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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (11 articles)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:06:24 -0400
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 8:06:07 AM
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Table of Contents (11 articles)
FIRE IN HOSPITAL LAB IN JAMMU; NONE HURT
Tags: India, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
SCHLOTHEIM: CHEMICAL REACTION IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA: FIREFIGHTERS USE
Tags: Germany, industrial, fire, response, other_chemical
FIRE EXTINGUISHED AT LONE STAR BEEF PROCESSORS IN SAN ANGELO
Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, response, acids, cleaners
FOREVER CHEMICALS: JOHNSON CONTROLS ORDERED TO DELIVER TO MORE HOMES
Tags: us_WI, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
TO IMPROVE SAFETY, CAMILLE PERES COUPLES PSYCHOLOGY TO PROCESS DESIGN
Tags: us_TX, education, discovery, environmental
DECONTAMINATED N95 MASKS BOOST SPIRITS OF FRONT-LINE HOSPITAL WORKERS
Tags: us_ma, industrial, discovery, environmental, hydrogen_peroxide
EXPLOSION AT CHEMICAL FACTORY NEAR MUMBAI KILLS AT LEAST 2 PEOPLE - REPORTS
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, deaths, sanitizers
EXPLOSION IN EDO FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DUMPED IN PIT, SAYS CP
Tags: nigeria, explosion, industiral, follow-up, wastes
EXXONMOBIL RELEASES CAUSE OF FIRE AT BATON ROUGE REFINERY IN FEBRUARY
Tags: us_la, industrial, follow-up, environmental
SMOKE FROM 80-ACRE FIRE IN LONGVIEW HANGS OVER REGION
Tags: us_wa, fire, industrial, response, dust
PLAYING WITH FIRE? A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE DEACTIVATION OF RANEY COBALT USING AQUEOUS SODIUM NITRATE
Tags: us_pa, industrial, discovery, environmental, deactiviation
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FIRE IN HOSPITAL LAB IN JAMMU; NONE HURT
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/fire-in-hospital-lab-in-jammu-none-hurt-825490.html
Tags: India, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
A fire broke out in the laboratory area of the Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh hospital here on Tuesday, causing damage to lab equipment, officials said.
No one was reported to be hurt in the incident which took place in Shalimar area around 9 pm and the flames was brought under control by the Fire and Emergency services personnel, they said.
An official of the Fire and Emergency services said some equipment in the microbiology unit got damaged in the incident.
‰??The team is still at the spot and the exact details about the incident are awaited,‰?? the official said, adding that preliminary investigation suggests a short circuit caused the fire.
Principal of the Jammu Government Medical College, Sunanda Raina said, ‰??COVID-19 tests were not being done at the laboratories.‰??
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SCHLOTHEIM: CHEMICAL REACTION IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA: FIREFIGHTERS USE
http://www.kxan36news.com/schlotheim-chemical-reaction-in-the-industrial-area-firefighters-use
Tags: Germany, industrial, fire, response, other_chemical
The police announced on Tuesday. In a building was heated, therefore, due to a chemical reaction in a container with toxic Isozyanid and threatened to burst. By controlled Draining of the substance, the danger could be averted. People do not come to harm. The district fire inspector, Florian the war, estimated the damages to a sum in the low five-digit range. The New road and the road To the mill had in the meantime been locked by the police.
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FIRE EXTINGUISHED AT LONE STAR BEEF PROCESSORS IN SAN ANGELO
https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2020/04/14/lone-star-beef-processors-fire-chemical-spill-san-angelo/2989554001/
Tags: us_TX, industrial, fire, response, acids, cleaners
SAN ANGELO ‰?? Police and firefighters were dispatched after a report of a possible structure fire Tuesday in a chemical room with people still inside.
At 11:25 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2020, police were dispatched to Lone Star Beef Processors, 2150 E. 37th Street.
"A container of acid was compromised due to the fire," Jay Neely, San Angelo Fire Department Battalion Chief said. "It leaked out about 50 gallons. We didn't know what is was, but it turned out to be a concentrated cleaning solution. We are more relaxed now."
The fire was extinguished, and the solution will be diluted with 1,000 gallons of water.
"After that, the fire marshal will inspect and see what actually caused the fire," Neely said.
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FOREVER CHEMICALS: JOHNSON CONTROLS ORDERED TO DELIVER TO MORE HOMES
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2020/04/14/forever-chemicals-johnson-controls-ordered-deliver-more-homes/2989330001/
Tags: us_WI, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
MARINETTE - Johnson Controls has been directed to provide three more homeowners with bottled water after elevated levels of "forever chemicals" were detected in their private drinking wells.
The three wells were among a sampling of 61 wells done by the company and its subsidiary Tyco Fire Products in the areas surrounding Marinette and Peshtigo, north of Green Bay, according to a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announcement Tuesday.
Two of the wells measured at just above 20 parts per trillion of perfluorinated chemicals, while the third measured at 1,157 parts per trillion, the information said. The standard recommended by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services is 20 parts per trillion.
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TO IMPROVE SAFETY, CAMILLE PERES COUPLES PSYCHOLOGY TO PROCESS DESIGN
https://cen.acs.org/safety/industrial-safety/improve-safety-Camille-Peres-couples/98/i16
Tags: us_TX, education, discovery, environmental
‰??What engineer thought this would be a good idea?‰??
That‰??s a question S. Camille Peres hears often from industrial workers and laboratory researchers when she interviews them about the intricacies of the chemical processes they must control.
Peres, a professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Texas A&M University, marries psychology and process design to dig deep into industrial and laboratory safety.
The interface between the human mind and a multistep process‰??even one that seems straightforward‰??can be rife with complexity, particularly if the task is unfamiliar and the instruction manual contains too little detail, is too complex, or simply does not exist, Peres notes. The kinds of frustrations her research subjects experience can be similar to ones we experience in daily life when trying to fix a child‰??s bike or replace a vehicle‰??s turn signal.
Peres‰??s research and teaching interests focus specifically on improving human-machine interfaces, especially in high-risk industrial settings. The machine could be a reactor in a petrochemical plant, a bench-scale test in an academic or industrial research lab, or a new web-based teaching program.
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DECONTAMINATED N95 MASKS BOOST SPIRITS OF FRONT-LINE HOSPITAL WORKERS
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/13/nation/decontaminated-n95-masks-boost-spirits-front-line-hospital-workers/
Tags: us_ma, industrial, discovery, environmental, hydrogen_peroxide
Melissa Mattola-Kiatos has seen a great deal in nearly 11 years as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital. But on Monday, she experienced a first: Rather than getting a new respirator mask as she started her shift, she was given one she had worn before ‰?? decontaminated in a cutting-edge process meant to help address the dangerous equipment shortages that have plagued hospitals in the battle against the coronavirus.
There was, Mattola-Kiatos acknowledged, ‰??a little bit of uncertainty not knowing how the whole process was going to work. Was it going to smell differently, was it going to feel differently? It‰??s actually better for me than taking a brand new one out of the box because I‰??ve already molded it to my face. It‰??s like it was custom-made for me.‰??
As part of a bold initiative involving hospitals across the state, MGH on Monday began distributing thousands of freshly decontaminated N95 masks to health care workers after the equipment went through an elaborate cleaning process at a site now up and running in Somerville. The treatment takes place inside a giant decontamination machine owned and operated by the Ohio nonprofit Battelle. Hospitals plan to use the machine to alleviate critical shortages of respirator masks for workers battling the coronavirus pandemic. At its peak, the system will be able to treat up to 80,000 masks per day ‰?? a prospect hailed as a ‰??game-changer‰?? for the region.
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EXPLOSION AT CHEMICAL FACTORY NEAR MUMBAI KILLS AT LEAST 2 PEOPLE - REPORTS
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/explosion-at-chemical-factory-near-mumbai-kil-891704.html
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, deaths, sanitizers
At least two people have died and one was injured as a result of explosion at a chemical plant producing sanitizers in the Indian state of Maharashtra, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in India, the India Today newspaper reported on Monday
NEW DELHI (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 13th April, 2020) At least two people have died and one was injured as a result of explosion at a chemical plant producing sanitizers in the Indian state of Maharashtra, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in India, the India Today newspaper reported on Monday.
According to the media outlet, citing officials, there were 66 workers in the plant's sanitizer and hand wash unit at the time of the incident.
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EXPLOSION IN EDO FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DUMPED IN PIT, SAYS CP
https://thenationonlineng.net/explosion-in-edo-from-electrical-appliances-dumped-in-pit-says-cp/
Tags: nigeria, explosion, industiral, follow-up, wastes
Edo State Commissioner of Police, Lawan Jimeta, has stated that weekend‰??s explosion at Dumez Street on Benin‰??Auchi Road, Eyaen, a suburb of Benin, is not from Improvised Explosive Device (IED), but from electrical appliances dumped in a pit.
He disclosed on Monday in Benin that the electrical appliances were dumped in the pit by an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert, Muhammed Hamzat, stressing that investigation into the incident was still ongoing.
Jimeta also revealed that one person was arrested over Sunday‰??s killing of a young man on Lagos Street, Benin, over an isolated cult clash, which he insisted was not a renewed cult war in Edo state.
The police commissioner said: ‰??It (explosion) was like a chemical reaction. We got the person, he is into ICT and he repairs electrical appliances. He has an old pit in his house, where he dumps his waste materials. He said he swept the compound and dumped the refuse in the pit. As he tried to light and burn the waste, he heard a bang and that dust came out of the pit. The force from the loud noise shattered some of the glasses in his apartment and also the buildings of some of his neighbours.
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EXXONMOBIL RELEASES CAUSE OF FIRE AT BATON ROUGE REFINERY IN FEBRUARY
https://www.kalb.com/content/news/ExxonMobil-releases-cause-of-fire-at-Baton-Rouge-refinery-in-February-569604681.html
Tags: us_la, industrial, follow-up, environmental
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - ExxonMobil reported on Monday, April 13 that its investigation showed a significant fire in February was caused by air getting into a line containing hydrocarbon material in a pipe rack and igniting.
Officials said the resulting fire caused the pipe to leak. They added the pipe leak then affected other lines in a nearby pipe rack.
ExxonMobil said it will ensure the valves associated with the air getting into the line are locked in a closed position to prevent it from happening again.
The fire broke out at the refinery just before midnight on Tuesday, February 11. There were no injuries and no off-site impact, officials said. The fire was extinguished around 6:40 a.m., according to officials.
The fire lit up the sky and caused great concern for the community. The refinery is located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in north Baton Rouge.
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SMOKE FROM 80-ACRE FIRE IN LONGVIEW HANGS OVER REGION
https://kpic.com/news/local/smoke-from-fire-at-longview-area-wood-processor-hangs-over-region
Tags: us_wa, fire, industrial, response, dust
LONGVIEW, Wash. ‰?? A bark dust fire broke out in Cowlitz County on Sunday afternoon, sending up a large plume of smoke that impacted air quality in the surrounding areas into Monday.
Several fire crews were called out at about 2:30 p.m. on Easter Sunday on reports of an industrial fire at Swanson Bark & Wood Products on Tennant Way.
They worked through the night to attack the fire, which spread to their entire 80-acre site. The fire was suppressed by 4 a.m., but due to the wind, the smoldering piles created a smoke cloud that was visible throughout the area.
"Firefighters deployed multiple hand lines, and two aerial ladder trucks, flowing in excess of 2.5 million gallons of water in their suppression efforts," Longview Police & Fire said.
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PLAYING WITH FIRE? A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE DEACTIVATION OF RANEY COBALT USING AQUEOUS SODIUM NITRATE
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.oprd.0c00053
Tags: us_pa, industrial, discovery, environmental, deactiviation
Sponge or skeletal metal catalysts (such as Raney-type hydrogenation catalysts) are ubiquitous and extensively used in large-scale industrial hydrogenation processes, including petrochemical refining, materials manufacturing, and even food chemistry. Despite the many advantages of these nonprecious metal catalysts, they are underutilized in smaller-batch organic synthesis, including pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, because of safety concerns. Here we describe a heretofore little known deactivation procedure using aqueous sodium nitrate that renders the spent catalyst safe to handle even when dry. During development of a chemoselective nitrile reduction using a sponge cobalt catalyst, we demonstrated that this procedure is much safer than other commonly employed oxidative or acidic quenching methods. This procedure should significantly improve the safety aspects of using these catalysts in myriad settings, from lab-scale synthesis to manufacturing processes for active !
pharmaceutical ingredients.
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