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Friday, October 12, 2018 at 7:55:05 AM
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Table of Contents (7 articles)
CHLORINE GAS MIXED UP IN ERROR AT STONEBRIDGE HOTEL: SASKATOON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Tags: Canada, public, release, response, chlorine, hydrochloric_acid
MDFR RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL SPILL FROM 55 GALLON DRUM IN DORAL ?? WSVN 7NEWS
Tags: us_FL, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
EXPLOSION INJURES 2 AT CARTOWN KIA IN NICHOLASVILLE
Tags: us_KY, industrial, explosion, injury, flammables, methanol
CONGRESS CONSIDERS US-WIDE FURNITURE FLAMMABILITY STANDARD
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
PIKE COUNTY SERVICE CENTER EVACUATED AS PRECAUTION AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_OH, public, release, response, corrosives
5 INDIAN WORKERS INJURED IN BARA IRON PLANT EXPLOSION
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, injury, other_chemical
SAFETY: OKLA. COMPANY SCRIMPED BEFORE DEADLY WELL FIRE -- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 -- WWW.EENEWS.NET
Tags: us_OK, industrial, follow-up, death, other_chemical
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CHLORINE GAS MIXED UP IN ERROR AT STONEBRIDGE HOTEL: SASKATOON FIRE DEPARTMENT
https://globalnews.ca/news/4539382/chlorine-gas-stonebridge-hotel-saskatoon-chemical/
Tags: Canada, public, release, response, chlorine, hydrochloric_acid
The Saskatoon Fire Department believed chlorine gas was mixed up in error at a hotel in the Stonebridge neighbourhood Thursday.
Firefighters and a hazmat unit were sent to the Home Inn & Suites at 253 Willis Cres. after a 911 call about a chemical exposure at roughly 12:40 p.m. CT.
Crews immediately restricted access to the area and isolated the risk to one room.
The hazmat crew later determined muriatic acid had been mixed with chlorine, resulting in chlorine gas.
The fire department believed the cause of the chemical mixture was ??accidental in nature.??
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MDFR RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL SPILL FROM 55 GALLON DRUM IN DORAL ?? WSVN 7NEWS
https://wsvn.com/news/local/mdfr-responds-to-chemical-spill-from-55-gallon-drum-in-doral/
Tags: us_FL, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
DORAL, FLA. (WSVN) - DORAL (WSVN) ?? Miami-Dade Fire Rescue has responded to the scene of a chemical spill in Doral.
According to MDFR, a 55 gallon drum of a chemical substance spilled onto the street near Northwest 36 Street and 82nd Avenue. Crews have since laid down a product called Speedy Dry, which is meant to absorb most of the chemical.
It remains unknown what the chemical was.
Doral Police have closed traffic heading eastbound on Northwest 36 Street in the area while the scene is being cleared.
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EXPLOSION INJURES 2 AT CARTOWN KIA IN NICHOLASVILLE
https://lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/2018/10/10/explosion-injures-at-least-2-at-cartown-kia-in-nicholasville/
Tags: us_KY, industrial, explosion, injury, flammables, methanol
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) ?? Firefighters in Nicholasville responded to an explosion at Car Town Kia Wednesday.
The explosion happened in the garage portion of the dealership.
An employee says that a mechanic was trying to open a 55-gallon drum containing some methanol. The chemical interacted with an open flame and exploded. The fire marshall said that the flame was not from a cigarette.
Two people were sent to the hospital with severe burns. One of them had second to third-degree burns.
??To prevent what happened here today, you cannot have an open flame near flammable gases. And that??s just a very common safety concern that people should have when they??re around the shop,?? said Nicholasville Fire Marshal David Johns.
A fire that started immediately after the explosion has been extinguished.
We are told the methanol was used for windshield wiper fluid.
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CONGRESS CONSIDERS US-WIDE FURNITURE FLAMMABILITY STANDARD
https://chemicalwatch.com/70957/congress-considers-us-wide-furniture-flammability-standard
Tags: public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
The US Senate has begun considering bipartisan legislation to adopt California's flammability standard for upholstered furniture nationwide.
Passage of the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act (S3551 or Soffa) would see California's 2013 Regulation, TB 117-2013, become the federal standard.
The US does not currently have a flammability standard for the products. In its absence, California's approach has served as the de facto national standard.
California updated its regulations five years ago to remove an 'open flame' test that manufacturers almost always met through the use of added flame retardants, which have been the subject of consumer concern in recent years for their potential to pose negative health effects. Following the state's action, many furniture companies moved away from using the substances.
For more than a decade, the US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has been in a rulemaking process to consider a national mandatory flammability standard for upholstered furniture.
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PIKE COUNTY SERVICE CENTER EVACUATED AS PRECAUTION AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL
https://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/2018/10/10/officials-evacuate-pike-county-service-center/1588126002/
Tags: us_OH, public, release, response, corrosives
CHILLICOTHE - A couple of hundred people are estimated to have been evacuated from the Pike County Service Center Wednesday morning.
According to Tim Dickerson, Pike County Emergency Management Agency director, a pump for a cooling tower failed, causing it to spill a lubricating oil on the floor inside a maintenance room.
Sarah Junk, public information officer for the emergency management agency, explained the chemical was classified as an inhalation hazard. A material safety data sheet provided to the Gazette also explained the chemical is toxic if ingested, combustible, and corrosive to the eyes and skin.
Pike County Commissioner Fred Foster, who was at the scene Wednesday morning, said he and Dickerson agreed to evacuate the building as a precaution. While the chemical was contained to the maintenance room, because the doors were open to the rest of the building, it put off a bit of a smell. As soon as officials discovered the smell, Foster said they sent everyone home for the day.
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5 INDIAN WORKERS INJURED IN BARA IRON PLANT EXPLOSION
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-10-10/5-indian-workers-injured-in-bara-iron-plant-explosion.html
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, injury, other_chemical
Five Indian workers have been injured after an explosion at an iron plant of Jagdamba Steels in Simara Sub-Metropolitan City-2 of Jitpur, Bara on Wednesday. Four of the injured are said to be in critical condition.
All the injured have been working at the iron plant as daily wage labourers.
Following the incident, a police team under the command of Inspector SubashHamal of Area Police Office, Simara, reached site and rescued the workers.
According to the police, the incident occurred while they were melting the iron in the run-down furnace.
The injured have been identified as Kamalesh Raya, 22, NareshSahani, 23, Sandeep Kumar, 23, Pankaj Kumar,20, of Sitamadi, Bihar and Binayak Singh, 35, of Motihari, Bihar.All the critically injured are undergoing treatment at the Birgunj-based Health Care Hospital.
Binayak Singh, who sustained minor injuries in the incident, is receiving treatment at Tara Hospital in Simara, police said.
Police have suspected that the incident might have occurred due to excessive heat.
Most of the equipment being used at the plant were old and in sorry state. Such incidents had been occurring frequently at the plant of late due to lack of regular maintenance of the equipment.
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SAFETY: OKLA. COMPANY SCRIMPED BEFORE DEADLY WELL FIRE -- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 -- WWW.EENEWS.NET
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060102139
Tags: us_OK, industrial, follow-up, death, other_chemical
The operator of the Oklahoma well that burned in January, killing five men, was trying to save money and impress investors with a risky drilling method, say attorneys for the dead men's families.
Red Mountain Energy LLC of Oklahoma City and its representatives, they say, ignored warnings that using cheaper, lighter "drilling mud" risked losing control of the well.
"It's error after error after error," said David Rumley, a Corpus Christi, Texas, attorney representing the families of two of the men who died in the fire. "This entire thing could have been prevented if these companies had done what they were supposed to do."
Lighter drilling mud, in addition to being cheaper, created a bigger flare at the site, which was used to persuade investors that the well was more productive, Rumley said.
And a control room door was broken and blocked, he said. It could have let them escape to safety, but instead, the bodies of the workers were found stacked up against it.
The accusations, based on more than a dozen depositions taken by the plaintiff attorneys, are included in amended lawsuits filed this week in Pittsburg County, Okla., against Red Mountain, rig owner Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. and other companies.
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