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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (9 articles)
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 07:42:29 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Monday, June 11, 2018 at 7:42:16 AM
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Table of Contents (9 articles)
DIFFERING LEVELS OF WORKER EXPERIENCE AND HANDLING HIGHLY CONTAMINATED MATERIALS
Tags: us_WA, industrial, discovery, environmental
FUEL SPILL AT RFD SENDS EMPLOYEE TO THE HOSPITAL
Tags: us_IL, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
PROPANE LEAK AT COOPER STEEL, RESIDENTS EVACUATED
Tags: us_VA, industrial, release, response, propane
POUDRE FIRE HAZMAT CLEANS UP CHEMICAL SPILL AT WASSON BUSINESS
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, fire, response, other_chemical
HEAT MAY BE TO BLAME FOR VAN‰??S EXPLOSION THAT LEFT THORNTON BUSINESS OWNER INJURED
Tags: us_CO, public, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
EPA COMMENTS ON MERCURY CONTAMINATION CLEANUP EFFORTS
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, mercury
CHLORINE ON GROUND NEAR BEAN‰??S CAFE DRAWS AFD RESPONSE
Tags: us_AK, public, release, response, chlorine
HAZMAT CREWS CALLED TO ALTOONA TRUCKING COMPANY ON POSSIBILITY OF CHEMICAL EXPLOSION
Tags: us_IA, transportation, discovery, response, solvent
CHEMICAL SPILL AT NEWARK TEXTILE COMPANY, WORKERS EVACUATED: NDPS
Tags: us_NJ, industrial, release, injury, hydrogen_peroxide
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DIFFERING LEVELS OF WORKER EXPERIENCE AND HANDLING HIGHLY CONTAMINATED MATERIALS
https://opexshare.doe.gov/lesson.cfm/2018/6/5/21391/Differing-Levels-of-Worker-Experience-and-Handling-Highly-Contaminated-Materials
Tags: us_WA, industrial, discovery, environmental
Mixing worker experience levels for work activities provides valuable continuous training opportunities, however additional guidance and oversight during higher risk jobs is key for ensuring the less experienced worker's comprehension of what work is authorized and whose role it is to perform. An inexperienced Health Physics Technician, though fully trained and qualified, became radiologically contaminated while supporting housekeeping activities involving highly contaminated materials. The HPT indicated they understood contamination control from their training and qualifications (barrier use, body position), and would remember and apply this event in future work evolutions.
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FUEL SPILL AT RFD SENDS EMPLOYEE TO THE HOSPITAL
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/Fuel-spill-at-RFD-sends--485041121.html
Tags: us_IL, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) -- An employee at the Chicago Rockford International Airport was transported to the hospital for precautionary reasons after a plane leaked fuel inside the AAR hanger around 10:45 Saturday morning.
RFD fire crews say employees were working on repairing a plane when a valve did not automatically close like it should causing an accidental active leak. Crews then removed the fuel from the plane.
The airport fire department, Rockford Fire Department and the Hazmat team were called in.
The airport fire department says four employees were directly affected by the fuel spill. No one was injured. One person was transported to a local hospital for precautionary reasons.
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PROPANE LEAK AT COOPER STEEL, RESIDENTS EVACUATED
http://wset.com/news/local/propane-leak-at-cooper-steel-residents-evacuated
Tags: us_VA, industrial, release, response, propane
UPDATE: Officials say the propane leak has been stopped. Residents and roads will remain closed as crews conduct detection and monitoring for propane in low lying areas.
MONROE, Va (WSET)- Amherst County dispatch reports that there is a propane leak at Cooper Steel in Monroe.
Residents who live within a half mile radius are being evacuated.
Route 29 business is shutdown in the area until further notice.
Hazmat is on scene assessing the situation. Officials say if they determine there is still a danger tonight they will set up a shelter for evacuated residents
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POUDRE FIRE HAZMAT CLEANS UP CHEMICAL SPILL AT WASSON BUSINESS
https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2018/06/09/poudre-fire-crews-hazmat-cleans-up-chemical-spill-wasson-business/687889002/
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, fire, response, other_chemical
Poudre Fire crews cleaned up a chemical leak on Saturday afternoon that led to a fire that blew the door off a refrigeration unit.
Firefighters responded to the fire at about 12:15 p.m. when an employee of Wasson-ECE Instrumentation, 101 Rome Court, saw some smoke in the building. The company creates custom analytical tools.
The employee located the fire inside a refrigerator and used a chemical extinguisher to put it out, according to Battalion Chief Jim Pietrangelo. Only one employee was working in the building at the time of the fire.
Poudre Fire hazardous materials crews determined the cause of the fire was a spill of the chemical dichloromethylsilane.
That particular chemical, Pietrangelo said, was stored in an airtight container in the fridge. It can cause a fire when it comes into contact with the air.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office responded to investigate at the request of Poudre Fire and did not suspect any foul play, he said.
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HEAT MAY BE TO BLAME FOR VAN‰??S EXPLOSION THAT LEFT THORNTON BUSINESS OWNER INJURED
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/front-range/thornton/heat-may-be-to-blame-for-vans-explosion-that-left-thornton-business-owner-injured
Tags: us_CO, public, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
THORNTON, Colo. ‰?? Rising temperatures across the Front Range may be to blame for a van explosion in Thornton that left a Thornton business owner injured Saturday morning.
Pictures of the charred van were tweeted by the Thornton Fire Department after they responded to what they initially called an ‰??incident‰?? in the area of E. 88th Avenue and Washington Street just before 7:15 a.m.
The van, which was used for a hardwood flooring business, caught fire after chemical supplies in the back exploded, according to a spokesperson from the Thornton Fire Department.
The spokesperson told Denver7 heat inside the van may have caused the explosion, which left the business owner injured. He was taken to a hospital for treatment; his condition is not known at this time.
Another van right next to the one that exploded was also damaged. That van belongs to the business owner‰??s girlfriend, the spokesperson said.
No other cars or nearby buildings were damaged.
The cause of the fire was determined to be accidental.
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EPA COMMENTS ON MERCURY CONTAMINATION CLEANUP EFFORTS
https://coronadotimes.com/news/2018/06/08/epa-comments-on-mercury-contamination-cleanup-efforts/
Tags: us_CA, public, fire, response, mercury
Hazardous Materials Teams working with the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been working around the clock to secure and remove nearly 25 pounds of spilled mercury after a garage containing over 100 mercury-filled thermometers caught fire in Coronado earlier this week.
EPA Reveals New Information
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The extensive cleanup, which shut down 5th Street between Orange Avenue and D Avenue until further notice has left many residents wondering who is paying for the HAZMAT removal and use of city personnel.
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CHLORINE ON GROUND NEAR BEAN‰??S CAFE DRAWS AFD RESPONSE
http://www.ktva.com/story/38381722/chlorine-on-ground-near-beans-case-draws-afd-response
Tags: us_AK, public, release, response, chlorine
Part of Karluk Street reopened Friday morning, after a powdered chemical spread along a sidewalk near Bean‰??s Cafe prompted a response from firefighters Thursday night.
Ron Alleva, the owner of nearby Grubstake Auction Co., said he put the chemical down Wednesday -- on ground near Karluk's sidewalk between 3rd and 4th avenues, an area directly across from Bean's where homeless people camp.
On Thursday, he claimed he had permission to do so from the city's Department of Health and Human Services.
"That's just pool chlorine; it kills the bugs,‰?? Alleva said.
Asked if doing so was dangerous to people, Alleva said it wasn‰??t, pointing to nearby signs.
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HAZMAT CREWS CALLED TO ALTOONA TRUCKING COMPANY ON POSSIBILITY OF CHEMICAL EXPLOSION
http://whotv.com/2018/06/08/hazmat-crews-called-to-altoona-trucking-company-on-possibility-of-chemical-explosion/
Tags: us_IA, transportation, discovery, response, solvent
ALTOONA, Iowa -- Des Moines hazmat crews were called to an Altoona trucking company on Friday afternoon, worried chemicals could explode.
The incident happened at approximately 2 p.m. at Majestic Trucking. A worker say a 55-gallon drum of paint and gun solvent started to expand.
Crews closed 1st Avenue from Adventureland Drive to 4th Street and evacuated people in a 500-feet radius around the business.
Nobody was injured, and the road has been reopened.
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CHEMICAL SPILL AT NEWARK TEXTILE COMPANY, WORKERS EVACUATED: NDPS
https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/chemical-spill-newark-textile-company-workers-evacuated-ndps
Tags: us_NJ, industrial, release, injury, hydrogen_peroxide
NEWARK, NJ ‰?? A chemical spill at a textile facility in Newark forced an evacuation of the building and hurt three employees of the company on Friday morning. The workers were transported to Clara Maass Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.
Newark Fire Department responders arrived at Safer Holding Corporation, located at 1875 McCarter Highway, around 7:49 a.m. after receiving a call about a chemical spill, the Newark Department of Public Safety stated.
The leak took place at a 1,000-gallon tank diluted with hydrogen peroxide. The Newark Fire Department estimated that 200 gallons of the non-flammable chemical spilled during the incident.
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