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Friday, April 23, 2021 at 6:31:22 AM
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Table of Contents (8 articles)
FIREFIGHTERS, BOMB SQUAD RESPOND TO VEHICLE WITH NOXIOUS FUMES IN BONITA SPRINGS
Tags: us_FL, transportation, fire, response, hydrochloric_acid
EXPLOSION ROCKS CHEMICAL PLANT NEAR COUSHATTA
Tags: us_LA, industrial, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
FIRE FROM CHEMICAL STORAGE LEAVES 4 DEAD, 23 INJURED IN OLD DHAKA'S ARMANITOLA
Tags: Bangladesh, industrial, fire, death, unknown_chemical
EXXON MOBIL PROPOSES HUGE CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE HUB
Tags: us_TX, industrial, discovery, environmental, carbon_dioxide
JEFFERSON COUNTY HAZMAT TEAM CALLED AFTER CONTAINER FOUND
Tags: us_MO, public, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
LABORATORY TECHNICIANS‰?? USE AND INTERPRETATION OF HAZARD COMMUNICATION ELEMENTS ON CHEMICAL LABELS
Tags: laboratory, discovery, environmental
LABORATORY SAFETY AWARENESS, PRACTICE, ATTITUDE, AND PERCEPTION OF TERTIARY LABORATORY WORKERS IN HONG KONG: A PILOT STUDY
Tags: Hong_Kong, laboratory, discovery, environmental
3-ALARM FIRE AT CREAMERY FORCES EVACUATIONS IN MCMINNVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD
Tags: us_OR, industrial, fire, response, ammonia
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FIREFIGHTERS, BOMB SQUAD RESPOND TO VEHICLE WITH NOXIOUS FUMES IN BONITA SPRINGS
https://www.winknews.com/2021/04/22/firefighters-bomb-squad-respond-to-vehicle-with-noxious-fumes-in-bonita-springs/
Tags: us_FL, transportation, fire, response, hydrochloric_acid
A Lee County Sheriff‰??s Office bomb squad went to a scene involving hazardous materials off US-41 in Bonita Springs Wednesday night, where Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District first responded during the late morning.
According to the fire district‰??s Facebook post, firefighters originally went to the scene at 11:45 a.m. to the plaza of a Rural King farm supply store off US-41 near the intersection with West Terry Street, where an accident happened inside a truck when roofing tar and muriatic acid combined to create noxious fumes that seeped into the receiving bay of the business.
Rural King managers and employees immediately evacuated the building and called 911.
Firefighters went to the scene and checked the building for toxic levels of acid with hazmat test strips and then wore their hazmat suits to mitigate the chemicals with absorbent.
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EXPLOSION ROCKS CHEMICAL PLANT NEAR COUSHATTA
https://www.ksla.com/2021/04/22/rrso-investigating-explosion-coushatta/
Tags: us_LA, industrial, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
RED RIVER PARISH, La. (KSLA) - An explosion occurred at ADA Carbon Solutions just west of Coushatta the afternoon of Thursday, April 22, the Red River Parish Sheriff‰??s Office reports.
Sources with knowledge of the situation say at least two people reportedly were burned.
At least 2 hurt when explosion rocks chemical plant outside of Coushatta
It is still an active scene at the plant in the 200 block of Red River Mine Road near Armistead.
Details about the explosion are slim.
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FIRE FROM CHEMICAL STORAGE LEAVES 4 DEAD, 23 INJURED IN OLD DHAKA'S ARMANITOLA
https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh/news/one-killed-fire-armanitola-building-2082501
Tags: Bangladesh, industrial, fire, death, unknown_chemical
Four persons were killed and 23 were injured, including fire service officials, in a fire at a building in Old Dhaka's Armanitola area early today.
Fire service officials rescued around 15 residents of the building including children and a pregnant woman on arrival, Abdul Halim said adding that locals and volunteers also managed to get several people out of the building through broken windows of different floors.
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The fire broke out at a chemical storage on the ground floor of the six-storey building around 3:15am, said Brig Gen Md Sazzad Hussain, director general of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence.
The firefighters managed to contain the blaze on the ground floor, said Abdul Halim. Most of the injured fell ill due to inhaling of smoke.
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EXXON MOBIL PROPOSES HUGE CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE HUB
https://cen.acs.org/environment/greenhouse-gases/Exxon-Mobil-proposes-huge-carbon/99/i15
Tags: us_TX, industrial, discovery, environmental, carbon_dioxide
Once resistant to carbon reduction initiatives, ExxonMobil has unveiled a plan to build one of the world‰??s largest projects for carbon capture and storage (CCS) along the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. Likened by some to be the equivalent of dialysis for a planet, CCS involves stripping CO2 from industrial plant emissions‰??or from the air‰??and storing it in a secure underground location to prevent the gas from contributing to global warming.
The proposed project would cost $100 billion and would capture and store 100 million metric tons of CO2 per year. The emissions saved would be equivalent to removing 1 in every 12 cars on US roads, the company says. ExxonMobil is proposing to build infrastructure to capture its own CO2 emissions, as well as those from power plants, oil refineries, and chemical plants in the Houston area. The CO2 would be piped into a storage reservoir thousands of meters under the water in the Gulf of Mexico.
For the project to be economically viable, it would need major public funding and the introduction of a price on carbon in the US. ExxonMobil says the project could be fully operational by 2040.
‰??ExxonMobil believes, and experts agree, that carbon capture and storage (CCS) will need to play a critical role if the United States and other countries are to meet the emissions-reduction goals outlined in the Paris Agreement,‰?? Joe Blommaert, president of ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions, says in a statement.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY HAZMAT TEAM CALLED AFTER CONTAINER FOUND
https://www.kmov.com/news/jefferson-county-hazmat-team-called-after-container-found/article_993bd650-a2c9-11eb-bb4c-37bfe58b00b4.html
Tags: us_MO, public, discovery, response, unknown_chemical
HILLSBORO, Mo. (KMOV.com) ‰?? A portion of a Jefferson County road is closed while emergency crews investigate an incident.
Around 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, the Hillsboro Fire Protection District reported their crews and the Jefferson County Hazmat Team were ‰??working an incident off Castle Ranch and Bourbon Farm Road.‰?? Fire officials told News 4 a container with ‰??Monsanto‰?? written on it was found at the location. The Hazmat team is working to find out what the contents of the container are.
Castle Ranch will be closed in the area while the crews are on the scene. Officials said there is no threat to the public.
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LABORATORY TECHNICIANS‰?? USE AND INTERPRETATION OF HAZARD COMMUNICATION ELEMENTS ON CHEMICAL LABELS
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chas.0c00125
Tags: laboratory, discovery, environmental
Laboratory technicians are the backbone of academic research and teaching laboratories, undertaking many tasks such as keeping the chemical inventory up to date, which includes systematic identification and categorization of chemical hazards, the first step to assess and minimize risks from chemicals. This study assessed whether laboratory technicians in higher education institutions recognize and understand the hazard information conveyed on chemical labels, standardized by the Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), through a questionnaire based on labels of frequently used chemicals. Pictograms were free and promptly recalled and the most common noticed element. However, only 5 of 9 pictograms were satisfactorily explained by the participants. Those pictograms with greater semantic distance between what the symbol depicts and the function it represents were poorly interpreted. When asked to identify chemicals belonging to a speci!
fic hazard class using the elements displayed on the labels, the number of correct answers increased due to the presence of the H-statements in the labels. Although occupying intermediate positions in both recall and sequence of reading, H-statements are concrete written messages that helped participants identify the chemical hazard. Technicians did not understand the implicit meaning associated with signal words nor did they recognize it as a hazard communication element, as suggested by the bottom rank position in both recall and sequence of reading. Although possessing a good educational level, technicians did not have enough knowledge regarding GHS hazard communication elements displayed on the labels, compromising the hazard and risk assessment and management of chemicals.
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LABORATORY SAFETY AWARENESS, PRACTICE, ATTITUDE, AND PERCEPTION OF TERTIARY LABORATORY WORKERS IN HONG KONG: A PILOT STUDY
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chas.0c00122
Tags: Hong_Kong, laboratory, discovery, environmental
Laboratory safety is one of the key aspects of university safety. In this pilot study, 91 laboratory workers in two universities in Hong Kong completed a self-administered online questionnaire on laboratory safety awareness, practice, attitude, and perception. Part of the results was compared with an International Safety Culture Survey conducted in 2012 by a Chi-square test and t test at a significance level of 0.05. For instance, the participating universities showed a higher usage of a formal risk assessment tool (p < 0.001) and more frequent safety inspections conducted by the institution‰??s H&S staff (p < 0.001) and laboratory personnel (p < 0.001). Other significant differences such as less agreement that the laboratory is a safe place to work (p = 0.037) and that the risk of work is high (p = 0.001) were observed in the participating universities. Moreover, the participants were able to identify the full name of GHS (83.5%) and frequently used PPE (83.5%)!
, but fewer of them were able to identify oxidizing, health-related, and irritating GHS hazard pictograms (69%, 67%, and 71%, respectively) and checked PPE before use (59.3%). They also learned about fatal laboratory accidents from institution‰??s H&S staff (82.4%), were willing to actively intervene when there were unsafe conditions or behaviors to prevent accidents (78.0%), and were eager to learn more about chemical safety (85.7%). However, a few potential risks were identified on the use of an informal risk assessment tool, working alone, and working before receiving training. Overall, this study suggests the view that the laboratory safety status of the two participating universities is up to international standards, yet the safety culture and safety compliance can be further improved.
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3-ALARM FIRE AT CREAMERY FORCES EVACUATIONS IN MCMINNVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD
https://katu.com/news/local/3-alarm-fire-at-creamery-forces-evacuations-in-mcminnville-neighborhood
Tags: us_OR, industrial, fire, response, ammonia
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. ‰?? A fire at the Organic Valley Creamery off Highway 99W in McMinnville on Tuesday prompted an evacuation order for everyone within a half mile of the business.
Initial reports state there were no injuries from the fire.
McMinnville Police announced the evacuation at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday because of "anhydrous ammonia." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is a colorless gas with a pungent, suffocating odor.
People were allowed to return home at about 8 p.m.
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