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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 5:33:10 AM
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Table of Contents (8 articles)
HAZMAT CREWS RESPOND TO SEMI CRASH
Tags: us_OR, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
2 THAI EXECS FACE CHARGES AFTER SAFETY SYSTEM MISHAP KILLS 8
Tags: Thailand, public, follow-up, death
AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING PEQUANNOCK RIVER OIL SPILL IN BLOOMINGDALE
Tags: us_NJ, public, release, response, diesel
CAR-CARRYING CARGO SHIP LEAKS OIL AT PORT OF LOS ANGELES, VISIBLE SHEEN LEFT ON WATER
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, petroleum
OSU FINED FOR HAZMAT VIOLATIONS
Tags: us_OR, laboratory, release, response, illegal, waste
HOUSE FIRE SPARKED BY HOVERBOARD FORCES 4 PEOPLE FROM HOME
Tags: us_MD, industrial, fire, response, other_chemical
HOTEL EVACUATED AFTER POSSIBLE HAZMAT INCIDENT
Tags: us_CA, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
8 KILLED IN CHEMICAL ACCIDENT AT THAI BANK'S HEADQUARTERS
Tags: Thailand, public, release, death, fire_extinguisher, oxygen
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HAZMAT CREWS RESPOND TO SEMI CRASH
Tags: us_OR, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
ONTARIO " Interstate 84 will be closed for several hours due to a multiple vehicle crash involving a semi truck carrying hazardous materials.
According to Bill Fugate, public information officer with Oregon State Police, police initially responded to a call at 11:25 a.m. about a semi truck rollover at milepost 348 near Huntington. As officers responded to the call, traffic backed up behind the accident.
Thirty minutes later, a second semi carrying hazardous materials ran into the traffic from the first wreck.
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2 THAI EXECS FACE CHARGES AFTER SAFETY SYSTEM MISHAP KILLS 8
Tags: Thailand, public, follow-up, death
BANGKOK
Thai police filed negligence charges Tuesday against two executives of a fire safety company after a system being installed at the headquarters of one of Thailand's largest banks malfunctioned, killing eight people.
The accident, which also left seven people injured, occurred Sunday evening in the basement of Siam Commercial Bank's headquarters in Bangkok, where a fire safety system was being upgraded.
The bank said that contractors mistakenly activated the system and released a chemical known as Pyrogen, which deprives fire of oxygen.
Bangkok's acting police chief, Lt. Gen. Sanit Mahatavorn, said two executives from Megaplanet, the company contracted by the bank to install the system, faced charges of negligence resulting in deaths.
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AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING PEQUANNOCK RIVER OIL SPILL IN BLOOMINGDALE
Tags: us_NJ, public, release, response, diesel
BLOOMINGDALE - Authorities are continuing their investigation into a large diesel fuel spill that occurred in the Pequannock River in Bloomingdale on Sunday.
At 3:20 p.m. on March 13, Bloomingdale police responded to a report of an "oil-like substance" in the river near the intersection of Macopin Road and Hamburg Turnpike, said Bloomingdale Police Chief Joe Borell.
The oil-like substance was first spotted in the river near the intersection of Macopin Road and Hamburg Turnpike.
"A large amount of oil/diesel fluid was observed flowing down the river," he said.
Several state, county, and local authorities also responded to the scene, including the Department of Environmental Protection, Passaic and Morris counties' respective hazardous materials emergency response units, Butler police, and Bloomingdale and Butler firefighters.
The hazmat units placed spill containment booms in the river, said the chief.
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CAR-CARRYING CARGO SHIP LEAKS OIL AT PORT OF LOS ANGELES, VISIBLE SHEEN LEFT ON WATER
Tags: us_CA, transportation, release, response, petroleum
WILMINGTON >> Clean-up continued today after oil from a cargo ship leaked into the waters of the Port of Los Angeles.
The spill was reported at 7:25 p.m. Sunday and prompted a HazMat response, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The vessel was a large car-carrying ship, and the leak left a visible sheen in the water, said LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart. Fire department crews aboard boats placed booms around the ship.
Private companies were at work cleaning up the spill this morning, said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer SondraKay Kneen.
A unified command has been established that includes personnel from the Coast Guard, the California Fish and Wildlife Office of Spill Prevention and Response, and the responsible party, the shipping company, Kneen said.
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OSU FINED FOR HAZMAT VIOLATIONS
Tags: us_OR, laboratory, release, response, illegal, waste
Oregon State University must pay $275,000 in fines and provide comprehensive safety training to employees as part of a negotiated settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency involving multiple violations of hazardous waste identification rules, the federal agency announced Monday.
The agreement arose from a June 2013 inspection of the Corvallis campus, during which EPA officials found almost 2,000 containers of hazardous materials in a half-dozen buildings that were not properly labeled, managed or stored as required under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
The university also lacked a federal permit for storing the materials, which ranged from used motor oil to solvents, flammable liquids and caustic, toxic and reactive chemicals, the agency said in announcing the deal.
Some of the hazardous materials had to do with building or vehicle maintenance, but most were connected with chemistry laboratories, according to Kevin Schanilec, an enforcement and compliance officer with the EPA"s regional office in Seattle.
"It was primarily from the Chemistry Department," Schanilec said.
Much of the material was being stored at the Environmental Health and Safety Annex on Southwest 35th Street, Schanilec said. There were also hundreds of small containers of chemicals in Gilbert Hall.
"There were old bottles or cans of ethyl ether, which, if it sits around too long, can become explosive," Schanilec said. "There were many containers of strong acid, such as sulfuric acid, and there were containers that were labeled as dioxins."
Other hazardous materials were being stored in Weniger Hall, a housing maintenance building and two small storage buildings on campus, Schanilec said. Most of the containers were a gallon or less in size.
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HOUSE FIRE SPARKED BY HOVERBOARD FORCES 4 PEOPLE FROM HOME
Tags: us_MD, industrial, fire, response, other_chemical
Four people were forced out of their home after a hoverboard caught fire to a house in Shady Side over the weekend.
Shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday, Anne Arundel County firefighters were called to a fire in the 1500 block of Lincoln Drive.
The first firefighters arrived to find the fire had already been extinguished. Crews identified the cause of the fire as a hoverboard that appeared to have overheated while charging, according to the fire department .
Related: Hoverboard catches fire while charging at Baltimore school
No one was injured, but the fire caused about $15,000 in damage and displaced four people from the home.
The Red Cross is helping the two adults and two juveniles who were living in the home.
In December of 2015, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) issued a warning about hoverboards following reports of potential fire hazards surrounding the devices, the fire department said.
Safety concerns: Amazon offering refunds on all hoverboards
"These are fairly new to the mass market and there isn"t a lot we know about them. The best advice we can offer is to read all manufacturer"s guidelines - particularly those that apply to charging hover boards - and to follow some additional fire safety guidelines," Lorraine Carli, NFPA"s vice president of Outreach and Advocac, said in a release.
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HOTEL EVACUATED AFTER POSSIBLE HAZMAT INCIDENT
Tags: us_CA, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
WALNUT CREEK - All but one of the occupants of a hotel in Walnut Creek returned to their rooms Saturday night after a possible hazardous materials incident, officials with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said.
One person was taken to a hospital after someone called fire officials at 8:57 p.m. to report six people were having difficulty breathing and their eyes and throats were burning at the Holiday Inn Express at 2730 N. Main St., near Interstate Highway 680.
The other five were treated outside the hotel, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Robert Marshall said.
More than 100 people were evacuated from the hotel.
The six who suffered symptoms told firefighters of a pepper-like odor in one of the hallways.
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8 KILLED IN CHEMICAL ACCIDENT AT THAI BANK'S HEADQUARTERS
Tags: Thailand, public, release, death, fire_extinguisher, oxygen
BANGKOK (AP) " Eight people died at the headquarters of one of Thailand's largest banks when workers accidentally triggered the release of fire extinguishing chemicals during an upgrade of the building's safety system, officials said Monday.
Seven other people were injured in the accident, which occurred Sunday night in the basement of the Siam Commercial Bank's headquarters in Bangkok.
The bank said in a statement that an initial investigation found that the accident was caused by "negligence on the part of our contractors hired to improve fire protection in the building."
Workers were upgrading a fire extinguishing system in a document archive room in the bank's basement when the accident occurred, causing the release of Pyrogen aerosol, officials said. They did not elaborate.
Police were investigating the accident and the bank said it would release more information after a meeting of its board members Monday.
Pyrogen is a chemical fire retardant normally intended to deprive fire of oxygen and is typically used in places where extinguishing a fire with water would damage documents or equipment.
Pyrogen's website says the dense aerosol is "most effective in unoccupied areas such as data rooms, machinery and engine spaces" and other storage areas. It says people should avoid exposure to Pyrogen and any "accidental exposure to the aerosol should be limited to five minutes."
The bank identified those who died as a security guard and seven contractors.
Bangkok's Erawan medical emergency center said five people died at the site of the accident and three died later at a hospital. It said the apparent cause of death was suffocation from insufficient oxygen, but that the official cause would not be known until autopsies are performed.
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