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Monday, March 30, 2020 at 8:04:43 AM
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Table of Contents (9 articles)
CORONA RESCUE FLIGHTS: AIR INDIA CREW SAYS PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ‰??FAILING WITH ALARMING FREQUENCY‰??
Tags: India, public, discovery, environmental
WANTED: DATA TO MAKE LABS SAFER
Tags: laboratory, discovery, environmental
CHINA'S VIRUS EPICENTER PIVOTS TO STEM IMPORTED CASES
Tags: China, public, discovery, environmental
IRVINE: FIRE AT IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE PROMPTS HAZMAT RESPONSE, INJURES FIREMAN ‰?? ONSCENE.TV
Tags: us_CA, education, fire, injury, batteries
BELDING, KMI REACH SETTLEMENT AFTER SUMMER INCIDENTS INVOLVING TOXIC CHEMICAL
Tags: us_MI, industrial, follow-up, environmental, pool_chemicals
DESPITE BURNS, VADODARA FIREMEN RETURN WITH ZEST
Tags: India, industrial, release, injury, bleach
JMC MAY FACE SHORTAGE OF DISINFECTANT CHEMICAL
Tags: India, public, release, response, bleach
CANADIAN FLIGHT CREWS DEMAND PROTECTIVE SUITS AS MORE THAN A DOZEN FALL ILL WITH COVID-19
Tags: Canada, industrial, discovery, environmental
MAGNESIUM FIRE AT YANKEE CASTING IN ENFIELD INJURES FOUR, CHIEF SAYS
Tags: us_CT, industrial, fire, injury, magnesium
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CORONA RESCUE FLIGHTS: AIR INDIA CREW SAYS PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ‰??FAILING WITH ALARMING FREQUENCY‰??
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/corona-rescue-flights-air-india-crew-says-personal-protective-equipment-failing-with-alarming-frequency/articleshow/74892619.cms
Tags: India, public, discovery, environmental
NEW DELHI: Air India crew, which has been operating evacuation flights to corona hotspots like Wuhan, Japan and Europe, has complained of poor quality personal protective equipment (PPE). Crew members say there have been occasions when hazmat suits have got ruptured on these flights.
Indian Pilots‰?? Guild, union of erstwhile Air India (before with Indian Airlines), wrote to airline chairman Rajiv Bansal last Saturday (March 28), saying: ‰??During our recent rescue flights, the protective equipment being provided to the flight crew has been failing with an alarming frequency or has been plagued with other issues. For example, shoe covers have failed in as little as 10 minutes, gloves in 3 hours, hand sanitisers on board have not been provided in sufficient quantity, hazmat suits have been ill fitting and (are) available only in limited quantity increasing the risk of rupture.‰??
‰??We have repeatedly emphasised that the risk of contagion (spreading) is very high for flight crew because of the nature of duty. Even at the peak of this crisis if corners are being cut when it comes to protecting rescue personnel adequately, the entire purpose of the government initiative (21-day lockdown to prevent spread) is lost and the repercussions will be felt widely not just in the airline industry but the country as a whole‰?| request you to ensure that our flight crew get the best equipment available to perform these important duties,‰?? says the letter by Captain Kanav Hingorani, IPG general secretary.
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WANTED: DATA TO MAKE LABS SAFER
https://cen.acs.org/safety/lab-safety/Wanted-Data-make-labs-safer/98/i12
Tags: laboratory, discovery, environmental
If there‰??s a watershed moment in the history of laboratory safety research, it may be the 2009 death of Sheharbano ‰??Sheri‰?? Sangji, a 23-year-old research assistant who died from injuries sustained in a University of California, Los Angeles, chemistry laboratory fire.
Since then, laboratory scientists as well as health and safety professionals have tried to improve laboratory safety at various institutions. In doing so, ‰??we should be giving evidence-based guidelines‰?? rather than defaulting to adding more compliance forms, says Michael Blayney, executive director of research safety at Northwestern University.
But experts say they‰??ve been hampered by a lack of research on the subject.
The dearth of data is not because people lack motivation to study safety. ‰??Not to sound too noble or pompous, but I think you‰??ll find people in this field are working because we want to make industry and academic labs safer, because we want to save lives,‰?? says Paul Amyotte, a professor in the Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science at Dalhousie University.
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CHINA'S VIRUS EPICENTER PIVOTS TO STEM IMPORTED CASES
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/world/731771/china-s-virus-epicenter-pivots-to-stem-imported-cases/story/
Tags: China, public, discovery, environmental
The ground-zero city of Wuhan is cautiously reopening after a two-month quarantine, but the birthplace of the global coronavirus pandemic is now on guard against a potential new threat: imported cases.
Travel restrictions have been loosened, with Wuhan's busy train station officially resuming inbound services on Saturday and highways reopened as the unprecedented lockdown that kept more than 50 million people across Hubei province housebound is lifted.
That has unleashed a reverse tide of local residents who were stranded elsewhere in China -- where many reported facing ostracism or restrictions on their movements -- and are now flocking back to homes they have not seen for at least 10 weeks.
The returnees -- many arriving by train wearing two face masks, latex gloves and protective suits -- bring with them the potential for a new round of infections, and authorities are taking few chances.
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IRVINE: FIRE AT IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE PROMPTS HAZMAT RESPONSE, INJURES FIREMAN ‰?? ONSCENE.TV
https://onscene.tv/irvine-fire-at-irvine-valley-college-prompts-hazmat-response-injures-fireman/
Tags: us_CA, education, fire, injury, batteries
03.29.2020 | 2:29 AM | IRVINE ‰?? A fireman suffered from minor injuries after a fire at Irvine Valley College prompted a hazmat response, early Sunday morning.
Authorities responded to reports of an automatic smoke detector alarm at the Irvine Valley College Business Science Technology & Innovation Center located in the 5500 block of Irvine Center Drive around 2:29 AM.
Units arriving on scene located the two-story building that houses classrooms, administrative offices, and a server room charged with smoke and a strong smell of burning electrical.
Firefighters entered the building and determined the fire was coming from an information technology room with hazardous batteries possibly inside.
Due to the dangers posed by the hazardous materials reported to be inside, crews exited the building and requested additional resources including a hazmat team.
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BELDING, KMI REACH SETTLEMENT AFTER SUMMER INCIDENTS INVOLVING TOXIC CHEMICAL
https://www.sentinel-standard.com/news/20200328/belding-kmi-reach-settlement-after-summer-incidents-involving-toxic-chemical
Tags: us_MI, industrial, follow-up, environmental, pool_chemicals
BELDING ‰?? A Belding manufacturer won‰??t be allowed to produce a chemical that twice caused gas clouds and a dumpster fire in the city last summer.
The city of Belding reached a consent decree with Kassouni Manufacturing, Inc. (KMI) ‰?? ending the company‰??s ability to use, produce or store trichloroioscyanuric acid (TCICA), according to a press release issued Friday, March 28.
The binding agreement was approved by Ionia County Eighth Circuit Judge Ronald Schafer, per the release. It ends KMI‰??s ability to produce pool and spa tablets at its facility at 815 S. Front St. in Belding that contains TCICA or similar compounds.
TCICA is designed to kill bacteria and control algae in swimming pools and hot tubs, per the release. However, it is highly reactive and presents a dangerous explosion. When handled incorrectly, TCICA releases toxic gases that can irritate and burn the nose, throat and lungs.
‰??We are very pleased to have reached this settlement with Kassouni Manufacturing, which protects the health, safety and well-being of our residents,‰?? said City Manager John Niemela. ‰??The company has reorganized, and we feel confident the new leadership will live up to the letter and spirit of this agreement.
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DESPITE BURNS, VADODARA FIREMEN RETURN WITH ZEST
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/despite-burns-vadodara-firemen-return-with-zest/articleshow/74867427.cms
Tags: India, industrial, release, injury, bleach
Vadodara: The never-say-die spirit of Vadodara‰??s vanguards ‰?? the firemen of Vadodara Fire and Emergency Services ‰?? have helped save the citizens during all kinds of emergencies.
Not only in the city, they have even reached out to neighbouring talukas too, and remarkably the first ones to arrive the spot and last ones to leave ‰?? be it a man-made calamity or a natural disaster.
Likewise, these firemen are once again risking their lives to sanitize the city in order to contain the spread of coronavirus. In the process, at least eight firemen have suffered major reactions on their skin from the exposure to raw chemical ‰?? sodium hypochloride ‰?? which the Vadodara Municipal Corporation had been spraying everywhere mixed with water.
The fire department started sanitization activities on March 23 and have been carrying it out continuously across the city. The civic body had given them face masks, gloves and gum boots. But in absence of a proper protective suits, these firemen have to handle the chemical laced water directly leading to rashes and burning sensations on their skin. Many firemen‰??s uniforms have also lost their original colour after being exposed to the chemical water.
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JMC MAY FACE SHORTAGE OF DISINFECTANT CHEMICAL
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/jmc-may-face-shortage-of-disinfectant-chemical/articleshow/74868221.cms
Tags: India, public, release, response, bleach
Jaipur: The operation to spray sodium hypochlorite to disinfect the city areas has been started on a massive scale. However, with just 19,000 litres of the chemical remaining in stock, Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) is likely to face a shortage after fifteen days.
According to a JMC official, the civic body is spraying approximately 1.92 lakh litres of the chemical mixture per day using 17 fire tenders.
An official source said, ‰??We have deployed fire tenders having capacities of 4,000 litres and 2,000 litres. We mix 1% of sodium hypochlorite to disinfect the public areas. Since, 10 more fire tenders will be added to the fleet, the chemical is expected to exhaust soon. Intimation has been given for arrangement of the chemical,‰??
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CANADIAN FLIGHT CREWS DEMAND PROTECTIVE SUITS AS MORE THAN A DOZEN FALL ILL WITH COVID-19
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/flight-attendants-protective-suits-1.5513439
Tags: Canada, industrial, discovery, environmental
More than a dozen Canadian flight attendants are sick with COVID-19, with one recently released from an intensive care unit in Calgary, CBC News has learned.
Many airline crews remain on the job as international and domestic flights continue to take thousands of Canadians home during the global pandemic.
But flight crews and their unions are becoming increasingly vocal in demanding better protective equipment, including protective suits or gowns, and mandatory testing for COVID-19.
"I've asked several times, 'Why are we not wearing hazmat suits?' Other airlines are wearing hazmat suits," a flight attendant who works for a major Canadian airline told CBC News.
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MAGNESIUM FIRE AT YANKEE CASTING IN ENFIELD INJURES FOUR, CHIEF SAYS
https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-enfield-yankee-casting-fire-20200327-gddiy3odxbek3eh73mzmlqghme-story.html
Tags: us_CT, industrial, fire, injury, magnesium
An industrial fire in Enfield injured four workers Friday, the fire chief said. The fire is believed to be an accident.
The magnesium fire started around 11 a.m. at Yankee Casting Co. Inc., 243 Shaker Road, according to Mark Zarcaro, a fire department spokesman. The company makes metal castings.
Four men were taken to the hospital, said Charles Macsata, chief of the Shaker Pines Fire Department. Three were treated for minor burns and discharged, and one was still being treated for smoke inhalation Friday afternoon.
Something went wrong when workers were pouring the 7,800-degree liquid metal and flames broke out, Macsata said. The workers were injured while trying to put out the fire themselves.
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