street after a spill inside a mail delivery truck.
Fire officials said the driver spilled diesel fuel and tried to clean it up with cat litter, coffee grinds and moth balls.
‰??And he figured he can clean it and make it smell better by doing that, and he really didn‰??t know he was just mixing lots of stuff together just to give out an odor,‰?? Chief Lynn Price of the Bolivar Fire Department said.
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POLICE: TANKER TRUCK CRASH EXPLODES IN FLAMES, DAMAGING HIGHWAY 58
Tags: us_OR, transportation, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
OAKRIDGE, Ore. ‰?? A major semi-truck crash and explosion covered both lanes of Highway 58 in wreckage and fire late Saturday night. Now, one lane is open and ODOT is working to flag traffic through the area.
According to Oregon State Police, the crash occurred around 10:40 p.m.
Police say a CMV tanker truck pulling two trailers with 10,000 gallons of fuel overturned and erupted in flames. The fuel tanks the truck was pulling exploded, sending wreckage across both lanes of the roadway.
Emergency responders are on scene trying to either locate the driver outside the vehicle, or attempting to identify any remains inside.
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CLEANING CHEMICAL MIX AT CHEESE LOUISE INJURES EMPLOYEE, CLOSES ROUTE 28 BUSINESSES
Tags: us_NY, industrial, release, injury, bleach, cleaners
TOWN OF KINGSTON >> An overzealous employee hoping to do an exemplary job cleaning early Saturday at Cheese Louise on state Route 28, wound up mixing bleach and another cleanser, accidently creating a toxic and potentially explosive stew, according to the store‰??s owners and the town‰??s fire chief.
The incident sent the unidentified employee to HealthAlliance Hospital‰??s Broadway Campus in Kingston, and led Sawkill Fire Department Chief Dave Hoffman to request assistance from the city of Kingston hazardous materials team and closed Route 28 westbound for about three hours.
Exercising extreme caution, co-owner Rick Regan said, he called 911 at about an hour after learning bleach and a lime scale remover had been mixed in a sink at the gourmet cheese shop at 940 state Route 28.
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CHEMICAL SPILL SHUTS DOWN HIGHWAY 90 IN ST.MARY, ALL LANES REOPE
Tags: us_LA, transportation, release, response, liquid_nitrogen
St. Mary Parish Deputies are responding to a chemical spill off of Highway 90 near Pepper Road in the Jeanerette area. All lanes of travel east and west including the service roads are closed. All traffic is being diverted to Highway 182 via Pepper Road in the west and Highway 318 in the east. Louisiana State Police Haz Mat is on scene. The chemical has been identified as liquid nitrogen. In the picture taken by a deputy on scene, the chemical can be seen evaporating from the 18 wheeler carrying it.
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CHEMICAL REACTION LEADS TO HAZMAT RESPONSE AT JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL IN ARLINGTON
Tags: us_VA, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
ARLINGTON, Va. - A strong reaction caused by chemicals in a storage supply closet led to a hazmat response at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington.
The hazmat situation happened around 10 a.m. on the Fort Myer side of the base after reports of a foul smell and complaints of eyes being irritated.
Officials say personnel from the affected area were evacuated.
Seven soldiers and a member of the emergency response team were being evaluated after complaints of feeling ill.
The base's Henry Gate, is closed. All other gates remain open.
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CHEMICAL TANKER YOWA MARU SINKING IN JAPAN
Tags: Japan, transportation, release, response, sodium_hydroxide
The chemical tanker Yowa Maru, carrying 450 tons of caustic soda, started getting water ingress and sinking in Kudamatsu Port, Japan. The vessel collided with unidentified underwater object, suffering breaches and flooded ballast tanks. The chemical tanker Yowa Maru started listing to portboard and was in immediate danger of sinking. The accident was reported to local authorities and at the scene were dispatched rescue boats and towing vessels, which started salvage of the troubled tanker. There is no report about water pollution and oil leak during the accident, but the vessel is under monitoring from the hazmat team. All the 4 crew on board were safe and without injuries.
After more than a day, the salvage managed to dock the chemical tanker Yowa Maru in Kudamatsu Port. The vessel was stabilized and docked. The situation was put under control and water ingress was stopped. The investigation for the root cause of the accident is under way.
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