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NEARLY 1,000 GALLONS OF PAINT MESS UP MERIDIAN ROAD
Tags: us_OH, transportation, release, response, paints
A WISCONSIN COUPLE DIED FROM ELECTROCUTION AFTER ATTEMPTING A VIRAL CRAFTING TECHNIQUE CALLED FRACTAL WOOD BURNING
Tags: us_WI, public, fire, death, unknown_chemical
PHOSPHORIC ACID SPILL TRIGGERS HAZMAT ALERT IN ORANGE
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, injury, phosphoric_acid
HOW TO CAPTURE AND USE NEAR-MISS LAB-INCIDENT REPORTS IN ACADEMIA
Tags: laboratory, discovery, environmental
EX-DIRECTOR OF GAS FIRM PLEADS GUILTY FOLLOWING 2015 LAB BLAST THAT KILLED CHEMIST
Tags: Singapore, laboratory, follow-up, death, oxygen
OCEAN COUNTY: LACEY A WARETOWN MAN CHARGED WITH INHALING A TOXIC CHEMICAL
Tags: us_NJ, public, discovery, response, toxics, illegal
FIREFIGHTERS SCRAMBLE TO REPORTS OF 'CHEMICAL INCIDENT' AS ROAD TAPED OFF AND RESIDENTS URGED TO KEEP WINDOWS CLOSED
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
OFFICIALS EXPRESS RELIEF AFTER CHLORINE LEAK, FIRE AT CHEMICAL PLANT
Tags: us_LA, public, fire, injury, chlorine, hvac_chemicals
LARGE FIRES BREAK OUT AT RUSSIAN OIL DEPOTS
Tags: Russia, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
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NEARLY 1,000 GALLONS OF PAINT MESS UP MERIDIAN ROAD
https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2022/04/nearly-1000-gallons-of-paint-mess-up-meridian-road/
Tags: us_OH, transportation, release, response, paints
AUSTINTOWN ' Several agencies spent Tuesday morning and afternoon cleaning up a mess after nearly 1,000 gallons of yellow and white paint fell off a truck.
Austintown fire Chief Andy Frost said his crew, along with the Mahoning County Emergency Management Association, HAZMAT Association and Environmental Services spent seven hours cleaning up a section of North Meridian Road.
Frost said his department got the call around 8 a.m. when a flatbed truck stopped abruptly, causing a few drums of the nontoxic, latex paint it was carrying to the Mahoning County Engineer's Office to fall off. The yellow paint splashed up onto the side of a nearby vehicle and all over the road.
Frost said the first step in cleanup was ensuring that paint did not enter into a sewer catch basin.
He said the paint is relatively harmless and would not have caused a major problem.
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A WISCONSIN COUPLE DIED FROM ELECTROCUTION AFTER ATTEMPTING A VIRAL CRAFTING TECHNIQUE CALLED FRACTAL WOOD BURNING
https://news.yahoo.com/wisconsin-couple-died-electrocution-attempting-231148029.html
Tags: us_WI, public, fire, death, unknown_chemical
A Wisconsin couple died after attempting a viral crafting technique called fractal wood burning.
The process uses high-voltage transformers to run electrical currents through chemical-soaked wood.
Thirty-three people have died from fractal wood burning since 2017.
A Wisconsin couple died from electrocution after attempting a viral art technique in their garage, officials said last week.
The bodies of Tanya Rodriguez, 44, and James Carolfi, 52, were discovered earlier this month in their garage after officers responded to a fire at their house in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
In a statement last Thursday, the Marathon County Sheriff's Office said the couple died prior to the fire in their home while doing a crafting technique called "fractal" or "lichtenburg" wood burning.
"Foul play has been ruled out and the deaths were found to be accidental in nature and are believed to be caused by electrocution from fractal wood burning ' a technique in which high-voltage electricity is used to burn lightning or tree-like patterns into wood that has been soaked in a chemical solution," the department said in the statement.
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PHOSPHORIC ACID SPILL TRIGGERS HAZMAT ALERT IN ORANGE
https://www.foxla.com/news/hazmat-situation-prompts-evacuation-in-orange
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, injury, phosphoric_acid
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - An employee of an aerospace company in Orange accidentally spilled phosphoric acid Tuesday, triggering a hazardous materials alert.
Firefighters were called at 3:21 p.m. to Collins Avenue and Main Street, where five gallons of the substance was spilled, Orange Fire Department Capt. Ryan O'Connor said.
The floor was designed to absorb the chemical if it spills, so the employee closed the door, got his co-workers out of the building and called authorities, O'Connor said.
The man sustained some skin irritation on the back of his neck and was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
Firefighters also evacuated neighboring businesses.
Firefighters from Anaheim and Huntington Beach were assisting in the hazardous materials response, O'Connor said.
Police closed Main Street in both directions from Collins Avenue to Shelley Court during the cleanup.
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HOW TO CAPTURE AND USE NEAR-MISS LAB-INCIDENT REPORTS IN ACADEMIA
https://cen.acs.org/safety/lab-safety/How-to-capture-and-use-near-miss-lab-incident-reports-in-academia/100/i15
Tags: laboratory, discovery, environmental
A near miss'sometimes called a close call or a good catch'is an unsafe event that falls short of causing significant injuries, property damage, or release of hazardous materials into the environment. Local, state, or federal government agencies may require employers to report those more significant incidents. But it's just as important to document events where little or no harm is done, such as equipment failures, minor injuries, and unexpected chemical reactions, because they can point to interventions that may prevent major accidents in the future.
When Tonks and his colleagues at UMN analyzed 5 years of their Learning Experience Reports, which department members use to communicate safety concerns and near misses in chemistry, the team found that the most common incidents involved spills, small fires, and equipment failures. Out of 85 reports submitted to the system, 10 were near misses that warranted further investigation, and 3 necessitated an injury report (J. Chem. Educ. 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00133). Considered in conjunction with the waste spill reports, these results show that, without a way to document near-miss incidents, chemists are missing out on crucial data for improving research safety, Tonks says.
C&EN spoke with researchers and safety officers at five universities that have adopted near-miss reporting programs about the challenges of implementing these systems and the benefits they impart in an academic environment. Representatives from UMN; Texas Tech University; the University of Chicago; the University of California, Santa Barbara; and Yale University all agree that it takes time and energy to get a new reporting system off the ground. They also all say that near-miss reporting promotes a stronger, more collaborative safety culture and fewer accidents.
'For other institutions that are thinking about this,' says Texas Tech chemistry professor Dimitri Pappas, 'it's absolutely worth the effort.'
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EX-DIRECTOR OF GAS FIRM PLEADS GUILTY FOLLOWING 2015 LAB BLAST THAT KILLED CHEMIST
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/ex-director-of-gas-firm-pleads-guilty-following-2015-lab-blast-that-killed-chemist
Tags: Singapore, laboratory, follow-up, death, oxygen
SINGAPORE - The former executive director of an industrial gas supply firm linked to a 2015 fatal blast has admitted in a district court that he had failed to take necessary measures to ensure the safety of the company's employees who were working in a laboratory at its speciality gas centre.
The explosion, which ripped through Leeden National Oxygen's laboratory in Tanjong Kling Road in Jurong on Oct 12, 2015, killed chemist Lim Siaw Chian.
The incident left seven others injured.
Gary Choo Pu Chang, 64, who had initially claimed trial to an offence under the Workplace Safety and Health Act, pleaded guilty on Monday (April 25).
In January last year, Leeden National Oxygen was fined $340,000 and Mr Steven Tham Weng Cheong, who was the company's managing director, was fined $45,000, over workplace safety lapses.
The company and Mr Tham, then 69, were each convicted of an offence under the Act in December 2020.
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OCEAN COUNTY: LACEY A WARETOWN MAN CHARGED WITH INHALING A TOXIC CHEMICAL
https://ocscanner.news/2022/04/24/ocean-county-lacey-a-waretown-man-charged-with-inhaling-a-toxic-chemical/
Tags: us_NJ, public, discovery, response, toxics, illegal
A citizen notified Lacey Police of a male in a vehicle possibly huffing a can of compressed gas duster. When police arrived to investigate they found Walter Paseler, Jr, 53 of Waretown sleeping in the drivers seat of a vehicle and possibly huffing a can of compressed gas duster. Walter was awoken by Police Officers and found to be holding a can of compressed duster gas in his hand. Walter was placed under arrest and transported to police headquarters and charged with inhaling toxic chemical on a complaint summons and released.
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FIREFIGHTERS SCRAMBLE TO REPORTS OF 'CHEMICAL INCIDENT' AS ROAD TAPED OFF AND RESIDENTS URGED TO KEEP WINDOWS CLOSED
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/breaking-residents-urged-keep-windows-23777827
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
Residents and businesses have been issued a warning after fire crews descended on a Bury industrial estate following reports of a 'chemical incident'. Crews are in attendance on Park Seventeen, in Whitefield, this afternoon (April 25).
People living and working in the area are being urged to keep their windows and doors closed while fire crews deal with the incident. Residents are also being urged to stay away from Park Seventeen, which is off Moss Lane and close to Whitefield Park.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service have provided an updated statement, confirming they are responding to reports of a chemical incident. A spokesperson said: "Firefighters are currently responding to reports of a chemical incident at a commercial unit on Park Seventeen.
"Crews are working with colleagues from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and North West Ambulance Service (NWAS). There are no reports of any casualties and crews remain on the scene at this time."
In a post on Twitter just after 1.45pm, a Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We are currently attending an incident on Park Seventeen in Whitefield. Local residents are advised to keep windows and doors closed and avoid the area."
Further details on the nature of the incident are yet to be confirmed. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has been approached for more information.
This is a live event. Follow the latest updates below.
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OFFICIALS EXPRESS RELIEF AFTER CHLORINE LEAK, FIRE AT CHEMICAL PLANT
https://www.postsouth.com/story/news/2022/04/25/officials-express-relief-after-chlorine-leak-fire-chemical-plant/7444962001/
Tags: us_LA, public, fire, injury, chlorine, hvac_chemicals
The fire began just before 9 p.m. April 18 in a compressor that converts gas to liquid, according to Greg Langley, spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
Olin Chemicals operates units inside the Dow Chemical facility. The concentration of chlorine released was less than 1 part per million, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Iberville Parish President J. Mitchell Ourso issued a shelter-in-place. Residents were also asked to turn off air conditioners and close all windows and doors.
The shelter-in-place ended about 12:30 a.m. It lasted approximately 3 å1Ú2 hours.
'It could've been so much worse,' Ourso said. 'Nobody got hurt in the complex and nobody was overcome here in the public.'
A Baton Rouge TV station reported that 23 residents were taken to Ochsner Medical Center near Plaquemine.
None of the residents were hospitalized, according to Iberville Parish Emergency Management Director Clint Moore said.
'They weren't necessarily hospitalized, and to my knowledge, none were actually admitted,' he said. 'They were brought there as precautionary measure.'
The leak occurred in a plant less than one-quarter of a mile from subdivisions in the north Plaquemine area.
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LARGE FIRES BREAK OUT AT RUSSIAN OIL DEPOTS
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/25/large-fires-break-out-russian-oil-depots-bryansk-near-ukraine-border
Tags: Russia, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
Large fires broke out early on Monday at two oil depots in the Russian city of Bryansk, less than 100 miles from the border with Ukraine, in a potential act of sabotage by Kyiv.
Russian state media said the first fire occurred at a civilian facility in Bryansk holding 10,000 tons of fuel, followed by a second fire at a military fuel depot holding 5,000 tons.
Bryansk, which is less than 100 miles north-east of the Ukrainian border, serves as a logistics base for Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine.
Images posted on Russian social media showed columns of smoke rising from the facilities in the Russian city on Monday morning.
Military analyst Rob Lee said that the footage suggested the fire was 'probably' caused by Ukrainian sabotage. 'It sounds like something is flying through the air before the explosion. I think it was probably a Ukrainian attack, but we cannot be certain,' Lee said.
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