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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (12 articles)
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:42:52 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 7:42:36 AM
A service of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
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Table of Contents (12 articles)
A WINTER WONDERLAND AT KEENE STORE
Tags: us_NH, industrial, release, response, dust
NEW STUDY CHARTS THE FATE OF CHEMICALS AFFECTING HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Tags: us_AZ, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
HAZMAT CALLED TO HUMBLE POST OFFICE AFTER ODOR SICKENS 9
Tags: us_TX, public, release, injury, oils
ONE INJURED AS FIRE BURNS AT LABORATORY NEAR DEXTER
Tags: us_MI, laboratory, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
CUB SCOUTS INJURED IN CHEMICAL EXPLOSION
Tags: us_IL, public, explosion, injury, antifreeze
CHEMICAL SPILL CLOSES I-75 FOR HOURS IN MADISON COUNTY
Tags: us_KY, transportation, release, response, ferric_chloride
MAN CATCHES FIRE IN BOROUGH PARK HOME, RUNS FOR HELP COVERED IN FLAMES
Tags: us_NY, public, explosion, response, flammables
11 KILLED IN MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT ANDHRA PRADESH FIREWORKS FACTORY
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, death, fireworks
SAFETY: THE DRILLING INDUSTRY'S EXPLOSION PROBLEM -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014 -- WWW.EENEWS.NET
Tags: industrial, follow-up, death, natural_gas
BLAST ROCKS CHEMICAL PLANT IN DONETSK, CLAIMS OF TACTICAL MISSILE ‰?? RT NEWS
Tags: Ukraine, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL LEAK CONTAINED AT REFINERY IN LINDEN, NJ
Tags: us_NJ, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
HOW HOSPITAL WORKERS ARE SUPPOSED TO TREAT EBOLA SAFELY
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
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A WINTER WONDERLAND AT KEENE STORE
Tags: us_NH, industrial, release, response, dust
Winter came early to Cumberland Farms on Main Street in Keene late Tuesday morning.
The fire suppression system for the gas pumps accidentally went off while construction work was taking place on the site, said Derek R. Beckwith, a spokesman with Cumberland Farms.
What was released was a white baking powder-type material, which is safe, he said.
Left behind was a scene reminiscent of a fast-moving snow squall with vehicles, the parking lot, and the windows and part of the roof of the store building caked in white powder. The sidewalk in front of Cumberland Farms and the northbound lane of Main Street were also dusted.
The store closed down right after the incident happened.
Beckwith said Cumberland Farms has brought in a company to clean up the material, and expects to have the store reopened today by 5 or 6 p.m.
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NEW STUDY CHARTS THE FATE OF CHEMICALS AFFECTING HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Tags: us_AZ, public, discovery, environmental, other_chemical
n a new study, Rolf Halden, PhD, a researcher at Arizona State University‰??s Biodesign Institute, examines the trajectory of chemicals appearing as emergent threats to human or environmental health.
Halden‰??s meta-analysis of 143,000 peer-reviewed research papers tracks the progress of these chemicals of emerging concern or CECs, revealing patters of emergence from obscurity to peak concern and eventual decline, over a span of 30 years.
The study reveals that around 14 years typically elapse from the onset of initial safety concerns about a given chemical to the height of concern and appropriate action. This extended timeline implies protracted exposure to CECs for a large number of people.
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HAZMAT CALLED TO HUMBLE POST OFFICE AFTER ODOR SICKENS 9
Tags: us_TX, public, release, injury, oils
HOUSTON ‰?? A hazardous materials team was called out to a post office in Humble Tuesday because of an odor that caused an allergic reaction in nine employees, Assistant Fire Chief Al Taska said.
It happened at about 11 a.m. at 1202 First Street where a suspicious odor was reported emitting from a package.
Everyone was evacuated from the post office as a precaution. Employees were told to sit in the back parking lot as the HAZMAT team went in.
"They started to block everything off over here and clearing everything out. And asking everyone to leave," said Richell McKnight, who own the pet shop across the street.
After a complete screening, the package was determined to contain non-hazardous fragrance oils and eCigarettes.
Taska said nine people were transported to Northeast Memorial Hermann Hospital as a precaution. The individuals reported having itchy throats, along with coughing and sneezing.
The package was later picked-up by the intended recipient and all operations returned to normal, a USPS spokeswoman said.
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ONE INJURED AS FIRE BURNS AT LABORATORY NEAR DEXTER
Tags: us_MI, laboratory, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
Editor's note: The story has been updated to reflect that this is not an official University of Michigan laboratory. Additional details about the fire have also been included.
Firefighters from several departments were called to the 6800 block of Marshall Road Tuesday afternoon to battle a blaze that engulfed research laboratory and residential home just south of Dexter. A least one person was injured in the fire.
The lab, MKP Structural design, employs nearly a dozen University of Michigan researchers, and the 13-year-old company "has been dedicated to the development of new technologies for simulating, designing, and manufacturing innovative structural and material concepts. These can be used for a wide range of applications, including next-generation air and ground vehicle systems," its website reads.
According to John Ren, a University of Michigan graduate student who works at the lab, the fire started in or near a bathroom inside of the facility as a man was in the process of replacing a toilet.
Ren said water may have sprayed onto some electrical components inside the bathroom, starting an electrical fire at 1:10 p.m.
The man suffered burns on his hands and smoke inhalation, and was treated by Huron Valley Ambulance before being taken to an area hospital.
Flames were still shooting into the air from the building as of 3:30 p.m., and firefighters had been evacuated from the building as a ladder was brought in to dump water onto the blaze. Nearby trees had also caught fire and rescue crews were battling to extinguish them as well.
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CUB SCOUTS INJURED IN CHEMICAL EXPLOSION
Tags: us_IL, public, explosion, injury, antifreeze
RAYMOND, Ill. - Three Cub Scouts and their den leader were injured Monday when an experiment with chemicals exploded.
The incident occurred in Raymond, Illinois, about 20 minutes north of Litchfield in Montgomery County.
City of Raymond Mayor Dennis Held said the scouts were having a meeting outside The Living Center at A Community of Faith Church earlier in the evening. The group was conducting a yearly experiment, mixing borax and Heet anti-freeze over a fire pit, with the intention of creating a green-blue flame. An explosion occurred during the course of the experiment, burning the scouts and den leader.
One scout conducting the experiment suffered burns to his arms, face, and hair area. The other two suffered facial burns. The den leader was also burned.
The Cub Scouts were airlifted to a Springfield hospital. The den leader was also taken to a Springfield hospital, but by ambulance.
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CHEMICAL SPILL CLOSES I-75 FOR HOURS IN MADISON COUNTY
Tags: us_KY, transportation, release, response, ferric_chloride
Both south and northbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Madison County were closed from exit 90 to exit 97 due to a chemical spill for hours on Tuesday.
Officials say a truck carrying more than 3,200 gallons of ferric chloride solution leaked between KY 627 and Exit 97 (US 25) near the 96 mile marker around 10 a.m. It's not clear how much leaked.
The southbound lanes were reopened around 3:00 p.m. An hour later, the northbound lanes were reopened.
The trooper who pulled over the truck was taken to the hospital as a precaution. A shelter in place recommendation was issued for residents in the area, but it was called off by 4 p.m.
"That inhalation hazard could affect anyone traveling on the interstate," said trooper Robert Purdy. "If they have their AC on and brining in from the outside, if that chemical is in the air, then it can be an inhalation hazard and that's why we immediately shut down the interstate."
The traffic backup caused a headache for some people who aren't from the area and just happened to be driving through.
"We heard there was a hazmat spill, so we took a detour and it's put us behind on our travels," said traveler Brad Benett. "We're headed up north to Pittsburgh, so we're behind today because of that."
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MAN CATCHES FIRE IN BOROUGH PARK HOME, RUNS FOR HELP COVERED IN FLAMES
Tags: us_NY, public, explosion, response, flammables
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) ‰?? It was a dramatic scene on the streets of Borough Park, Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon, as a man caught fire and ran for help covered in flames.
Only CBS 2‰??s cameras have video from inside the building where the fire broke out around 1:40 p.m. Tuesday.
As CBS 2‰??s Tony Aiello reported, surveillance video showed the man running in a panic into oncoming traffic, trailing smoke and flames. A witness, Alex Mayer, ran to his aid.
‰??It was a very scary scene,‰?? Mayer said. ‰??I chased him. I told him to drop and roll, basically.‰??
Another Good Samaritan also helped with a fire extinguisher.
Witnesses said it all started with an explosion inside the building at 910 McDonald Ave. in Brooklyn.
‰??We heard a loud bang, and we started seeing, smelling smoke rushing up ‰?? upstairs,‰?? a woman said.
Fire investigators believe the fire started in the basement, where the young victim was spraying some kind of flammable flavoring on some material that is used in hookah pipes.
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11 KILLED IN MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT ANDHRA PRADESH FIREWORKS FACTORY
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, death, fireworks
Eleven people were on Monday killed, while seven others have sustained serious injuries when an explosion occurred at a firecracker manufacturing unit located in the village of Vakatippa in the coastal district of East Godavari.
An senior police official who addressed reporters over the phone has confirmed that there had been a massive explosion at the firecracker manufacturing factory, and added that the police have so far come to know that eleven people had been killed.
The private firecracker unit is located in the village of Vakatippa in Uppada Kothapalli mandal close to Kakinada, the district headquarters town, located approximately 500 kms from Hyderabad. The workers had been working at the factory when the explosion had taken place in the afternoon today.
The police have said that there had been 18 workers present in the factory at the time of the explosion.
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SAFETY: THE DRILLING INDUSTRY'S EXPLOSION PROBLEM -- MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014 -- WWW.EENEWS.NET
Tags: industrial, follow-up, death, natural_gas
Temperatures below 20 degrees Fahrenheit froze the valve on the back of Greg Bish's frack truck. To thaw it, he fetched a blowtorch and put the 4-inch flame to the metal.
The explosion blew him 75 feet, over a 7-foot-tall barbed-wire fence, and killed him.
It might seem dangerous to apply a propane torch to the back of a large metal tank holding natural gas production waste, as Bish did that morning in 2010 just outside Elderton, Pa. But in the oil and gas industry, it's not unusual.
The oil and gas industry has more deaths from fires and explosions than any other private industry, according to an EnergyWire review of federal labor statistics. It employs less than 1 percent of the U.S. workforce, but in the past five years it has had more than 10 percent of all workplace fatalities from fires and explosions.
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BLAST ROCKS CHEMICAL PLANT IN DONETSK, CLAIMS OF TACTICAL MISSILE ‰?? RT NEWS
Tags: Ukraine, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
A huge blast has rocked a chemical factory in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, the city council says on its website. The blast wave reportedly shattered windows in houses in a radius of several kilometers.
The explosion reportedly took place at 12:10pm local time.
Local militia has said that the plant was targeted by a tactical Tochka-U missile (SS-21 Scarab).RT‰??s team in Donetsk is trying to verify this information.
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CHEMICAL LEAK CONTAINED AT REFINERY IN LINDEN, NJ
Tags: us_NJ, industrial, release, response, other_chemical
LINDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) ‰?? A chemical leak at a Phillips 66 refinery in Linden, New Jersey has been contained.
Police, firefighters and a hazmat team responded to the Infineum plant inside the Bayway Refinery Complex around 8:30 a.m. Monday on a report of a chemical cloud, Linden authorities said.
The plant shares part of the building with Phillips, CBS 2‰??s Ilana Gold reported.
In a statement on the company‰??s website, the plant said a 25 percent concentration of ethylaluminum dichloride in a hydrocarbon oil was released and plant employees were ordered to shelter in place.
Video from the scene showed crews dousing the area with water after a giant plume of smoke filled the air.
Jennifer Taylor, who lives just two blocks away, ran outside to see what was happening.
‰??I seen a whole big black cloud right over Exxon,‰?? she said.
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HOW HOSPITAL WORKERS ARE SUPPOSED TO TREAT EBOLA SAFELY
Tags: public, discovery, environmental
The director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that worker safety guidelines were not followed at the Dallas hospital where a nurse became infected with Ebola in the course of treating a Liberian man who died from the disease on Oct. 8. The director, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, did not identify what the failure was, but suggested there should be further investigation of certain aspects of the care by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.
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Division of Chemical Health and Safety
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