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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY CHEMICAL SPILL INJURES STAFF...
Tags: New_Zealand, l aboratory, release, injury, acids

UPDATE: METH COOKING TO BLAME FOR APARTMENT EXPL OSION
Tags : us_TN, public, explosion, injury, meth_lab

APARTMENT EXPLOSION CRITICALLY INJURE S TWO
Tags : us_TN, public, explosion, response, unknown_chemical

UPDATED: HAZMAT INCIDENT L EAVES ONE INJURED
Tags: us_VA, public, release, injury, nitric_acid

TRUCK OVERTURNS NEAR STA TE LINE
Tags: us_CO, transportation, release, death, gasoline

EASTERN ARIZONA COURIER< /div>
Tags: us_AZ, tran sportation, release, injury, sulphur

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD S INCE 1920
Tags : us_DC, education, release, response, petroleum

FIRE PROMPTS MANDATORY EVACUATI ON NEAR DOWNTOWN AMARILLO
Tags: us_TX, transportation, fire, injury, isopentane

9-YEAR-OLD R ESPONSIBLE FOR PALO ALTO CHEMICAL LEAK
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, response, pool_ chemicals

MUSKOGEE MAN INJURED IN EXPLOSION
Tags: us_OK, public, explosion, injury, meth_lab< /font>

JUPIT ER POLICE CLEAN UP MERCURY SPILL, PROBE PHARMACY BREAK-IN ATTEMPT
Tags: us_FL, public , release, response, mercury


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LINCO LN UNIVERSITY CHEMICAL SPILL INJURES STAFF...
Tags: New_Zealand, laboratory, release, injury, acids

A Lincoln University staff membe r was treated for acid burns to his face after a chemical spill on campus th is afternoon.

Emergency services rushed to what was initially reported as an explosio n at the Lincoln campus shortly before 3pm.

A St John spokesman said a man was taken to Christchurch Hospital emergency department for treatment.

Altogether fi ve fire appliances, two ambulances, two rapid response vehicles and police a rrived at the scene.

However, Lincoln vice-chancellor Roger Field said the nitiric acid spill had caused only minor burns and the staff member was decontamina ted in an emergency shower.

"There was a loss of containment but it has now been n eutralised," Field said.

Field said there was no explosion. "There were fumes in the a ir but certainly no fire or flames."

The spill was in a science laboratory in the Hilgendorf Wing.

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UPDATE: METH COOKING TO B LAME FOR APARTMENT EXPLOSION
Tags: us_T N, public, explosion, injury, meth_lab

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A meth explosion Saturda y night sent two people to the hospital with severe burns and force d several others out of their homes. 

It happened at the Cedar Place Apartme nts on 98 Randy Road in Madison around 8:30 Saturday night. The explosion knocked out an entire wall and a door.

Several agencies, including Nas hville Fire Department and Metro Police Department, arrived to the scene on r eports of an explosion.

When they arrived, police say 28-year old Jason Scott admitte d to cooking meth in a bathroom in his apartment unit.

"There were chemical react ions taking place, and it was those chemicals at that moment, anything could have touched that off=E2=80=A6 a match, a cigarette, something set it off w hich causes a flash fire and a flash explosion," says Metro Police Spokesman Don Aaron.

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APARTMENT EXPLOSION CRITICALLY I NJURES TWO
Tags: us_TN, public, explosion, resp onse, unknown_chemical

NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Cedar Place Apartment complex on Randy Road in Madison was surrounded Saturday night by dozens of fire and po lice vehicles after an explosion that left the wall on a lower level apartme nt blown out. The insulation could be seen hanging out from the wall.

Residents hav e been evacuated and the entire block has been roped off.

Captain Ricky Taylor wit h the Nashville Fire department says two people, a male and a female were bl own out into the breezeway when the explosion happened.

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UPDATED: HAZMAT INCIDENT LEAVES ONE INJURED
Tags: us_VA, public, release, injury, nitric_acid

One person is in t he hospital after inhaling a chemical agent while renovating a house on Old C entreville Road, just outside of Manassas Park. 

It happened at 2:30 p.m.  when several people were working to renovate and clean a home at  8005 Old Centreville Rd, Prince William County Firefighter Joseph Rober tson said shortly after incident.

Someone spilled a cleaning agent later identifie d as Nitric Acid. The chemical caused a cloud of vapor that made someone sic k, he said.

Prince William County Fire and Rescue hazard management personnel respo nded and contained the incident.

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TRUCK OVERT URNS NEAR STATE LINE
Tags: us_CO, tr ansportation, release, death, gasoline

FARMINGTON =E2=80=94 A fuel truck driver fro m New Mexico was killed and more than 4,000 gallons of gasoline spilled on U .S. 550 north of the state line Friday after a fuel tanker crashed, authorit ies said.

Colorado State Patrol officers, including Hazmat teams, responded at abo ut 1:17 p.m. to U.S. 550, about one-tenth of a mile above the New M exico-Colorado state line, where the tanker crashed, Colorado State Patrol S gt. Mike Baker said.

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EASTERN ARIZONA COURIER< /font>
http://www.eacourier.com/articles /2011/09/17/news/breaking_news/doc4e7432292bb3f855608855.txt< /div>
Tags: us_AZ, transportat ion, release, injury, sulphur

A collision Wednesday night between a sem i truck hauling molten sulphur and a pickup truck resulted in a hazmat situa tion and the closure of Safford/Bryce Road for nearly 13 hours.

According to a pre ss release from the Graham County Sheriff's Office, the County Dispatch rece ived a call regarding the collision at about 6:21 p.m. The inciden t occurred as both vehicles were westbound on Safford/Bryce Road just west o f Branding Iron Road.

According to Sheriff P.J. Allred, the driver of the semi truc k, Dwayne Elders of Thatcher, was attempting to pass the pickup truck when t he collision occurred. Apparently, the driver of the pickup truck, Dana Carr asco of Safford, attempted to make a left turn into a private driveway when s he was sideswiped by the semi. The semi rolled onto its side and stretched a cross both lanes of the road. Allred told the Courier that Elders said the p ickup truck didn't have its turn signal on, but Carrasco insisted that she d id.



Elders was transported to the Mt. Graham Regional Medica l Center by Southwest Ambulance where he was treated and released. He suffer ed a head laceration and fractured collar and rib bones, according to Allred .

Carra sco had her 4-year-old daughter with her in a child safety car seat, and nei ther was injured.

Molten sulphur began leaking out of the top cap of the transport tanker but was quickly contained and handled by the Safford Fire Department . Hazmat teams from the Department of Public Safety traveled from Globe and T ucson and assisted with the leak as well. According to the United States gov ernment Material Safety Data Sheet, molten sulphur gives off an odor of rott en eggs and is flammable.

It can cause eye and skin irritation and should only be u sed with adequate ventilation.

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GEORGETOWN U NIVERSITY'S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD SINCE 1920
Tags: us_DC, education, release, response, petro leum

 After smelling gas in Maguire around 11 a.m. this morning, uni versity officials evacuated students from Healy Hall and Maguire.

Both buildings h ave since been reopened after the scene was deemed safe by the D.C. Fire Dep artment and hazmat officials around 1 p.m.

According to Director of Media Rel ations Rachel Pugh, the D.C. Fire Department and hazmat officials deployed t o the scene discovered that a petroleum based odor was emanating from the se wer area outside of the Maguire and Healy buildings.

D.C. Fire and EMS Spokesman Pet e Piringer said that the odor was a result of a fuel spill that had mitigate d into fumes.

Library walk was roped off with caution tape at the time, and students w ith classes in Maguire were told to contact the Registrar for the status of t heir classes.

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FIRE PROMPTS MANDATORY EVACUATI ON NEAR DOWNTOWN AMARILLO
Tags: us_TX, transportation, fire, i njury, isopentane

Three Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad employees remain in a local hospital for evaluation after a hazardous materials fire that prompte d evacuations near downtown Amarillo Friday afternoon.

BNSF Spokesperson Joe Fra ust tells Pronews 7 the employees are being evaluated because of the rail ca r fire that contained iso-pentane, a liquid petroleum that is highly flamabl e. One has already been released.

Approximately 200 residents were evacuated, 80 s tructures in total.

"Police came down the street with their loudspeakers on," sai d evacuated resident Matt McIlory. "We left and went to a friend's house."

The eva cuation order was lifted at 2:30 but the BNSF rail yard remains cl osed. Hazmat crews continue to work on the clean up. Fraust said the team wi ll be on hand for a while.

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9-YEAR-OLD RESP ONSIBLE FOR PALO ALTO CHEMICAL LEAK
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, response, pool_chem icals

Ki ds + Chemicals = Danger.

The Palo Alto Police Department today completed their in vestigation into a chlorine gas leak that left one family homeless and cause d the evacuation of an entire apartment complex. 

The cause: a 9-year-old ch ild who had been playing with chemicals in the pool room of the Midtown Cour t Apartments in the 2700 block of Midtown Court.

The explosion occurred at abo ut 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, prompting a three-alarm response by Palo Alto pol ice and fire crews.  A resident had reported smelling chemicals and see ing smoke, according to authorities.

Palo Alto police Agent Max Nielepko said inv estigators interviewed a number of witnesses and learned that children had b een playing in the pool supply storage unit.  The children were located and explained that the storage unit had been left unlocked while maintenanc e was being performed on the pool.

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MUSKOGE E MAN INJURED IN EXPLOSION
Tags: us_OK, public, explosion, injury, meth_lab

A Muskogee m an is recovering after police say a meth lab exploded at his house Thursday evening.

Faron Bruner is being treated at the Hillcrest Medical Center, his cond ition is not being released.

Emergency personnel were called to 2420 Elgin St. , around 2:40 p.m. after neighbors reported the explosion.< /div>

Muskogee Poli ce Lt. Andy Simmons said several items involved in the production of methamp hetamine were found in the house. Investigators in hazmat suits searched the house.

Simmons said the explosion appears to have originated in the bathroom and b lew the
door off t he frame and damaged several interior walls.

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JUPITER POLICE CLEAN UP MERCURY SPILL, PROBE PHARMACY BREAK-IN ATTEMPT
Tags: us_FL, publ ic, release, response, mercury

JUPITER, Fla. -- A tipped over piece of medical equ ipment caused quite a scare Friday morning in Jupiter.
A hazmat crew suited up to cl ean up mercury spilled in a second-floor cardiologist's office at University Commons, WPBF 25 News reported.
A spokesman said an employee accidentally knocked a blood-pre ssure monitor off the wall, spilling mercury in the office.
Only one person was exposed to t he toxic heavy metal, but cleanup is tedious and is expected to take several hours.

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