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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (13 articles)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 07:34:31 -0500
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 7:34:17 AM
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Table of Contents (13 articles)
OSHA PROBING KANSAS OIL-DRILLING BLAST THAT INJURED 5
Tags: us_KS, industrial, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
AN INFORMATICS APPROACH HELPS BETTER IDENTIFY CHEMICAL COMBINATIONS IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Tags: us_IL, laboratory, discovery, environmental
TOXIC CHEMICAL SPILLS AT WASTEWATER PLANT
Tags: us_NM, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
SOUTH SIOUX CITY RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO WORRY ABOUT HORRIBLE ODOR
Tags: us_SD, public, follow-up, response, hydrogen_sulfide
BEATRICE MAN WHO DIED AFTER CHEMICAL ODOR AT PLANT IDENTIFIED
Tags: us_NE, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
HOW TO FIGHT A BURNING TESLA
Tags: us_IN, public, discovery, environmental, batteries
EPA ISSUES FINAL NATIONAL FORMALDEHYDE STANDARD
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, formaldehyde
DISCOVERY GATEWAY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_UT, public, release, response, ethylene_glycol
BELLEVILLE MEN GET SETTLEMENT AFTER 2012 KENTUCKY DERAILMENT FIRE
Tags: us_IL, transportation, follow-up, injury, unknown_chemical
ONE MAN DEAD, ANOTHER HOSPITALIZED AFTER CHEMICAL ODOR AT BEATRICE AUTO-PARTS COMPANY
Tags: us_NE, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
CONSTRUCTION SITE EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL IN N. HARRIS CO.
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, bleach, various_chemicals
MAJOR FIRE SEIZES P.J. AF?RIK UNIVERSITY IN KO ICE
Tags: Slovakia, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
FIRE BREAKS OUT AT BETTIS ATOMIC LAB IN WEST MIFFLIN
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
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OSHA PROBING KANSAS OIL-DRILLING BLAST THAT INJURED 5
Tags: us_KS, industrial, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
HARON SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) ?? Federal workplace safety officials are investigating a western Kansas oil field explosion that injured five workers, two of them critically.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday the previous day's accident near Sharon Springs in Wallace County happened while workers were performing a drill stem test.
The medical conditions of the victims, who according to OSHA were affiliated with Wichita-based Murfin Drilling Co., were not immediately available Tuesday.
Phone messages that The Associated Press left with Murfin were not immediately returned.
Fire Chief Jay Sharp said crews were working when gas made its way onto the deck floor of a warming hut, which included running heaters.
Sharp said responding firefighters managed to put the fire out quickly.
OSHA said in a statement that Murfin Drilling has been cited by the agency seven times since 2006, including a fatality investigation in which a worker was killed when struck by material on a job site in March 2008 near Great Bend, Kansas.
Murfin's website said the family-owned, 90-year-old company operates oil rigs in the western half of Kansas, southwest Nebraska, eastern Colorado and Oklahoma's Panhandle, with its operations comprising more than 1,300 wells.
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AN INFORMATICS APPROACH HELPS BETTER IDENTIFY CHEMICAL COMBINATIONS IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Tags: us_IL, laboratory, discovery, environmental
By using products such as soap, shampoo, body lotion, toothpaste and makeup, the average consumer may be exposed to dozens of chemicals each day.
It??s not easy, though, to know exactly what is in many consumer products or what potential risks they pose, either individually or in combination.
A doctoral student and a professor in the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences are using an informatics approach to help prioritize chemical combinations for further testing by determining the prevalence of individual ingredients and their most likely combinations in consumer products.
Doctoral student Henry Gabb and professor Catherine Blake published the results of the first phase of their work in Environmental Health Perspectives, a journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health.
People are exposed to significantly higher levels of chemicals now than in the past from many sources, including consumer products.
??We are, in effect, test subjects in an uncontrolled biochemistry experiment. This has become an accepted, or perhaps ignored, trade-off of life in modern society,?? Gabb said.
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TOXIC CHEMICAL SPILLS AT WASTEWATER PLANT
Tags: us_NM, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
Police and firemen blocked the entrance to the regional wastewater treatment plant east of Ruidoso Downs on U.S. Highway 70 Tuesday morning after hydrochloric acid leaked from a truck making a delivery to the facility.
"Incident stabilization is currently taking place, and all employees and emergency responders are safe," according to a Village of Ruidoso news release.
An EMS ambulance stood by until it was clear it would not be needed as workers dealt with the spill, which occurred at about 8:30 a.m.
Deputy Village Manager Ron Senna was at the scene within minutes, but he and others kept their distance from plant structures until State Police arrived to take command of the situation.
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SOUTH SIOUX CITY RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO WORRY ABOUT HORRIBLE ODOR
Tags: us_SD, public, follow-up, response, hydrogen_sulfide
SOUTH SIOUX CITY ?? South Sioux City residents who were forced to leave their homes by a horrible odor from a nearby energy plant said they're concerned that one resident was recently sent back to his home before levels of hydrogen sulfide gas were deemed safe.
Chris Cornell was among the residents displaced from his home on Oct. 28 due to the odor from Big Ox Energy. City administrator Lance Hedquist told Cornell he could return to his home last week, before initial tests results had been processed.
"I was shocked," Cornell told the City Council on Monday.
Hedquist said he thought the home was safe based on discussion with other people working on the home, but Cornell said alarms in his home showed gas levels were more than double the recommended range. Gas levels should be lower than 7.17 parts per billion before residents can safely return to their homes, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Other residents also expressed frustration to the City Council on Monday, saying they feared their hotel stays could be cut short like Cornell's situation, even though the odor problem hasn't been resolved. About 14 residents are still staying at hotels.
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BEATRICE MAN WHO DIED AFTER CHEMICAL ODOR AT PLANT IDENTIFIED
Tags: us_NE, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
A man who lived at a home for people with intellectual disabilities and was part of a cleaning crew has been identified as the man who died after a possible chemical incident at Neapco Monday morning.
Michael Robertson, 67, was cleaning at the factory under the supervision of Mosaic staff when he and another worker became ill.
Mosaic is a faith-based organization that places intellectually disabled people in jobs such as cleaning and unskilled labor.
The U.S. Department of Labor??s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a release Tuesday afternoon it has opened an investigation into the death.
Police said the incident began as a medical call from the driveline component manufacturing company in the north Beatrice industrial park.
One of the patients required CPR, which was administered before firefighters arrived.
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HOW TO FIGHT A BURNING TESLA
Tags: us_IN, public, discovery, environmental, batteries
On Nov. 3, a Tesla S with two people onboard raced at high speeds through Indianapolis before smashing into a tree. The violent impact killed the occupants, spread so much debris that responders initially thought it was a car vs. motorcycle crash and set off an incredibly hot fire.
Even days later as the remains of the vehicle sat in an impound yard, it needed a 150-foot buffer zone to keep from igniting other vehicles.
This was no garden variety car fire.
Over the past decade, nearly every automobile manufacturer has developed fully electric vehicles or hybrid vehicles that use both a small gasoline engine coupled with an electric motor powered by a rechargeable battery pack.
Other alternative fueled vehicles include compressed propane gas, compressed natural gas and hydrogen fuel cells. And there are solar-powered vehicles under development with rechargeable battery storage similar to that of an electric vehicle.
And most car manufacturers, working with the National Fire Protection Association, have developed both generic and specific training programs to teach firefighters how to identify, stabilize, power down and handle emergencies such as fires, victim extrication and possible hazardous waste associated with these incidents.
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EPA ISSUES FINAL NATIONAL FORMALDEHYDE STANDARD
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, formaldehyde
The Environmental Protection Agency today published final standards limiting emissions of formaldehyde from products containing composite wood, such as hardwood plywood, medium-density fiberboard, and particleboard. These products are commonly used to make furniture, cabinets, and flooring.
??EPA has set in place for the whole country the world??s most stringent standard for formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products,?? says Jackson Morrill, president of the Composite Panel Association, an industry trade group.
The rule, which added Title VI to the Toxic Substances Control Act, impacts both domestic and imported finished goods. It seeks to reduce exposure to formaldehyde, which can cause eye, nose, and throat irritation. High levels of exposure have been linked to respiratory problems and some types of cancers. Industry experts say the final rule contains no significant changes from a prepublication draft issued in July.
??To be successful, EPA must now develop world-class enforcement practices that ensure these standards are met by all composite wood products sold in this country, whether made here in the U.S. or abroad," Morrill says.
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DISCOVERY GATEWAY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_UT, public, release, response, ethylene_glycol
SALT LAKE CITY ?? The Discovery Gateway Children's Museum was evacuated Monday after a large chemical spill, officials said.
The spill occurred just before noon on the first floor of the museum at 444 W. 100 South, according to Salt Lake City Fire Department. A forklift spilled glycol, a common ingredient in antifreeze, and created a large spill covering the majority of the first floor.
The museum was evacuated around 12 p.m. and hazmat crews were dispatched to the scene. Fire officials reported that the spill likely came from the HVAC system, and museum officials later confirmed that the HVAC system was punctured in a minor incident.
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BELLEVILLE MEN GET SETTLEMENT AFTER 2012 KENTUCKY DERAILMENT FIRE
Tags: us_IL, transportation, follow-up, injury, unknown_chemical
Two men from Belleville who were injured in a fire at a derailment clean-up are getting an $18.5 million settlement, according to their attorneys.
Partners at Clifford Law, Robert Clifford and Colin Dunn, represented 38-year-old Tony Carillo and 28-year-old Greg Powers in the case. Both men are employees of RJ Corman Derailment Services in Nicholasville, Ky.
The Chicago law office said the two men were severely injured in a fire during a clean-up near West Point, Ky. in October 2012. The chemical fire at the derailment site resulted in injuries as well as mass evacuation, WDRB had reported.
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ONE MAN DEAD, ANOTHER HOSPITALIZED AFTER CHEMICAL ODOR AT BEATRICE AUTO-PARTS COMPANY
Tags: us_NE, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - One man is dead, another is in the hospital after Beatrice Fire and Rescue responded to the Beatrice auto-parts company Neapco Components, Monday morning at around 10:45 a.m.
Beatrice Fire and Rescue tells 10/11 News they were responding to a man down, and during the call heard of a second patient, both believed to be related to a chemical smell.
The two men down were both sent to the hospital, one was sent to Beatrice Community Hospital, and the other was sent to Nebraska Heart. BFR said the patient who was sent to Nebraska Heart died.
The National Guard Civil Support was called in to help at the scene of the suspected chemical smell, BFR referred to the NGCS as the National Guard Hazardous Materials team.
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CONSTRUCTION SITE EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL IN N. HARRIS CO.
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, bleach, various_chemicals
An area in north Harris County near Bush Intercontinental Airport is being evacuated after a chemical spill from tanker truck.
According to the Harris County Sheriff??s Office, the spill occurred in the 2400 block of Farrell. The Aldine Fire Department and hazmat unit is heading to the scene.
The Harris County Fire Marshal says that around 10:45 a.m., a flat bed truck carrying containers of various chemicals tipped over. Several chemicals were spilled, including bleach. The construction site where it occurred was evacuated.
Surrounding businesses were told to shelter in place. No residential areas were affected by the spill.
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MAJOR FIRE SEIZES P.J. AF?RIK UNIVERSITY IN KO ICE
Tags: Slovakia, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
A major fire seized the building of Pavol Jozef afrik University??s (UPJ ) Faculty of Natural Sciences in Koice on December 9 evening.
??The fire broke out in the area of the building's roof, affecting all its parts, while one part has already collapsed,?? spokesperson of the Fire and Rescue Corps in Bratislava Zuzana Farkaov told the TASR newswire, adding that 31 fire-fighters have been dispatched to deal with the fire, including a unit from the local U.S. Steel Koice plant.
No injuries have been reported, although several people had to be evacuated for the burning building, the Sme daily wrote.
As the building also contains chemical laboratories, civil protection specialists with equipment have also been called to the scene.
The fire destroyed the roof, it was established later. The fire-fighters monitored the fire also with a mobile laboratory that was measuring the atmosphere.
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FIRE BREAKS OUT AT BETTIS ATOMIC LAB IN WEST MIFFLIN
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. ??
A small fire at an atomic power laboratory near Pittsburgh has been extinguished without incident or injury by the building's sprinkler system.
Officials at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory say there was no threat to the public from Sunday night's fire in West Mifflin.
The government-owned facility is operated for the Department of Energy and the U.S. Navy by Bechtel Bettis, Inc.
The technology developed there is used to power U.S. nuclear-powered warships.
The cause of the fire was still being investigated Monday. It occurred in an area that contains low-level radioactive material, none of which was released as a result of the fire.
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