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Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 6:29:06 AM
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Table of Contents (14 articles)
HAZMAT CREWS CLEANING UP SPILL IN BLOUNTSVILLE
Tags: us_al, public, release, response, fuel
NORTH HUDSON REGIONAL FIGHTS TWO-ALARM ‰??CHEMICAL‰?? FIRE AT CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY COMPANY
Tags: us_nj, industrial, fire, response, solvents
‰??IT WAS A VERY BIG BOOM‰??: EXPLOSION, LARGE FIRE DESTROYS SEATAC AUTO BUSINESS
Tags: us_wa, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
HAZMAT CALLED TO KAWEAH DELTA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Tags: us_ca, public, release, injuries, ag_chemicals
LANL LOOKS TO REDUCE RISKS OF VOLATILE WASTE
Tags: us_nm, industiral, follow-up, environment, waste
AS FOUNDATION FOOD GROUP PLANT CLEARS SOME INSPECTIONS, SOME WORKERS CONCERNED ABOUT RETURNING TO SITE OF DEADLY NITROGEN LEAK
Tags: us_ga, industrial, release, followup, enviromental
NATIONAL ACADEMIES RECOMMEND CHANGES TO EPA‰??S TSCA SYSTEMATIC REVIEW PROCESS
Tags: public, discovery, environment
US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR‰??S OSHA ISSUES PROPOSED RULE TO UPDATE HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD
Tags: us, public, discovery, environment
HAZMAT-SUITED FIREFIGHTERS SCRAMBLE TO BEACH AS MYSTERY BARREL OF ACID WASHES UP
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, discovery, response, phosphoric_acid
WARNING MORE CHEMICAL DRUMS COULD WASH UP IN CORNWALL AFTER STORMS
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, discovery, environmental, phosphoric_acid
HAZMAT INCIDENT DECLARED ON FARM AFTER CHEMICAL SPILLAGE NEAR STREAM
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, release, response, ag_chems
MASSIVE ACCIDENT: FIRE IN CHEMICAL FACTORY IN DEWAS, CHAOS IN INDUSTRIAL AREA
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
HALIFAX FIRE, HAZMAT UNIT RESPOND TO FIRE AT ELECTRICAL GENERATING STATION
Tags: Canada, industrial, fire, injury, waste
MAN KILLED IN CHEMICAL EXPLOSION
Tags: Australia, industrial, explosion, death, unknown_chemical
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HAZMAT CREWS CLEANING UP SPILL IN BLOUNTSVILLE
https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/hazmat-crews-cleaning-up-spill-in-blountsville/
Tags: us_al, public, release, response, fuel
BLOUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) ‰?? HAZMAT crews are working to clean a fuel spill in Blountsville Tuesday night.
Around 7:45 p.m., emergency personnel responded to Highway 278 and Highway 231 in Blountsville where 80 gallons of fuel spilled onto the road, Blount Count EMA said.
There are no injuries reported in this accident and officials say this incident is not weather-related. Seek an alternate route if possible.
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NORTH HUDSON REGIONAL FIGHTS TWO-ALARM ‰??CHEMICAL‰?? FIRE AT CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY COMPANY
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/02/north-hudson-regional-fights-two-alarm-chemical-fire-at-construction-supply-company.html
Tags: us_nj, industrial, fire, response, solvents
Highly flammable chemicals caught fire at a construction supply company on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen Tuesday morning, authorities said.
North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue members responded to White Cap Construction Supply at 10:05 a.m. after two pallets of chemicals had caught fire inside the facility, NHRFR Chief Frank Montagne said. The facility‰??s sprinklers helped to keep the fire under control.
Montagne said the chemicals catching fire created a hazardous materials situation, and the Jersey City Fire Department Hazmat Unit was called in to assist. No workers or firefighters were injured in the incident, Montagne said.
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‰??IT WAS A VERY BIG BOOM‰??: EXPLOSION, LARGE FIRE DESTROYS SEATAC AUTO BUSINESS
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/crews-battling-major-commercial-fire-seatac-auto-shop/CJRGSD3JGFAANKJZAQNR5TZSGQ/
Tags: us_wa, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
SEATAC, Wash.. ‰?? A two-alarm fire, which completely destroyed a SeaTac auto service business, was preceded by a thunderous explosion, according to witnesses.
The fire began before noon Tuesday at Guru Auto Techs ‰?? which customizes Prius, according to its Facebook page ‰?? and caused towering flames to erupt from the building located in the 21200 block of International Boulevard.
People who work in nearby businesses told KIRO 7 the explosion and following fire were so intense that they could feel it through glass doors and windows across the street.
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‰??It was a very big boom,‰?? said Michael Curry, who was blocks away from the building. ‰??I was at home when it broke out,‰?? he said. ‰??I heard a boom, and it made me look out the front door, and I saw a mushroom cloud.‰??
The people who work at Guru Auto Techs told us off camera there were six workers inside, and everyone was able to make it out unhurt. But the two-alarm fire was hard for even multiple fire departments to control. Multiple cars were burned around the building.
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HAZMAT CALLED TO KAWEAH DELTA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2021/02/16/visalia-fire-department-called-chemical-exposure-kdmc/6771325002/
Tags: us_ca, public, release, injuries, ag_chemicals
Around 7:30 a.m., the Visalia Fire Department Hazmat team was called to Kaweah Delta Medical Center to help with a patient who'd "accidentally ingested" organophosphate ‰?? widely used in insecticides.
Organophosphate is used in agriculture, home, gardens, and veterinary practice, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Three hospital staff were exposed to the chemical and suffered minor symptoms, Hughes said.
Once the Hazmat team and other fire units arrived, they were told hospital staff had already taken action. Those actions included the decontamination, isolation, and treatment of the patient and the isolation and treatment for the exposed emergency department staff.
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LANL LOOKS TO REDUCE RISKS OF VOLATILE WASTE
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/lanl-looks-to-reduce-risks-of-volatile-waste/article_95a9920a-6fae-11eb-a0d4-a3c366d1a50d.html
Tags: us_nm, industiral, follow-up, environment, waste
Los Alamos National Laboratory is taking steps to address the hazards posed by dozens of barrels of radioactive waste mixed with incompatible chemicals, which have the potential to explode.
The lab is responding to a report in October by the federal Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, which found the lab had failed to analyze chemicals present in hundreds of containers of transuranic nuclear waste.
Incompatible chemicals could blend together and cause a container to burst, releasing a high level of radiation that would threaten workers and the public, the report said.
That‰??s what happened in 2014, when a waste container from the Los Alamos lab was packaged in a volatile blend of organic cat litter and nitrate salts, which caused the container to rupture and spew radiation at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad.
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AS FOUNDATION FOOD GROUP PLANT CLEARS SOME INSPECTIONS, SOME WORKERS CONCERNED ABOUT RETURNING TO SITE OF DEADLY NITROGEN LEAK
https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/public-safety/foundation-food-group-plant-clears-some-inspections-some-workers-concerned-about-returning-site-deadly-nitrogen-leak/
Tags: us_ga, industrial, release, followup, enviromental
As investigators have released the majority of the Foundation Food Group plant back to the company, advocates in the community say workers are concerned about returning to the workplace that saw six deaths and 12 total people hospitalized.
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board told The Times Tuesday, Feb. 16 it had released the majority of the facility which experienced a liquid nitrogen leak Jan. 28.
‰??There is one area which the (chemical safety board) has asked the company to preserve,‰?? according to the chemical safety board. ‰??This area is known as the exclusion zone and the company is able to run the operation without impacting this part of the facility. It is now up to the company to determine their start-up plans.‰??
The chemical safety board said the exclusion zone is a single room that houses a two-stage nitrogen freezer.
‰??If you were to be working at an office or a warehouse or anywhere where your coworkers died in front of you, it‰??s completely understandable that even you or me would have reservations about returning to work,‰?? said Elliot Lepe, outreach paralegal with Southern Poverty Law Center.
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NATIONAL ACADEMIES RECOMMEND CHANGES TO EPA‰??S TSCA SYSTEMATIC REVIEW PROCESS
https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2021/02/national-academies-recommend-changes-to-epas-tsca-systematic-review-process?goal=0_96101de015-2d61233994-107700749&mc_cid=2d61233994&mc_eid=4dd0c354af
Tags: public, discovery, environment
WASHINGTON ‰?? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency‰??s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) should make changes to its systematic review process under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ensure it is comprehensive, workable, objective, and transparent, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Recent changes to TSCA require EPA to establish a standard process for chemical risk evaluations and complete those evaluations under a strict timetable. OPPT‰??s 2018 document Application of Systematic Review in TSCA Risk Evaluations details the agency‰??s new standard approach for systematic reviews used in TSCA chemical risk evaluations. The committee that wrote the National Academies report reviewed this document and other materials to analyze OPPT‰??s approach.
The report recognizes OPPT‰??s challenge in meeting the strict statutory schedule for completing assessments, but says OPPT‰??s systematic review does not meet state-of-practice standards. It offers recommendations to improve the process
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US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR‰??S OSHA ISSUES PROPOSED RULE TO UPDATE HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD
https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/trade/02052021
Tags: us, public, discovery, environment
WASHINGTON, DC ‰?? The U.S. Department of Labor‰??s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a proposed rule to update the agency‰??s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align with the seventh revision of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
OSHA expects the HCS update will increase worker protections, and reduce the incidence of chemical-related occupational illnesses and injuries by further improving the information on the labels and Safety Data Sheets for hazardous chemicals. Proposed modifications will also address issues since implementation of the 2012 standard, and improve alignment with other federal agencies and Canada.
Individuals may submit comments identified by Docket No. OSHA-2019-0001, electronically at http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Read the Federal Register notice for details. The deadline for submitting comments is April 19, 2021.
OSHA has preliminarily determined that the proposed modifications would enhance the effectiveness of the standard by improving dissemination of hazard information so employees are more appropriately apprised of exposure to chemical hazards in the workplace.
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HAZMAT-SUITED FIREFIGHTERS SCRAMBLE TO BEACH AS MYSTERY BARREL OF ACID WASHES UP
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/hazmat-suited-firefighters-scramble-beach-23505719
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, discovery, response, phosphoric_acid
A warning has been issued to the public after a barrel of potentially deadly phosphoric acid was washed up on a beach in Cornwall.
Crinnis Beach, Carlyon Bay, was cordoned off while firefighters clad in bright green hazmat suits made the site safe.
The drum of phosphoric acid, which can used in the manufacture of agricultural fertilisers and appears in minute amounts in the recipe for Coca-Cola but can be extremely dangerous in pure form, washed up onto the beach near St Austell during stormy weather on Sunday, February 14.
The source of the barrel remains a mystery.
The beach was closed to the public during the clean-up operation, and the barrel was handed over to a specialist contractor to be disposed of.
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WARNING MORE CHEMICAL DRUMS COULD WASH UP IN CORNWALL AFTER STORMS
https://planetradio.co.uk/pirate-fm/local/news/chemical-drum-warning-for-cornwall/
Tags: United_Kingdom, public, discovery, environmental, phosphoric_acid
There are fears more chemical drums could wash up on Cornwall's beaches following the stormy weather.
Part of Crinnis at Carlyon Bay was cordoned off on Sunday amid reports it contained phosphoric acid.
Drum of 'hazardous acid' washes up on beach in Cornwall
Coastguard crews say the tail end of Storm Darcy triggered huge waves which could wash more of the dangerous containers onto our shores.
They are urging people to stay away from potentially hazardous materials.
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HAZMAT INCIDENT DECLARED ON FARM AFTER CHEMICAL SPILLAGE NEAR STREAM
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/hazmat-incident-urchfont-farm-after-chemical-spillage-stream/
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, release, response, ag_chems
A hazardous material (HAZMAT) incident was declared at a Wiltshire farm yesterday.
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to the chemical spillage on a farm property in Urchfont, near Pewsey, at around 11.20am.
Two fire crews ‰?? from Pewsey and Devizes ‰?? and a specialist HAZMAT fire officer attended the incident to find an agricultural chemical fertiliser leaking into the watercourse.
Environment Agency drain covers were put in place as a precaution while the origins of the leak were investigated by firefighters.
The stop message came in at 12.45pm, which is when the fire service says it was established that ‰??the leak was due to ground seepage‰??.
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MASSIVE ACCIDENT: FIRE IN CHEMICAL FACTORY IN DEWAS, CHAOS IN INDUSTRIAL AREA
https://english.newstracklive.com/news/massive-accident-fire-in-chemical-factory-in-dewas-district-of-madhya-pradesh-farreaching-chaos-mc23-nu901-ta321-1146579-1.html
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
Dewas: A sudden fire broke out in the industrial area of Dewas city of Madhya Pradesh on Monday night. The fire broke out in the chemical factory of matchstick, after which an atmosphere of chaos was created in the area. However, the cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained.
It has been learned that there was a blast at around 8 pm on Monday night. After which the workers working in the factory started running. Further, there were continuous explosions in the chemical factory. People living in the surrounding areas came out of their homes at the sound of the explosion. According to the information received, when he saw the high flames of fire, he started running away from his house with the necessary items. Some people have gas cylinders in their hands and some people started running away with their children. Some villagers alleged that the fire brigade's car arrived much later. The fire was so severe that it could not be controlled.
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HALIFAX FIRE, HAZMAT UNIT RESPOND TO FIRE AT ELECTRICAL GENERATING STATION
https://globalnews.ca/news/7640545/halifax-fire-hazmat-unit-respond-to-fire-at-electrical-generating-station/
Tags: Canada, industrial, fire, injury, waste
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency (HRFE) crews are on scene at Tufts Cove Generating Station after a fire broke out in a potash container.
According to HRFE acting district chief Pat Kline, some workers were injured and treated at the hospital for minor injuries.
‰??It‰??s a big metal hopper that holds potash and somehow it caught fire. It‰??s still under investigation,‰?? said Kline.
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MAN KILLED IN CHEMICAL EXPLOSION
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/man-killed-in-chemical-explosion-20210215-p572mw.html
Tags: Australia, industrial, explosion, death, unknown_chemical
A man is dead following an explosion at a property north-west of Melbourne.
Emergency services were called to Troups Road South in Fieldstone, near Truganina, after reports of a chemical drum explosion shortly after 12.40pm on Monday.
Emergency services are responding to a chemical drum explosion.CREDIT:JOE ARMAO
A police spokeswoman said the man has been working at the Troups Road farm when the explosion occurred.
‰??CPR was commenced, however the man died at the scene,‰?? she said.
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