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Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 7:19:36 AM
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Table of Contents (9 articles)
WORKERS ASSESSED FOR SUSPECTED CHEMICAL INHALATION AT ALSTONVILLE RECYCLING CENTRE
Tags: Australia, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical, waste
EXPLOSION STRIKES NORTH CHINA CHEMICAL PLANT
Tags: China, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
TWO INJURED IN CHEMICAL EXPLOSION IN DUNDIGAL
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, injury, metals
MIDNIGHT TRAFFIC-TRAILER CRASH BOGS DOWN I-85 NORTHBOUND THROUGH AUBURN FOR ABOUT 17 HOURS
Tags: us_AL, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL SPILL AT MAJOR JEFFERSON PARK INTERSECTION PROMPTS HAZMAT CALLOUT ‰?? CBS LOS ANGELES
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
WORKERS INJURED IN EDMONTON OIL TANK EXPLOSION
Tags: Canada, industrial, explosion, injury, petroleum
AS LABS REPLACE OFFICES ACROSS GREATER BOSTON, PUSHBACK IS MOUNTING FROM WARY NEIGHBORS
Tags: us_MA, laboratory, discovery, environmental
FIRST DAY AT COLLEGE: STUDENT DIES IN ROAD ACCIDENT
Tags: Pakistan, industrial, explosion, response, flammables
FIRE BREAKS OUT AT TALOJA MIDC IN NAVI MUMBAI
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
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WORKERS ASSESSED FOR SUSPECTED CHEMICAL INHALATION AT ALSTONVILLE RECYCLING CENTRE
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/lismore/workers-assessed-for-suspected-chemical-inhalation-at-alstonville-recycling-centre/news-story/dfc14d89b7ae1e59d66170d93d28d0d0
Tags: Australia, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical, waste
Emergency services are investigating a chemical incident at a recycling facility which saw one worker taken to Lismore Base Hospital.
Workers at North Coast Recycling at Northcott Crescent in Alstonville called Fire and Rescue NSW just after 12pm on Wednesday.
‰??A garbage truck that returned to its facility seems to have come back with a chemical that has aggravated the workers,‰?? a NSW Fire and Rescue spokesman said.
‰??The substance seems to be off-gassing but at this stage we are still investigating the cause.‰??
Fraser Hindry, station controller from the Fire and Rescue NSW Lismore station, said the unknown substance was controlled and identified by his team.
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EXPLOSION STRIKES NORTH CHINA CHEMICAL PLANT
https://www.ntd.com/explosion-strikes-north-china-chemical-plant-2_693855.html
Tags: China, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
Another blast has been reported in China‰??this time at a chemical plant in the northern part of the country.
According to official information, the explosion happened around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning. Its cause and casualties remain unknown.
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TWO INJURED IN CHEMICAL EXPLOSION IN DUNDIGAL
https://telanganatoday.com/two-injured-in-chemical-explosion-in-dundigal
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, injury, metals
Hyderabad: Two workers were injured, allegedly when a reactor exploded in a chemical company, at the industrial area in Saregudem in Dundigal on Tuesday.
Sources said the mishap occurred when the workers, Mahesh (32) and Srinu (35), along with co-workers were working on the chemical reactor, wherein alkaline metals undergo chemical reactions. Other workers rushed to their rescue and shifted them to a private hospital in Balanagar. Their condition was said to be stable and they were under observation. The Dundigal police are investigating.
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MIDNIGHT TRAFFIC-TRAILER CRASH BOGS DOWN I-85 NORTHBOUND THROUGH AUBURN FOR ABOUT 17 HOURS
https://oanow.com/news/local/midnight-traffic-trailer-crash-bogs-down-i-85-northbound-through-auburn-for-about-17-hours/article_ed83e68a-368a-11ec-ab18-77ca517a9569.amp.html
Tags: us_AL, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
The fiery midnight crash of a tractor-trailer and the resulting cleanup halted or slowed down traffic through Auburn on Interstate 85 North throughout the morning and most of the day Tuesday.
Assistant Chief Mike Harris with the Auburn Police Division said late Tuesday afternoon that the remnants of the truck had been removed and that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management was still working on replacing dirt off the interstate that had been affected by chemicals being hauled on the truck.
The right northbound lane of I-85 was closed until around 5 p.m., slowing traffic for about 17 hours.
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CHEMICAL SPILL AT MAJOR JEFFERSON PARK INTERSECTION PROMPTS HAZMAT CALLOUT ‰?? CBS LOS ANGELES
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/10/26/chemical-spill-at-major-jefferson-park-intersection-prompts-hazmat-callout/
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) ‰?? A flatbed truck spilled hundreds of gallons of an unknown chemical at a Jefferson Park intersection Tuesday morning.
Los Angeles Fire Department hazmat crews were called to the intersection of Crenshaw and Jefferson boulevards just after 8 a.m. when ten plastic 55-gallon drums containing an unknown substance fell off a flatbed truck near an Arco gas station.
‰??It was loud and it seemed like the containers kept falling off,‰?? said Corey Yuguchi, a witness. ‰??You could hear them one at a time.‰??
Yuguchi watched the spill happen from the gas station.
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WORKERS INJURED IN EDMONTON OIL TANK EXPLOSION
https://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/injuries-and-fatalities/workers-injured-in-edmonton-oil-tank-explosion/314413
Tags: Canada, industrial, explosion, injury, petroleum
An explosion and fire broke out at a crude oil tank farm near Edmonton on Saturday.
There have been no reports of casualties but it is believed that several workers were injured by the explosion.
Emergency responders were attended the scene at SECURE Energy‰??s Elk Point facility near Edmonton around 2.35pm on Saturday, said local police in a statement.
Along with the RCMP and the EMS, 35 firefighters responded to the call.
‰??There were no fatalities. Some people were hurt from what I gather, but the extent of their injuries is unknown at this time,‰?? said Two Hills County Reeve Don Gulayec in a statement.
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AS LABS REPLACE OFFICES ACROSS GREATER BOSTON, PUSHBACK IS MOUNTING FROM WARY NEIGHBORS
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/10/26/business/labs-replace-offices-across-greater-boston-pushback-is-mounting-wary-neighbors/
Tags: us_MA, laboratory, discovery, environmental
The rapid growth of biotech labs in Greater Boston might end up saving the region‰??s commercial real estate market, if not its entire economy, from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn‰??t mean everyone wants one next door.
A common complaint revolves around the hefty HVAC systems that lab buildings need. They can be noisy and tall, sometimes 30 feet or more on a rooftop, an intrusive change for some neighbors. Some critics say they worry about safety in spaces where potentially hazardous materials are handled. Others dislike the labs‰?? round-the-clock operations, with foot traffic and lights at all hours.
This blowback has begun amid the early stages of a massive wave of renovations and retrofits, with 10 million square feet of office and industrial space in Greater Boston being converted for use by the booming life sciences industry. As lab developers migrate out from Kendall Square and the office parks along Route 128 to the dense blocks of Somerville and tree-lined cul-de-sacs of Newton, they‰??re coming into conflict with wary neighbors and city officials.
Some of these conflicts may get resolved in the courts. In one of the first legal disputes, the owner of a five-story building in South Boston sued the city‰??s Zoning Board of Appeal over the denial of a lab conversion nearly two weeks ago.
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FIRST DAY AT COLLEGE: STUDENT DIES IN ROAD ACCIDENT
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/903174-first-day-at-college-student-dies-in-road-accident
Tags: Pakistan, industrial, explosion, response, flammables
VALUABLES BURNT: Valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees reduced to ashes when a fire erupted in a factory in Sundar Industrial Estate on Monday. Reportedly, the fire broke out in a store room of a chemical manufacturing factory. Due to presence of the highly inflammable material, it turned into a huge fire. The fire was so lethal that it damaged the building. The roof of the store room collapsed. The drums inside the store room kept on exploding with heavy blasts with brief intervals while 10 fire tender vehicles of Rescue 1122 remained busy in extinguishing the fire. It took two hours to the firefighters to control the fire. No loss life or injury was reported in the incident.
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FIRE BREAKS OUT AT TALOJA MIDC IN NAVI MUMBAI
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/fire-breaks-out-at-taloja-midc-in-navi-mumbai-101635173948148.html
Tags: India, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
According to the Fire Brigade officials, a large number of chemical drums were stored on an open plot at Rehman Nagar in the Taloja MIDC area in Navi Mumbai by a private company
Fire officials douse fire that broke out at a chemical storage unit at Taloja MIDC in Navi Mumbai on Monday. (HT PHOTO)
A major fire broke out at a chemical storage unit at Taloja MIDC on Monday around noon. Even as no one was injured, the fire brigade officials took around two hours to douse the fire.
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