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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (11 articles)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 06:36:20 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Monday, October 21, 2019 at 6:36:05 AM
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Table of Contents (11 articles)
ONE HURT IN FIRE IN MEERUT'S KHARKHAUDA CHEMICAL FACTORY
Tags: India, industrial, fire, injury, solvent
OCPD: 150 GALLONS OF DIESEL SPILLED IN SW OKC ACCIDENT
Tags: us_OK, transportation, release, injury, diesel
18 PEOPLE RECOVERING AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL IN FORT WORTH ‰?? CBS DALLAS / FORT WORTH
Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
GAS LEAK PROMPTS EVACUATION AT EAST VANCOUVER STORAGE FACILITY
Tags: us_WA, public, release, response, natural_gas
TWO OPD OFFICERS HOSPITALIZED AFTER BECOMING ILL ON THE JOB
Tags: us_NE, public, release, injury, carbon_monoxide
TAOS FIRE CONTROLS CHEMICAL SPILL AT RAC TRANSPORT
Tags: us_NM, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
BURNING NUSTAR FACILITY ALLEGEDLY WAS LOCKED AND ABANDONED
Tags: us_CA, industrial, follow-up, environmental, petroleum
SMALL HAZMAT LEAK CLOSES WEIGH STATION AT WESTBOUND I-90 NEAR IDAHO BORDER
Tags: us_WA, transportation, release, response, corrosives
LITHGOW HAZMAT CREW RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL SPILL AT WALLERAWANG
Tags: Australia, industrial, release, response, sodium_hydroxide
HAZMAT INCIDENT IN KARN'S MEADOW ‰?? JACKSON HOLE RADIO
Tags: us_WY, industrial, release, response, chlorine
TILLAMOOK FIRE DISTRICT RESPONDS TO HAZMAT INCIDENT AT SHILO INN
Tags: us_OR, public, release, injury, chlorine, hydrochloric_acid
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ONE HURT IN FIRE IN MEERUT'S KHARKHAUDA CHEMICAL FACTORY
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/massive-fire-in-kharkhauda-chemical-factory-one-worker-sustains-burns/articleshow/71676730.cms
Tags: India, industrial, fire, injury, solvent
MEERUT: A massive fire engulfed a chemical factory in Meerut‰??s Kharkhauda on Sunday, with one worker sustaining severe burns in his legs. The fire broke out when the solvent stored in drums in the factory caught fire during loading and unloading of stock. Firemen battled for four hours before dousing the fire. An investigation has been set up in the.
‰??As many as six fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire in the factory. The fire broke out at about 9am. The fire took at least four hours to be doused as it rapidly spread among the drums full of chemical solvents,‰?? said Sanjeev Kumar Singh, fire station officer.
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OCPD: 150 GALLONS OF DIESEL SPILLED IN SW OKC ACCIDENT
https://www.news9.com/story/41204928/ocpd-150-gallons-of-diesel-spilled-in-sw-okc-accident
Tags: us_OK, transportation, release, injury, diesel
OKLAHOMA CITY- Crews responded to a fuel spill Saturday night on the southwest side of Oklahoma City.
It started as a non-injury accident that occurred at Southwest 44th Street and South County Line Road. According to Oklahoma City Police, a pickup truck holding around 150 gallons of diesel fuel got stuck in a ditch due to the crash.
The fuel began to spill out and crews were having trouble controlling it.
The Oklahoma City Fire Departments hazmat team is on the scene cleaning up the spill at this time.
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18 PEOPLE RECOVERING AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL IN FORT WORTH ‰?? CBS DALLAS / FORT WORTH
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/10/19/18-people-recovering-after-being-exposed-to-hazardous-chemical-in-fort-worth/
Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) ‰?? Eighteen people are recovering after being exposed to a hazardous chemical in Fort Worth Saturday.
The incident occurred just afternoon Oct. 19 at a refrigerated warehouse on the east side of downtown.
Fire crews said hazardous materials inside the building caught fire, but it‰??s still unclear what those materials were at this time. Firefighters knocked out the flames shortly after crews arrived.
At least two people were taken to the hospital for the exposure, and there‰??s been no word on their condition.
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GAS LEAK PROMPTS EVACUATION AT EAST VANCOUVER STORAGE FACILITY
https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/oct/18/gas-leak-prompts-evacuation-at-east-vancouver-storage-facility/
Tags: us_WA, public, release, response, natural_gas
Vancouver firefighters and a hazmat team spent more than two hours at the scene of a gas leak Friday.
Someone drove into a gas meter, causing natural gas to leak into a self-storage facility, Vancouver Fire Department spokesman Joe Hudson said.
Firefighters were dispatched shortly after 11 a.m. to Northwest Self Storage at 2410 S.E. 164th Ave. Two fire engines and a battalion chief responded.
After fire crews learned what happened, a hazmat team was requested to assess the situation. The team detected concerning levels of gas in the air, which required an evacuation of the building, Hudson said.
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TWO OPD OFFICERS HOSPITALIZED AFTER BECOMING ILL ON THE JOB
https://kfab.iheart.com/content/2019-10-18-two-opd-officers-hospitalized-after-becoming-ill-on-the-job/
Tags: us_NE, public, release, injury, carbon_monoxide
Two Omaha Police officers are recovering after becoming ill while at work.
Anthony Conner is president of the Omaha Police Officers Association told 6 News an officer became light headed inside his cruiser for about 10 minutes. Another officer came to check the carbon monoxide detector inside the cruiser. That officer also became light headed and then collapsed. An ambulance then arrived at the scene.
Omaha Police Officer Phil Anson says the HAZMAT team with the Omaha Fire Department then checked out the cruiser but did not find anything unusual. The cruiser was then taken to the maintenance facility to be inspected.
Conner says both officers transported to the hospital had high blood pressure and were treated and released.
6 News reports, "There is a joint safety committee between the Omaha Police Officers Association and Police Management. If there is a safety issue, we make sure to get to the bottom of it," said Conner.
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TAOS FIRE CONTROLS CHEMICAL SPILL AT RAC TRANSPORT
https://www.taosnews.com/stories/taos-fire-controls-chemical-spill-at-rac-transport,60146
Tags: us_NM, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
Taos Volunteer Fire Department controlled a chemical spill of an unknown substance that pooled in the ground at RAC Transport at 809 Gusdorf Road in Taos Friday morning (Oct. 18).
A firetruck arrived at the scene of the spill around 9:30 a.m. at the RAC headquarters located near two apartment complexes just down the road from Taos High School.
Inside the fenced entrance to the headquarters, a large container on a tranport pallet in front of the company's open bay door appeared to have been damaged. Around it, a blue liquid pooled on the ground.
Taos firefighters controlled the spill as of 10 a.m., but were still working to absorb the chemicals from the ground.
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BURNING NUSTAR FACILITY ALLEGEDLY WAS LOCKED AND ABANDONED
https://kcbsradio.radio.com/articles/burning-nustar-facility-allegedly-was-locked-and-abandoned
Tags: us_CA, industrial, follow-up, environmental, petroleum
When firefighters rolled up to the flaming NuStar fuel storage facility in Crockett this week, they found the gates locked and no one around to immediately tell them what was on fire, according to an official briefed on the incident.
It was just one of the delays in responding to Tuesday's chemical fire that triggered shelter in place for several nearby towns and shut Interstate 80 for hours.
‰??What we don't know is whether they felt at risk for their lives and their safety, so all of this had to get looked at in the investigation,‰?? said Contra Cost Supervisor John Gioia said. ‰??But the fact that personnel from NuStar left without activating the fire suppression is just a piece of information that needs to be considered. Whether they had cause to do that we don‰??t know until the investigation is done. ‰??
NuStar said the explosion and fire happened so quickly that the suppression equipment was inaccessible at first. The company also claimed that its workers are well-versed in what's in the tanks. The problem on Tuesday was just a matter of identifying which tanks were on fire.
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SMALL HAZMAT LEAK CLOSES WEIGH STATION AT WESTBOUND I-90 NEAR IDAHO BORDER
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/oct/17/small-hazmat-leak-closes-weigh-station-at-westboun/
Tags: us_WA, transportation, release, response, corrosives
A small hazardous materials leak closed the Washington State Patrol port of entry weigh station on the westbound side of Interstate 90 near the Washington-Idaho border Thursday evening.
The leak had no impact on travel along I-90 or the surrounding area, according to Trooper Jeff Sevigney, a Washington State Patrol spokesman. There was no estimate as to when the weigh station would reopen.
The Spokane Valley Fire Department identified the liquid leaking out of a trailer as a corrosive aluminum cleaner, KHQ reported.
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LITHGOW HAZMAT CREW RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL SPILL AT WALLERAWANG
https://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/6446203/lithgow-hazmat-crew-responds-to-chemical-spill-at-wallerawang/
Tags: Australia, industrial, release, response, sodium_hydroxide
Lithgow's hazardous materials team was called to a chemical spill at Wallerawang Sewerage Plant on Thursday, October 17.
Wallerawang Fire and Rescue NSW was alerted to the spill at about 9.30am on Thursday morning as part of a general emergency response.
Deputy captain Luke Curran said patches of dead grass and puddles of chemicals were found in a dirt drain at the site.
Lithgow's HAZMAT unit was called to address the spill, which was believed to be caustic soda.
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HAZMAT INCIDENT IN KARN'S MEADOW ‰?? JACKSON HOLE RADIO
http://jacksonholeradio.com/2019/10/hazmat-incident-in-karns-meadow/
Tags: us_WY, industrial, release, response, chlorine
Jackson Hole Fire/EMS was called to mitigate a chlorine gas leak at the Karns Meadow well house Tuesday morning. Upon arrival, responders recognized the hazard of the leak and requested assistance from the Region 8 Emergency Response Team. Team members donned their Level A hazmat suites and made entry into the well house. Two compressed cylinders of chlorine gas were turned off and gas levels were monitored to ensure the leak had been terminated. Jackson‰??s water manager John Ryan blames the leak on a broken valve between the two cylinders. Emergency responders worked for two hours to ensure public and responder safety as the hazard was being mitigated. No area evacuations were required. The Town of Jackson Public Works staff provided critical information for the mitigation crew throughout the event. The Region 8 Response Team consists of 17 multiagency members who receive specialized training for incidents involving hazardous materials or bomb threats.
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TILLAMOOK FIRE DISTRICT RESPONDS TO HAZMAT INCIDENT AT SHILO INN
https://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news/tillamook-fire-district-responds-to-hazmat-incident-at-shilo-inn/article_0426b540-f04a-11e9-8169-b7e6dccf8b24.html
Tags: us_OR, public, release, injury, chlorine, hydrochloric_acid
Tillamook Fire District responded to a report of a Hazardous Materials incident at 10:08 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Shilo Inn in Tillamook.
The accidental mixing of muriatic acid with chlorine resulted in two employees requiring medical attention at the Tillamook Emergency Room (ER) for breathing problems.
They were driven to the ER in a personally owned vehicle prior to emergency responders arriving at the incident. One employee was evaluated and released and the other remained in the ER for treatment and monitoring.
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