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Monday, September 25, 2017 at 7:12:22 AM
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Table of Contents (19 articles)
GOOSE ISLAND BREWERY EVACUATED DUE TO HAZMAT INCIDENT
Tags: us_IL, public, release, response, peroxide
SPENCE PRESENTS WACKER INCIDENT TIMELINE, STRESSES NEED TO JOIN NIXLE
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
FIRE ERUPTS AT KARACHI'S BOAT BASIN RESTAURANT
Tags: Pakistan, public, explosion, response, gas_cylinders
TRUCK ROLLOVER SPILLS DANGEROUS CHEMICAL ACROSS CQ HIGHWAY
Tags: Australia, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
U.S. OSHA, CHEMICAL MAKERS FOCUS ON DIISOCYANATES
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental, urethane
'RUST-COLORED' MATERIAL PROMPTS HAZMAT INCIDENT AT DUPONT
Tags: us_DE, laboratory, release, injury, unknown_chemical
INVESTIGATIONS INTO ARKEMA PLANT FIRES UNDERWAY AFTER HARVEY ‰?? HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
THREE WORKERS DIE IN CHEMICAL TANK
Tags: Pakistan, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL FOUND IN TRUCK THAT SICKENED PEOPLE REMAINS A MYSTERY
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, injury, unknown_chemical
DALLAS FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDS TO HAZMAT SPILL AT DALLAS BULK MAIL CENTER
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, injury, phenol
INVESTIGATORS SEEK CAUSE OF DICKINSON COLLEGE FIRE
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
NO HARM DONE IN HARBOR BEACH CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_TN, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
36 STUDENTS REPORT FEELING LIGHTHEADED AT ZAMORANO ELEMENTARY: SDFD
Tags: us_CA, education, release, injury, unknown_chemical
SPILLS REPORTED AT ONE OF HOUSTON'S MOST TOXIC SUPERFUND SITES
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, environmental, petroleum, waste
SMALL FIRE BREAKS OUT IN IDEA SCHOOL CLASSROOM ‰?? 710AM KURV
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
TWO WORKERS SUFFER BURNS AT NAVAL DOCKYARD IN VIZAG
Tags: India, public, explosion, injury, paints, waste
EXPLOSIVE CHEMICAL BLAMED FOR WORK SITE BLAST IN JERSEY CITY
Tags: us_NJ, industrial, explosion, response, other_chemical
MAN INJURED BY CHEMICAL-COATED STRING ON ISLAMABAD EXPRESSWAY
Tags: Pakistan, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
SOCMA TO HOST RETROSPECTIVE PANEL ON DISASTER PLANNING & RESPONSE AT NATIONAL CHEMICAL SAFETY
Tags: us_FL, industrial, follow-up, environmental
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GOOSE ISLAND BREWERY EVACUATED DUE TO HAZMAT INCIDENT
Tags: us_IL, public, release, response, peroxide
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Goose Island Brewery in Chicago was evacuated Sunday afternoon due to a hazmat incident.
A "peroxide-based acid" spilled, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The department issued a Level 1 Hazmat in response.
The brewery's taproom, located at 1800 W. Fulton on the West Side, will be closed Sunday due to the incident, according to a Goose Island tweet.
An employee told ABC7 that "the beer will be fine."
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SPENCE PRESENTS WACKER INCIDENT TIMELINE, STRESSES NEED TO JOIN NIXLE
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
The explosion at Wacker Polysilicon on Sept. 7 led to questions by many people in the Charleston area and in the region as to what was occurring, with some even going as far as posting explanations on social media without knowing all the facts.
Cleveland/Bradley County Emergency Management Agency director Troy Spence, who responded to the scene, said he was even receiving messages noting 100 or so people had died in the explosion.
That, of course, was it showed how several in the county were trying to let the community know what they were hearing. In most cases, Spence said these messages were not based on what exactly happened.
A timeline which Spence sent the Cleveland Daily Banner gave a thorough explanation of what he said occurred.
‰??On Sept. 7, the Bradley County 911 Center received numerous calls from the area in and around Wacker ... for an explosion,‰?? he said.
‰??Emergency response personnel from Bradley County Fire, Bradley County Emergency Management, Bradley County EMS, and the Bradley County Sheriff‰??s Office responded to the area to investigate the explosion.
‰??During the response, a large cloud was observed coming from the Wacker facility, and upon arrival, BCFR‰??and‰??EMA met with the Wacker fire personnel and determined the explosion came from inside the plant and Wacker fire were assessing the damages,‰?? he added.
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FIRE ERUPTS AT KARACHI'S BOAT BASIN RESTAURANT
Tags: Pakistan, public, explosion, response, gas_cylinders
KARACHI: A massive fire erupted in a multi-storey building located in an upscale locality of the metropolis on Sunday morning with no reports of casualties so far, ARY News reported.
Initially, the fire began on the ground floor of the building located in Boat Basin area and soon spread to its 1st and 2nd floors due to its high intensity, said a firefighter, adding that eight fire engines took part in the firefighting operation and doused the raging fire after hectic efforts lasting more than three hours.
Police said that a short-circuit caused the fire which subsequently resulted in the explosion of gas cylinders inside the building, causing panic and fear among the residents of the locality.
They said no casualty has been reported so far.
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TRUCK ROLLOVER SPILLS DANGEROUS CHEMICAL ACROSS CQ HIGHWAY
Tags: Australia, transportation, release, response, unknown_chemical
A TRUCK has spilled dangerous chemicals across the Gregory Hwy when it rolled between Emerald and Springsure.
The Queensland Police Service report the B-double came off the road when it veered to avoid a kangaroo about 9.40pm yesterday.
"The rear wheels on the second trailer have caught the rough on the shoulder,‰?? a QPS spokesman said.
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U.S. OSHA, CHEMICAL MAKERS FOCUS ON DIISOCYANATES
Tags: industrial, discovery, environmental, urethane
The Trump Administration and a chemical industry group are forming an alliance with an intent to protect workers from exposure to diisocyanates, substances that are powerful irritants. The effort by the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration and the American Chemistry Council, an industry trade association, would raise awareness of safe practices for the use of these substances, which are raw materials for making polyurethane products such as insulation, car seats, and foam mattresses. Exposure to isocyanates can irritate the skin and mucous membranes, cause chest tightness and difficulty breathing, and lead to asthma and death. The joint effort calls for creation of a web-based training program on the safer use of these compounds. It will develop guidance on medical surveillance and clinical evaluation techniques for employers and workers using the chemicals. Some industrial health experts warn that the alliance, announced Sept. 14, fails to go far enough and !
particularly lacks a metric to determine whether the program is succeeding or should be modified as it is implemented.
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'RUST-COLORED' MATERIAL PROMPTS HAZMAT INCIDENT AT DUPONT
Tags: us_DE, laboratory, release, injury, unknown_chemical
A ‰??rust-colored material‰?? expelled from ducts in a Wilmington DuPont lab prompted 18 workers to be evaluated at area hospitals, a spokesman for the company said Saturday.
The workers were contractors doing cleanup in a lab at the DuPont Experimental Station about 11 a.m. Saturday, spokesman Dan Turner said. They were wearing appropriate protective equipment, he said, but were evacuated after being exposed to the material released from ductwork. The incident brought area emergency responders to the facility, Turner said.
None of the workers showed signs of chemical exposure, Turner said, and all were released from medical treatment.
The material itself has not yet been identified, he said, but it was determined to be pH neutral and showed no sign of toxic hydrogen fluoride gas. The lab returned to normal operating conditions and there were no signs the surrounding community had been exposed to anything harmful.
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INVESTIGATIONS INTO ARKEMA PLANT FIRES UNDERWAY AFTER HARVEY ‰?? HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
Environmental regulators are looking into fires that broke out at a Houston-area chemical plant after Harvey. It‰??s been about a month since the storm, but people near the flooded Arkema, Inc. plant are still under a health advisory.
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THREE WORKERS DIE IN CHEMICAL TANK
Tags: Pakistan, industrial, release, death, unknown_chemical
KARACHI: Three labourers died after falling into the chemical tank of a fish processing unit in the Korangi area on Saturday night, officials said.
The workers were cleaning the chemical tank inside the fish processing unit located in Sector 50-C, without any protective equipment, when they fell into it and died, said Zaman Town SHO Mohammed Ashfaq.
The officer said that two bodies had been retrieved and sent to the Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities, adding that efforts were under way to recover the third body.
The SHO said that two of the three men were brothers hailing from Gilgit.
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CHEMICAL FOUND IN TRUCK THAT SICKENED PEOPLE REMAINS A MYSTERY
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, injury, unknown_chemical
The substance found in a stolen truck that sent several people to hospital remains a mystery.
Red Deer Emergency Services was called by RCMP on Wednesday after the recovered flatbed one-ton stolen truck was brought back by its owner to his business in a north Red Deer commercial area.
It appears that when an attempt was made to clean up a sticky yellow substance with water a reaction occurred that created a colourless, odourless gas. The man was suffering from some sort of chemical reaction that created a burning sensation.
The Hazardous Materials Response Unit was sent and 49th Avenue, between 78th and 78A Street, was cordoned off. Employees at two nearby buildings were evacuated while fire-medics investigated.
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DALLAS FIRE-RESCUE RESPONDS TO HAZMAT SPILL AT DALLAS BULK MAIL CENTER
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, injury, phenol
Four people are being treated for exposure to a hazardous material after a spill was reported at the Dallas USPS Bulk Mail Center Thursday.
Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the call around noon and said the hazmat team responded with three rescue units.
The chemical spilled was reported to be carbolic acid, an organic compound also known as phenol with a number of industrial uses.
DFR said at four people were exposed to the compound and were transported to area hospitals. Their conditions are not known.
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INVESTIGATORS SEEK CAUSE OF DICKINSON COLLEGE FIRE
Tags: us_PA, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
A fire damaged a building containing classrooms at Dickinson College early Thursday, said a college official.
Christine Baksi, Dickinson spokeswoman, said the fire call came in at 1 a.m. in Dana Hall, which houses classrooms and a science lab in the 200 block of Louther Street.
"It was a smoke event, contained to one lab room in the lower level," she said, adding that there were "no flames."
The origin is believed to be in a piece of lab equipment, but it is not yet known if the cause was electrical or chemical or other, she said.
Baksi said room was cleared of smoke by between 1:30 and 2 a.m. No one was in the building when the incident began and no injuries resulted, she said.
Officials continue to look for the cause of the fire.
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NO HARM DONE IN HARBOR BEACH CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_TN, transportation, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
HARBOR BEACH ‰?? A valve that malfunctioned on a semi truck resulted in crews cleaning up a chemical spill for nearly 12 hours in downtown Harbor Beach on Wednesday.
Harbor Beach Fire Chief J.P. Lermont told the Tribune his department was contacted around 9:30 a.m. regarding a spill at the intersection of State Street and M-25.
At the scene, authorities discovered a valve on a Sensient Flavors semi truck had malfunctioned as it pulled into the facility and hydrochloric acid spilled from the truck into the roadway.
The Harbor Beach Police Department blocked off the intersection as crews got to work.
"We needed to neutralize the area," Lermont said.
Lermont's crew began to pour soda ash on the ground to neutralize the pH levels with the hydrochloric acid on the ground. Young's Environmental Cleanup Inc., a hazardous material response unit, was contacted to help with the cleanup.
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36 STUDENTS REPORT FEELING LIGHTHEADED AT ZAMORANO ELEMENTARY: SDFD
Tags: us_CA, education, release, injury, unknown_chemical
A city crew's use of a chemical in sewer pipeline maintenance near a San Diego school sickened 36 students Thursday, school district and fire officials said.
First responders rushed to Zamorano Elementary on Casey Street in the Bay Terraces neighborhood just before 10:30 a.m. for the report of a strange smell and students feeling lightheaded.
One student told NBC 7 she was playing wall ball at recess when she noticed a strange smell.
After hazardous materials experts swept the school, it was determined that a chemical being used to reinforce city sewer pipes prompted the disruption of classes.
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SPILLS REPORTED AT ONE OF HOUSTON'S MOST TOXIC SUPERFUND SITES
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, environmental, petroleum, waste
One of Houston‰??s dirtiest Superfund toxic waste sites experienced three spills in the days after the torrential rain from Hurricane Harvey. But, as has been the case with other toxic spills resulting from Harvey, the spill went unreported for weeks, until the Associated Press got a look at some aerial photos that showed dark-colored water surrounding the site as the floodwater receded. The dark water was shown flowing through Vince Bayou and into the Houston Ship Channel.
This handout aerial photo from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows floodwaters surrounding the U.S. Oil Recovery Superfund site outside Houston flowing into the San Jacinto River.
The AP first reported the spills earlier this week; the Environmental Protection Agency has not publicly acknowledged them. The agency told the AP that it sent an on-scene coordinator to the Superfund site Wednesday last week, but found no evidence that material had washed off the site though they are still assessing the scene at U.S. Oil Recovery, a former petroleum-industry waste-processing plant contaminated with ‰??a dangerous brew of cancer-causing chemicals,‰?? according to the AP.
A county pollution control team had sent photos to the EPA of three large concrete tanks flooded with water on August 29, after the Harvey floodwater had cleared out. And PRP Group, a company overseeing cleanup at the Superfund site, reported the spill via a federal emergency hotline operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. The company reported two more spills of potentially contaminated storm water from the site.
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SMALL FIRE BREAKS OUT IN IDEA SCHOOL CLASSROOM ‰?? 710AM KURV
Tags: us_TX, laboratory, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
A teacher suffered minor burns and 21 students were checked for chemical and smoke exposure following a fire inside a classroom at an IDEA public school in McAllen Thursday morning.
McAllen firefighters were called to the Bentsen Road school at about 9:35 and rushed into a classroom where a teacher had suffered minors burns to the abdomen. None of the 21 students was hurt but were taken to the hospital after being exposed to chemicals and smoke. The classroom sustained minor fire and chemical damage.
Fire Chief Rafael Balderas says it appears the fire was sparked by a science experiment gone wrong and that the teacher sustained burns when an apron the instructor had on caught fire.
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TWO WORKERS SUFFER BURNS AT NAVAL DOCKYARD IN VIZAG
Tags: India, public, explosion, injury, paints, waste
Two employees suffered chemical burns in an explosion at the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning unit at Naval Dockyard under Malkapuram police station limits here on Thursday.
The injured identified as 25-year-old Baishnab Charan Chand and 26-year-old Parthasarathi Das, are undergoing treatment at a corporate hospital here, where their condition is said to be out of danger.
Sources said the incident took place around 10 a.m. when the duo was engaged in some painting work at the unit.
As per the reports, the duo had taken a can from the scrap to mix the paints by removing some semi-solid material from the can. They then had dumped the removed material in a waste bin and due to some chemical reaction with some material already present in the waste bin, an explosion took place.
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EXPLOSIVE CHEMICAL BLAMED FOR WORK SITE BLAST IN JERSEY CITY
Tags: us_NJ, industrial, explosion, response, other_chemical
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) ‰?? An accident at a construction site set off an explosion rattling a quiet New Jersey neighborhood.
Officials said a crew was handling an explosive chemical when they were not supposed to be doing any work at all.
As CBS2‰??s Alice Gainer reported, white smoke was still puffing into the sky on Thursday afternoon, hours after a chemical was poured into drilled holes.
‰??It‰??s a type of mortar that they pour into some bored out holes to break up the rock basically. It reacted in a way it wasn‰??t supposed to, and that‰??s why we‰??re here right now,‰?? a Jersey City fire official said.
Fire officials said the chemical is called damite.
When it reacted poorly it sent rocks flying into the air, breaking windows in a neighboring building.
No one was hurt, but they evacuated the building next to the site.
He said it will take hours for the reaction to stop.
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MAN INJURED BY CHEMICAL-COATED STRING ON ISLAMABAD EXPRESSWAY
Tags: Pakistan, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
Islamabad :Although there is ban on kite flying in Punjab, people in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad openly flout this law and continue flying kites with chemical-coated strings, which has resulted in many fatal incidents and numerous number of people mostly motorcyclists and children have suffered grievous injuries.
On Thursday, a newlywed Muhammad Nouman Mazhar was rushed to Benazir Bhutto Hospital after he suffered serious injuries to his eye, nose and throat. He became latest victim of chemical-coated string. While travelling on Islamabad Expressway, near Kurri Road a stray string fell upon him injuring him seriously. He was rushed to Benazir Bhutto Hospital where he received 11 stitches to his face.
‰??Blood was continuously oozing after the string cut my right eye and nose with while I was travelling on Islamabad Expressway near Kurri Road,‰?? Muhammad Nouman Mazhar told ‰??The News‰?? here on Thursday.
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SOCMA TO HOST RETROSPECTIVE PANEL ON DISASTER PLANNING & RESPONSE AT NATIONAL CHEMICAL SAFETY
Tags: us_FL, industrial, follow-up, environmental
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With Houston, Florida and the Southeastern United States impacted by flooding and storm damage as a result of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) is coordinating a retrospective panel discussion on disaster planning and response at the National Chemical Safety Symposium ‰?? Hosted by ChemStewardså¨, October 11-12, in Houston, TX.
ChemStewards, SOCMA's environmental, health, safety and security program (EHS&S), assists chemical companies in optimizing their performance and creating a safe and secure manufacturing environment.
"Hurricanes Harvey and Irma had a significant impact on the chemical industry, especially in the Houston area, but throughout the storm and its aftermath, safety was of the utmost importance to our SOCMA member companies," said Dr. J. Holland Jordan, Managing Director of ChemStewards. "With the Safety Symposium set for October in Houston, we felt this was an opportune time to bring in company leaders, plant operators and others who worked with these companies throughout the storm to share insight about how their employees and facilities fared. A situation such as this is at the very heart of why it's important to have a strong EHS&S program plan in place. During the discussion, we hope to gain a better understanding of what worked during the response, as well as areas that could be improved upon moving forward."
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