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Table of Contents (10 articles)
DANGEROUS CHEMICAL SPILLS IN THE CHEMISTRY BUILDING
Tags: us_NY, laboratory, release, injury, nitric_acid
CHEMICAL LEAK FROM TRAIN CARS TRIGGERS SAFETY CONCERN IN EASTERN FINLAND
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, death, flammables
CHEMICAL CONCERNS SEES UNIVERSITY BUILDING EVACUATED
Tags: Australia, laboratory, release, response, unknown_chemical
EXTRA-ALARM BLAZE, EXPLOSIONS COLLAPSE ROOF OF BRIDGEPORT RECYCLING PLANT
Tags: us_IL, industrial, explosion, response, waste
BATHROOM SINK OVERFLOW RAISES SAFETY ISSUE AT LANL
Tags: us_NM, laboratory, release, response, radiation, waste
FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE FIRE AT TPC GROUP CHEMICAL PLANT IN SOUTHEAST HOUSTON
Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
FIRST RESPONDERS BATTLE FIRE AT CHEMICAL FACILITY
Tags: us_AR, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
FIRE, EXPLOSIONS ROCK NORTH TEXAS CHEMICAL RECYCLING COMPANY
Tags: us_TX, industrial, explosion, response, solvent, waste
CRACKDOWN ON MERCURY-LACED SKIN WHITENERS LOOMS
Tags: Philippines, public, discovery, environmental, illegal, mercury
EL PASO FIRE DEPARTMENT SHARES CHEMICAL SAFETY TIPS
Tags: us_TX, public, discovery, environmental, flammables, waste
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DANGEROUS CHEMICAL SPILLS IN THE CHEMISTRY BUILDING
http://www.sbstatesman.com/2018/04/08/dangerous-chemical-spills-in-the-chemistry-building/
Tags: us_NY, laboratory, release, injury, nitric_acid
Nitric acid, a highly corrosive chemical, was spilled in a fourth floor laboratory of the Chemistry Building around 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, according to University Assistant Chief of Police Eric Olsen.
An officer was treated for eye irritation, but no additional injuries was reported, according to the Director of the Office of Emergency Management Lawrence M. Zacarese. The building was reopened close to midnight.
According to a report from Newsday, the spill occurred because of an experiment with an unexpected chemical reaction. Zacarese said fire marshals put the spill into an overpack drum, a type of protective packaging for hazardous materials, and cleared the building of the chemical.
When the spill was reported, multiple police officers, fire marshals and EMS responded as a precaution, Zacarese said.
‰??There‰??s a big response here because it‰??s an unknown chemical,‰?? Zacarese said. ‰??So, until they get up there and identify [the chemical], we have a lot of responsibility.‰?? He later said there wasn‰??t a danger to the public.
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CHEMICAL LEAK FROM TRAIN CARS TRIGGERS SAFETY CONCERN IN EASTERN FINLAND
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-04/09/c_137096276.htm
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, death, flammables
HELSINKI, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Finnish authorities are investigating how a 50-car train carrying highly inflammable and poisonous liquid was left for two weeks on a lone side track in Eastern Finland without notifications to local rescue services, media reports said on Sunday.
Two of the cars had got lose and rolled down unattended against the track barrier and began leaking. The driver of a passing freight train observed the scent of chemicals in the air and made an alert on Saturday, and the event was initially reported in local media as "a leak from a tank car".
On Sunday, media reports said 35 tons of the liquid in total were leaked.
Tomi Anttila, a supervisor at the national transport safety agency, Trafi, told national broadcaster Yle that leaving chemical trains on distant side tracks is legal, but rescue services must be given an advance notification.
Veli-Pekka Nurmi, director of the national disaster investigation authority, told Yle the reason for the cars to get lose was not known.
"The train has been there for at least two weeks", he said. Nurmi said it was lucky that the incident did not happen in a populated area.
According to media reports, the cars came across the border from Russia and was now under the responsibility of the Finnish state railroad company VR. The company refused to specify the destination of the cars, nor the exact owner of them, on the grounds that a police investigation was underway.
The chemical MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) is used in the processing of petrol. Local environmental officials told Yle that the chemical is fatal to fish and other marine species.
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CHEMICAL CONCERNS SEES UNIVERSITY BUILDING EVACUATED
http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5329264/chemical-concerns-sees-university-building-evacuated/
Tags: Australia, laboratory, release, response, unknown_chemical
A building housing chemicals at the University of Wollongong was evacuated on Saturday afternoon because of a burst pipe.
A UOW spokesman said the leak was near a laboratory where chemicals were stored that could have posed a risk of reaction if exposed to water.
The leak in Building 41 ‰?? the Sciences Building ‰?? was reported around 10am on Saturday.
The UOW spokesman said the building was evacuated and NSW Fire and Rescue called.
Police and ambulance crews were also called to the scene.
NSW Fire and Rescue‰??s HAZMAT team arrived and inspected the building, before giving it the all-clear.
The building was reopened by 12.15pm, the spokesman said.
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EXTRA-ALARM BLAZE, EXPLOSIONS COLLAPSE ROOF OF BRIDGEPORT RECYCLING PLANT
http://abc7chicago.com/extra-alarm-blaze-explosions-collapse-roof-of-bridgeport-recycling-plant/3310798/
Tags: us_IL, industrial, explosion, response, waste
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A massive fire Friday evening collapsed the roof of a Bridgeport recycling plant on the South Side.
Fire officials struck out the fire at the building in the 3300-block of South Justine Avenue and its commercial garage at about 9:20 p.m.
Firefighters found heavy fire had already caused the building's roof to cave in, the fire department said. Small explosions heard coming from inside the building were likely due to fuel stored inside, causing a hazardous materials alarm. The level one hazmat was secured shortly after 9 p.m., officials said.
Fire officials also said small explosions heard inside the garage were likely due to fuel inside.
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BATHROOM SINK OVERFLOW RAISES SAFETY ISSUE AT LANL
https://www.abqjournal.com/1155775/bathroom-sink-overflow-raises-safety-issue-at-lanl.html
Tags: us_NM, laboratory, release, response, radiation, waste
SANTA FE ‰?? An overflowing bathroom sink has raised nuclear safety issues at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Water from the sink on the first floor of the lab‰??s Plutonium Facility recently leaked into a basement used to store drums of radioactive transuranic waste, according to a report by a federal oversight board.
The brief report by inspectors for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) said the leak raises issues about ‰??nuclear criticality safety,‰?? or the issue of preventing uncontrolled nuclear reactions.
The water didn‰??t cause any problems, according to the lab. But the DNFSB suggested it could be a warning about what could happen if more dangerous liquids were involved. On the first floor of the Plutonium Facility, the water reached ‰??an area near the aqueous processing rooms,‰?? said the DNFSB.
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FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE FIRE AT TPC GROUP CHEMICAL PLANT IN SOUTHEAST HOUSTON
http://abc13.com/firefighters-battle-fire-at-tpc-group-chemical-plant/3310361/
Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A fire at the TPC Group chemical plant in southeast Houston kept firefighters at work for more than an hour.
The fire broke out at the plant on Park Place Boulevard near Highway 225 sometime after 5:30 p.m., sending black smoke into the air.
The plumes of smoke could be seen for miles along 225 as commuters tried to get home.
According to a CAER message, the fire and black smoke were not expected to impact employees, industrial or community neighbors.
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FIRST RESPONDERS BATTLE FIRE AT CHEMICAL FACILITY
http://www.swtimes.com/news/20180407/first-responders-battle-fire-at-chemical-facility
Tags: us_AR, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
First responders addressed a fire that arose in a chemical environment in west Fort Smith on Friday morning.
The fire, which began around 9:15 a.m. Friday, occurred at Ashland Performance Materials, 5106 Wheeler Ave., on Friday. The blaze was confined to a mixing container used to combine chemicals for manufacturing purposes, Sebastian County Deputy Director of Emergency Management Travis Cooper said.
‰?3(From) the effort of what they were trying to do on a daily basis, unfortunately, there was a fire,‰?? Cooper said.
Cooper said the operator who was mixing the chemicals left the area ‰??very quickly‰?? and activated the fire alarm and sprinkler system in the facility.
Members of Emergency Management and the Fort Smith Fire Department responded to the scene. Cooper said ‰??there were no composites or components left of that chemical‰?? from the fire.
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FIRE, EXPLOSIONS ROCK NORTH TEXAS CHEMICAL RECYCLING COMPANY
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/04/06/fire-explosions-texas-chemical-recycling/
Tags: us_TX, industrial, explosion, response, solvent, waste
TARRANT COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) ‰?? A massive fire at a recycling center in Tarrant County shot flames sky high early Friday morning and was still burning into the afternoon.
Clean Solvent Recycling, near the city of Mansfield, went up in flames just after 1 a.m. and caused explosions that rocked a nearby residential area.
After more than five hours firefighters decided to let the blaze at the chemical recycling company burn itself out. The business is a paint and paint thinning recycling facility.
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CRACKDOWN ON MERCURY-LACED SKIN WHITENERS LOOMS
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/980692/crackdown-on-mercury-laced-skin-whiteners-looms
Tags: Philippines, public, discovery, environmental, illegal, mercury
DAVAO CITY‰??The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Mindanao vowed to run after sellers of mercury-laced skin whitening products here.
Deborah Legaspi, director of FDA Mindanao‰??s east cluster, said her office had been raiding stores that sell the banned items but traders would turn up again weeks after the raids.
The group EcoWaste Coalition conducted test buys on April 2 and 3, obtaining 12 samples of the banned Goree, Jiaoli, S‰??Zitang and Yu Dan Tang brands of skin whitening products from six stores.
‰??To our shock and disbelief, the banned products are openly displayed and sold in stores,‰?? said Thony Dizon, EcoWaste chemical safety campaigner, in a statement.
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EL PASO FIRE DEPARTMENT SHARES CHEMICAL SAFETY TIPS
http://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-fire-department-shares-chemical-safety-tips
Tags: us_TX, public, discovery, environmental, flammables, waste
EL PASO, Texas ‰?? The El Paso Fire Department wants to make sure that everyone uses their household chemicals safely.
Department officials provided a list of chemical safety tips:
å• Only buy the amount of product that you need.
å• Follow the label's instructions on storage, use, and disposal.
å• Do not mix products; it can create toxic gases or cause a fire.
å• Wear gloves and goggles when handling chemicals.
å• Store products in their original containers, away from children and pets.
å• Flammable materials should never be stored in the sun, near an open flame or any heat source.
å• The use of safety locks and guardrails on shelves and cabinets can prevent chemicals from falling or tipping.
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