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Table of Contents (11 articles)
PREPARING EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
BULGING HAZARDOUS WASTE DRUM DISCOVERED IN WASTE AREA
Tags: us_NM, industrial, discovery, response, waste
TANKER TRUCK OVERTURNS IN CARLISLE
Tags: us_KY, transportation, release, response, gasoline
REMEMBERING TRENTON EXPLOSION
Tags: Canada, industrial, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
TORREY COUNCIL MEETING EVACUATED AFTER RESIDENT SPILLS CHEMICAL DURING MEETING, COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY
Tags: us_UT, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
2 HOSPITALIZED AFTER MANUFACTURING PLANT ACCIDENT IN SALINA
Tags: us_KS, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
CAMPUS DORM EVACUATED AFTER HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE DISCOVERED
Tags: us_MA, education, discovery, response, cyanide
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
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PREPARING EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS
https://opexshare.doe.gov/lesson.cfm/2018/10/11/23595/Preparing-Equipment-and-Instrumentation-for-Cold-Weather-Operations
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental
As outdoor air temperatures drop, it is important for chemical and other facilities to be prepared for the unique safety challenges posed by cold weather, such as the hazards of water freezing and expanding, which can damage equipment or cause instrumentation to fail. When the temperature drops, the freezing process begins, and materials expand. This can crack or break pipes and rupture or damage process equipment. This damaged equipment may not become evident until the temperature rises, the ice thaws, and a leak develops. More subtle hazards may also exist, such as the formation of a hydrate, where water chemically combines with a compound, forming a solid that can also block process piping. This can happen even above freezing temperatures.
This digest summarizes three Chemical Safety Board investigations where ineffective freeze protection practices and programs were found to be causal to the incident. The document also provides the key safety lessons from these incidents, as well as additional freeze protection guidance and resources.
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BULGING HAZARDOUS WASTE DRUM DISCOVERED IN WASTE AREA
https://opexshare.doe.gov/lesson.cfm/2018/10/8/23575/Bulging-Hazardous-Waste-Drum-Discovered-in-Waste-Area
Tags: us_NM, industrial, discovery, response, waste
Waste drums have the potential to pressurize, particularly if they contain an unusual proportion of chemicals. Organizations using mixtures of Castrol Hysol AM and water in waste drums should take precautions against drum pressurization. During previous clean outs, buckets of water were used to clean out the wet separator. In the last clean out a hose was used to clean out the wet separator resulting in the use of more water than the past. It is speculated that the additional water used significantly changed the water to Hysol AM ratio enough that the diluted mixture produced gas.
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TANKER TRUCK OVERTURNS IN CARLISLE
http://www.paducahsun.com/news/local/tanker-truck-overturns-in-carlisle/article_d178b8c3-0710-55b6-87df-422235ee1dc5.html
Tags: us_KY, transportation, release, response, gasoline
A tanker truck carrying 8,000 gallons of gasoline overturned in a single-vehicle accident Sunday evening on U.S. 51 South in Carlisle County.
At 5:05 p.m., Carlisle County Emergency Management Services was dispatched to the 3500 block of the roadway, where the tanker was turned on its side in a field.
The truck's driver, who was trapped in the vehicle, was then extricated from the crash before being taken to Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield for non-life-threatening injuries.
At the time, responders determined that the vehicle was leaking some of its payload of E10 unleaded gasoline. Hazmat One, of Paducah, and Hazmat Response, of Murray, each went to the scene to aid in the control of the leak.
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REMEMBERING TRENTON EXPLOSION
https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/local-news/remembering-trenton-explosion
Tags: Canada, industrial, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
QUINTE WEST ‰?? It was time to remember one of the biggest catastrophes in Trenton‰??s history on Saturday.
One might think with Canada‰??s largest transport air base located here the catastrophe might involve airplanes, but that is not the case as the 100th anniversary of the Trenton Explosion was remembered on the weekend.
In the midst of the First World War, the British Chemical Company built purported to be the largest munitions plant in the Commonwealth in Trenton. On Thanksgiving weekend 1918, disaster struck when a chemical reaction resulted in a series of explosions that continued throughout the night. Historical accounts of the event report residents fled their homes or hunkered down if they were unable to leave, taking cover for the duration. The plant was in ruins and the damage to the town was extensive including broken windows, chimneys and debris everywhere.
On Saturday the library host the cast of Live History who guided audience members to solve a mystery through pictures, stories, and objects. There was also be an ‰??I survived the Trenton Explosion‰?? photo booth and interactive displays.
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TORREY COUNCIL MEETING EVACUATED AFTER RESIDENT SPILLS CHEMICAL DURING MEETING, COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY
https://www.ksl.com/article/46405468/torrey-council-meeting-evacuated-after-resident-spills-chemical-during-meeting-county-officials-say
Tags: us_UT, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
TORREY, Wayne County ‰?? A man was arrested after county officials say he created a hazmat situation when he brought a toxic substance to a town hall meeting Thursday night.
The man, who wasn‰??t immediately identified, entered a town council meeting at Torrey Town Hall, 100 N. 75 East, with the substance, which was believed to be a pesticide, according to a statement from Steve Lutz, Wayne County Fire District spokesman.
Lutz said the substance was spilled at some point during the meeting and a Wayne County Sheriff‰??s deputy at the meeting evacuated the building at that point. Wayne County Fire, Wayne County Sheriff's Office and Wayne County Emergency Management officials all responded to the building.
All persons attending the meeting went through a decontamination process because they were exposed to the substance.
Three people were taken to Sevier Valley Hospital in Richfield for observation because they came into direct contact with the substance, Lutz added.
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2 HOSPITALIZED AFTER MANUFACTURING PLANT ACCIDENT IN SALINA
https://www.hayspost.com/2018/10/12/2-hospitalized-after-manufacturing-plant-accident-in-salina/
Tags: us_KS, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
SALINE COUNTY ‰??Two people were injured during an incident at a manufacturing plant Friday morning in Salina.
Just after 7a.m., fire crews responded to report of a fire in the mixing building at McShares,1835 E. North Street, according to Fire Marshal Troy Long.
When firefighters arrived, they found no fire, but the sprinkler system had been activated, Long said.
Two employees in the building were transported to Salina Regional Medical Center. One had minor injuries and the other had second-degree chemical burns on his neck and hands, according to Long.
Fire crews put water on the chemical to change the pH level so it would cause no further injuries.
The accident was blamed on equipment failure, Long said. McShares had not released a statement Friday afternoon.
The plant makes food additives and mixes vitamins and minerals that are added to wheat, rice and corn flours and cereals, according to their web site.
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CAMPUS DORM EVACUATED AFTER HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE DISCOVERED
https://www.wcvb.com/article/rescued-aircrew-ventures-deep-into-area-heavily-affected-by-michael-to-save-2-people/23744246
Tags: us_MA, education, discovery, response, cyanide
WALTHAM, Mass. ‰??
Over 175 students living in a Brandeis University campus dorm were evacuated after a hazardous chemical substance was found on campus.
The school said sodium cyanide was found on campus in the Foster Student Living Center, known to people on campus as "The Mods."
Waltham police and fire departments and a hazardous materials team responded to the scene and removed the chemical.
The school said there was no danger to the community and no one was hurt.
"Out of an abundance of caution, the 177 students who live in the Mods were evacuated; we anticipate students will be able to return very soon," the university said in a statement. "Waltham Police do not anticipate making any arrests related to this incident."
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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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