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Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 8:00:38 AM
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Table of Contents (5 articles)
HAZMAT TEAMS RESPOND TO CHLORINE LEAK
Tags: us_tx, public, release, response, chlorine
CANNABIS MANUFACTURING EXPLOSION INJURES TWO IN NEW MEXICO
Tags: us_nm, industrial, explosion, injuries, unknown_chemical
INVESTIGATING CHEMICAL SAFETY AWARENESS AND PRACTICES IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS
Tags: nigeria, laboratory, discovery, environmental
HAZMAT INCIDENT CLEARED ON U.S. 51 IN LINCOLN COUNTY
Tags: us_ms, industrial, release, response, propane
BOSTON FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ‰?? BOSTON NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
Tags: us_ma, laboratory, release, response, other_chemical
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HAZMAT TEAMS RESPOND TO CHLORINE LEAK
https://www.hccommunityjournal.com/article_ba00cb2a-1309-11eb-b41e-ef3a82ec8faa.html
Tags: us_tx, public, release, response, chlorine
A clorine leak in West Kerr County prompted officials to call in hazmat teams from San Antonio to neutralize the situation.
According to Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator Dub Thomas, the call came in at 9:13 on Oct. 13 when a Hunt resident reported the smell of chemicals in the air.
Specialized firefighter teams from Bexar County 2 Fire Department and Bexar County ESD 10 responded to the call, Thomas said.
Members of the Hunt Volunteer Fire Department, along with Thomas, responded to the call and it was determined at an abandoned 30-year old chlorine tank cap was compromised.
It took firefighters in full hazmat gear an estimated two hours and three attempts to repair the damage and prepare the cylinder for removal from the premises.
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CANNABIS MANUFACTURING EXPLOSION INJURES TWO IN NEW MEXICO
https://hightimes.com/news/cannabis-manufacturing-explosion-kills-two-new-mexico/
Tags: us_nm, industrial, explosion, injuries, unknown_chemical
An explosion that took place Thursday afternoon of last week in New Mexico is making headlines, as it took place inside a cannabis manufacturing facility and injured two.
Local news sources report that two men were injured in the explosion last week, which took place at New Mexicann Natural Medicine‰??s facility based in Santa Fe. It is also noteworthy that less than five years ago, the plant made headlines for another explosion of a similar type.
Jimmy Vigil, New Mexico State Fire Marshal fire investigations bureau captain, reported that the incident is currently still under investigation by several different entities. Camera footage of the dispensary and extraction unit will be looked at more closely, and samples from the unit will be examined by the Santa Fe City Fire Department, the state Department of Health and OSHA.
The Aftermath
The two injured employees involved in the explosion were airlifted to the hospital in Denver directly after the event, according to the Department of Health. Their names have not as of yet been provided to the press. Both employees were burned on their heads and torsos, and were in serious enough condition to be airlifted to the hospital, but official details about their injuries have not been released.
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INVESTIGATING CHEMICAL SAFETY AWARENESS AND PRACTICES IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00136
Tags: nigeria, laboratory, discovery, environmental
Chemical safety, a practice of protecting humans and the environment in which they work and live from the deleterious effects of chemical substances, was investigated in this study in Nigerian secondary schools. Using a mixed-method survey, we investigated the awareness level and implementation of the best practices of chemical safety by 1246 senior secondary school chemistry students. Students in rural schools were found to have a lower level of awareness of chemical safety compared to the students in urban schools. Statistically significant differences were found in all except one of the awareness measures‰??washing hands before practicals and after leaving the chemistry lab. Urban students were more in breach of chemical safety practices than students in rural schools. Most of the observed differences were statistically significant (p < 0.001). Interview (qualitative) data from 20 students show four emerging themes to explain the findings, including a low level of chem!
istry laboratory resourcing, poor chemical safety training of the teachers, inadequacies in safety tools, charts, and kits, and weak enforcement of safety regulations. Based on the data from the study, recommendations were made for bolstering the awareness level of students in chemical safety and their chemical safety practices. These include the incorporation of chemical safety in the core curriculum, requiring quality assurance entities to enforce resourcing of basic safety equipment to schools, government-directed workshops on the need for chemical safety, and requiring teachers to provide chemical hazards information to students.
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HAZMAT INCIDENT CLEARED ON U.S. 51 IN LINCOLN COUNTY
https://www.wjtv.com/news/hazmat-incident-blocks-all-lanes-on-u-s-51-in-lincoln-county/
Tags: us_ms, industrial, release, response, propane
LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) ‰?? The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is reporting a hazmat incident in Lincoln County.
The incident happened on U.S. 51 between Industrial Park Road NE and New Sight Drive NE. All lanes are blocked in both directions.
According to MDOT, U.S. 51 will be closed for the next five hours.
The Daily Leader reported a valve was knocked off a propane tank at Ferrell Gas. According to Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Clifford Galey, the incident is under control.
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BOSTON FIRE CREWS RESPOND TO CHEMICAL SPILL AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ‰?? BOSTON NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
https://whdh.com/news/boston-fire-crews-respond-to-chemical-spill-at-northeastern-university/
Tags: us_ma, laboratory, release, response, other_chemical
BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston fire crews responded to Northeastern University Monday mornig for reports of a chemical spill.
A glass bottle broke and released lithium chloride inside a confined laboratory.
One woman had to be evaluated by EMS because a drop of the chemical splashed onto her arm. Officials said she is going to be OK.
The spill was safely contained the Boston Fire Department deemed the air quality safe.
‰??Nobody was injured, we were able to go in and investigate, the product was safely confined at that point, and the hazmat cleanup technicians will be in a little while to get everything squared away,‰?? District Chief Dennis Keeley said.
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