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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (7 articles)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 07:47:14 -0500
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Monday, December 4, 2017 at 7:46:58 AM
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Table of Contents (7 articles)
EVERYONE SAFE AFTER HAZMAT CALLED TO CHOBANI
Tags: us_ID, industrial, release, response, ammonia
CAMERA RECORDS RARE FIRE IGNITED BY HOT, OILY TOWELS AT NEW PENN HILLS EATERY
Tags: us_PA, public, fire, response, cleaners
CHEMICAL FACTORY BLAST LEAVES 1 DEAD, 11 HURT
Tags: Japan, industrial, explosion, death, resin
RESIN DUST EYED AS CAUSE OF DEADLY CHEMICAL PLANT BLAST
Tags: Japan, industrial, follow-up, death, dust
CHEMICAL REACTION FORCES INMATES OUT OF CELLS; HAZMAT TEAM CLEANING UP
Tags: us_KY, industrial, release, response, cleaners
MASSACHUSETTS MALL EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL IN A CHIPOTLE RESTAURANT
Tags: us_MA, public, release, injury, other_chemical
OSHA CITES TWO FLORIDA COMPANIES FOLLOWING HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL RELEASE
Tags: us_FL, industrial, follow-up, response, ammonia, hvac_chemicals
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EVERYONE SAFE AFTER HAZMAT CALLED TO CHOBANI
Tags: us_ID, industrial, release, response, ammonia
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) Everyone is safe after an ammonia leak at Chobani on Friday.
The Twin Falls Fire Department sent one engine and a HazMat team to the factory after a compressor in the refrigeration building leaked.
An automatic system shut the compressor down.
Then the ventilation system cleared the ammonia out.
The fire department said no one was injured, and crews are repairing the compressor now.
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CAMERA RECORDS RARE FIRE IGNITED BY HOT, OILY TOWELS AT NEW PENN HILLS EATERY
Tags: us_PA, public, fire, response, cleaners
The Penn Hills Fire Marshal said a fire that destroyed a restaurant earlier in the week was spontaneously ignited by hot towels resting for hours in a laundry bin.
‰??It's rare, but it happens more than people think,‰?? fire marshal Chuck Miller said. He ruled the Wednesday morning fire at Soul & Sea Restaurant accidental after reviewing video from a surveillance camera in the restaurant that captured how the fire started.
Without the video, Miller said, the fire would have been ruled ‰??undetermined‰?? because the fire destroyed evidence investigators needed to determine the cause.
The video shows restaurant owner Brittany Houser drop off a laundry bin full of clean towels just after 11 p.m., which she had just washed and dried at a nearby Laundromat, Miller said.
At about 2:19 a.m., smoke began to fill the room. Miller said the bin smoldered until 6:16 a.m. when flames appeared and began creeping up a wall. The camera was disabled at 6:34 a.m.
According to records, B-Sharp Hair Studio owner Darnell Cohen reported the fire at 6:38 a.m. as he drove in to open his shop in the mall. It took firefighters about 30 minutes to get the fire under control, Penn Hills fire Lt. Tom Kutcher said Wednesday morning.
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CHEMICAL FACTORY BLAST LEAVES 1 DEAD, 11 HURT
Tags: Japan, industrial, explosion, death, resin
FUJI, Shizuoka (Jiji Press) ‰?? An explosion and subsequent fire left one dead and 11 injured at Arakawa Chemical Industries Ltd.‰??s factory in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Friday.
A man in his 60s died and three of the 11 injured, who were in their 20s to 60s, suffered severe injuries, fire authorities said.
According to the prefectural police department, five people were rushed to hospital in the incident, which occurred around 8:30 a.m.
With heavy smoke rising from the plant, local authorities ordered some 50 people in a 100-meter vicinity of the site to evacuate.
According to the fire authorities, the fire was extinguished around 2:10 p.m.
Osaka-based Arakawa Chemical Industries, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange‰??s first section, makes and sells chemicals used in paper manufacturing and resin for printing ink.
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RESIN DUST EYED AS CAUSE OF DEADLY CHEMICAL PLANT BLAST
Tags: Japan, industrial, follow-up, death, dust
Officials at a chemical plant in Fuji, Japan said dust from resins were likely the cause of an explosion Friday that killed one person and injured 11 others, The Japan Times reported.
The explosion was reported at the Arakawa Chemical Industries Ltd. Plant at about 8:30 a.m. A 64-year-old contract worker was killed in the blast. More than 100 were reportedly in the facility at the time of the incident.
A byproduct from the crushing and packing process of resins for ink, the company said the dust exploded on either the first or second floor of the facility, where the man who died and those who received the worst injuries were found.
Emergency officials said the explosion did not pose a risk to the environment or those living near the plant.
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CHEMICAL REACTION FORCES INMATES OUT OF CELLS; HAZMAT TEAM CLEANING UP
Tags: us_KY, industrial, release, response, cleaners
BOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) - Inmates had to move from the Boyd County Jail Friday afternoon after a HazMat situation.
According to Boyd Emergency Management Director Tim England, a jail maintenance worker was trying to clear a clogged drain, but it didn't work.
The worker then added additional cleaners which caused a chemical reaction in the jail drain system.
HazMat crews are on scene to flush out the drain.
England says there is no danger to the public.
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MASSACHUSETTS MALL EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL IN A CHIPOTLE RESTAURANT
Tags: us_MA, public, release, injury, other_chemical
Police and emergency crews responded to a chemical spill at a Chipotle restaurant in a mall in Braintree, Massachusetts Friday. Police and emergency crews responded to a chemical spill at a Chipotle restaurant in a mall in Braintree, Massachusetts Friday around 4 p.m. local time.
Some areas of the mall were partially evacuated as emergency crews worked the scene.
According to police, one person was treated for a non-life threatening injury caused by a vinegar-based cleaning substance at Chipotle restaurant located inside the South Shore Plaza.
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OSHA CITES TWO FLORIDA COMPANIES FOLLOWING HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL RELEASE
Tags: us_FL, industrial, follow-up, response, ammonia, hvac_chemicals
GIBSONTON, FL ‰?? The U.S. Department of Labor‰??s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Tampa Electric Co. and Critical Intervention Services, a security services provider, for $43,458 in total proposed penalties, following a release of anhydrous ammonia ‰?? a chemical refrigerant ‰?? at its Gibsonton facility.
On May 23, 2017, OSHA responded to the incident and determined that the ammonia release occurred when a relief valve activated after a pipeline became over pressurized. As a result, four workers were taken to the hospital for observation and released.
The citations come as Tampa Electric, one of the state‰??s largest utilities, faces scrutiny over its safety record. OSHA is investigating a June 29 accident at the Big Bend plant that killed five workers and injured a sixth. The agency is expected to issue its findings by the end of December.
OSHA issued Tampa Electric two serious citations for failing to include all the minimum requirements in their emergency response plan and not ensuring employees exposed to hazardous substances wore appropriate respiratory protection. The Agency also issued the power company a Hazard Alert Letter with recommendations to mitigate asphyxiation hazards.
The investigation also led to citations for Critical Intervention Services, which received two serious violations for not developing or implementing a written hazard communication program and failing to provide information and training on hazardous chemicals in the workplace.
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