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Table of Contents (10 articles)
CLEANUP AT CHEMICAL FACILITY EXPECTED TO TAKE SIX MONTHS
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, environmental, flammables, gas_cylinders
FLUSHING ACID DOWN THE TOILET: LAB CLEANUP FORCES US 287 SHUTDOW
Tags: us_MT, laboratory, follow-up, environmental, bomb
UPDATE: THREE INJURED AT DEVON SALTWATER DISPOSAL WELL
Tags: us_OK, industrial, follow-up, injury, waste
HOMES EVACUATED AFTER BLACK COUNTRY CHEMICAL LEAK
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, release, injury, ammonia
TESTING SHOWS CONCERNING CHEMICAL LEVELS AT MICHIGAN SITE
Tags: us_MI, industrial, discovery, environmental, plastics, waste
2 EMPLOYEES SUFFER MINOR INJURIES AFTER ACID LEAK AT UPPER LEACOCK TOWNSHIP PLASTICS COMPANY
Tags: us_PA, industrial, release, injury, hydrofluoric_acid, plastics
HOUSES EVACUATED AFTER ‰??CHEMICAL LEAK‰?? ‰?? PEOPLE URGED ‰??SHUT ALL WINDOWS‰??
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, release, response, ammonia
MOUNTAIRE SELBYVILLE CHEMICAL SPILL CLOSES ROAD, INJURES SIX
Tags: us_DE, industrial, release, response, corrosives
PENNSYLVANIA ARMY DEPOT EXPLOSION LEAVES 1 DEAD, 2 REMAIN HOSPITALIZED
Tags: us_PA, public, follow-up, death, unknown_chemical
FIVE PEOPLE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AMMONIA LEAK IN KWINANA
Tags: Australia, industrial, release, injury, ammonia
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CLEANUP AT CHEMICAL FACILITY EXPECTED TO TAKE SIX MONTHS
http://baytownsun.com/news/article_03f92016-8d37-11e8-bff6-d752921816f6.html
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, environmental, flammables, gas_cylinders
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is carefully disposing of 1,500 cylinders with various toxic and flammable gasses that were discovered at the HP Gas facility in Baytown.
Back in February, the Baytown Fire Department responded to a 911 call at the HP Gas facility on West Bay Road, and subsequently discovered hazardous materials being stored in an unsafe condition. The Chambers County Fire Marshal‰??s Office was then notified, and upon inspection, the fire marshal found unstable portable compressed gas cylinders and various chemical containers being stored improperly.
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FLUSHING ACID DOWN THE TOILET: LAB CLEANUP FORCES US 287 SHUTDOW
http://www.kulr8.com/story/38689626/flushing-acid-down-the-toilet-lab-cleanup-forces-us-287-shutdown-and-town-evacuation
Tags: us_MT, laboratory, follow-up, environmental, bomb
The closure of a highway and forced evacuation of residents have shaken up the small ranching and farming town of Norris, pop. 109. The town sits about 40 minutes southeast of Bozeman.
On July 17th, residents in Norris were alerted to the efforts of a federal hazardous substance cleanup in town when a mandatory evacuation was ordered and Highway 287 ‰?? which winds through the small community ‰?? was closed.
Many of the residents likely wouldn‰??t have paid much attention to the cleanup at all, had it not been for a group of chemicals that were so dangerous, they had to be blown-up onsite by a bomb squad.
The environmental officials' original plan for the Norris Lab was to move all of the chemicals to a secure site in an isolated field where they would be detonated safely. However, some of the chemicals were so volatile that the risk of transporting them was too great, and experts decided to do a controlled detonation at the site of the lab.
Says On-Scene Coordinator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Craig Myer, the chemicals are ‰??so sensitive that even opening the container, the friction from the cap moving, can be enough to initiate an explosion.‰??
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UPDATE: THREE INJURED AT DEVON SALTWATER DISPOSAL WELL
https://kfor.com/2018/07/20/occ-chemical-used-to-clean-tank-sparked-saltwater-disposal-well-explosion/
Tags: us_OK, industrial, follow-up, injury, waste
KINGFISHER COUNTY, Okla. ‰?? We‰??re learning more details about a fiery explosion at a saltwater disposal well that injured three people earlier this week.
Shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, emergency management officials say an explosion occurred at a saltwater disposal well near Hwy 33 and Calumet Rd. in Kingfisher County.
Three people were injured and rushed to a local hospital for treatment.
According to a new report, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission says the blast occurred when employees were using a chemical to clean tank bottoms with a vacuum truck.
A fire ensued but was quickly extinguished by firefighters.
The men who were injured have been identified as Will Davidson, Colby Bigby, and Torin Smith. The extent of their injuries is not known at this time.
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HOMES EVACUATED AFTER BLACK COUNTRY CHEMICAL LEAK
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/sandwell/cradley-heath/2018/07/21/homes-evacuated-after-black-country-chemical-leak/
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, release, injury, ammonia
About half a tonne of ammonia gas was believed to have leaked from an industrial estate unit in Summerton Road, Oldbury.
Up to nine fire crews were at the scene more than eight hours at the scene, which saw a worker at the factory suffer minor injuries.
Six people were led to safety at the unit following the leak, which involved a 536 kilo tank.
West Midlands Fire Service cordoned off the area and all residents in the immediate area were evacuated.
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TESTING SHOWS CONCERNING CHEMICAL LEVELS AT MICHIGAN SITE
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/07/21/production-plated-plastics-richland-township/812336002/
Tags: us_MI, industrial, discovery, environmental, plastics, waste
KALAMAZOO ‰?? The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has found high levels of chemical contaminants at a shuttered electro-plating company site in a southwestern township.
The department tested four residential wells and one commercial well last month near the former Production Plated Plastics property in Richland Township. Agency officials received results July 6 showing perfluorinated chemicals, known as PFAS, appearing at levels several times above the Environmental Protection Agency's safety standards, the Kalamazoo Gazettereported.
One tested well showed PFAS levels almost 16 times higher than the EPA health advisory level of 70 parts-per-trillion for drinking water. PFAS have been linked to health issues, including cancer.
Production Plated Plastics established a Richland Township factory in 1969 that engaged in molding, electroplating and painting of plastic automobile parts. The company had gone out of business by 1989 amid multiple lawsuits by various state agencies regarding the discharge and storage of hazardous wastes.
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2 EMPLOYEES SUFFER MINOR INJURIES AFTER ACID LEAK AT UPPER LEACOCK TOWNSHIP PLASTICS COMPANY
https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/employees-suffer-minor-injuries-after-acid-leak-at-upper-leacock/article_af366e0a-8c3a-11e8-9a65-ff19c37dd902.html
Tags: us_PA, industrial, release, injury, hydrofluoric_acid, plastics
Two people were hospitalized with minor injuries after an acid leak at an industrial facility in Upper Leacock Township.
Officials responded to the hazmat incident at Superior Plastics, 110 Peters Road, midday Friday.
"The industrial facility had a 275-gallon tote of hydroflouric acid that got punctured or compromised and created a spill from this tote," said Bareville Fire Company Chief Eddie Oberholtzer.
The incident was reported as a spill at 11:45 a.m. and upgraded to a hazmat incident at 12:30 p.m., according to dispatches from Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
Emergency personnel made sure the building was evacuated and remained outside the building until a hazmat crew arrived, Oberholtzer said.
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HOUSES EVACUATED AFTER ‰??CHEMICAL LEAK‰?? ‰?? PEOPLE URGED ‰??SHUT ALL WINDOWS‰??
http://infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/top-stories/houses-evacuated-after-chemical-leak-people-urged-shut-all-windows/
Tags: United_Kingdom, industrial, release, response, ammonia
EVACUATED: Hundreds of residents were forced out of their homes by the leak tonight
Emergency services were scrambled to the incident in Oldbury, West Midlands at around 7pm.
They discovered ammonia was leaking from a building in an industrial estate surrounded by hundreds of homes.
All residents within a 100m radius were then evacuated amid fears as much as half-a-tonne of ammonia was leaking.
West Midlands Fire Service said six workers had been in the site at the time of the leak and managed to get out in time. They have not been seriously injured.
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MOUNTAIRE SELBYVILLE CHEMICAL SPILL CLOSES ROAD, INJURES SIX
http://www.coastalpoint.com/content/mountaire-selbyville-chemical-spill-closes-road-injures-six_07_20_2018
Tags: us_DE, industrial, release, response, corrosives
A midday chemical spill closed Hosier Street in Selbyville on Thursday, June 12, at Mountaire‰??s Selbyville poultry processing plant.
According to authorities, a forklift operator inadvertently pierced a hole in a 500-gallon container of peracetic acid around 11:40 a.m. The hazmat incident occurred at the main building at 55 Hosier Street, right where live-haul trucks are backed into the plant, which sometimes briefly stops traffic.
Mountaire uses peracetic acid as a disinfectant. It‰??s related to peroxide, a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, but can be corrosive.
‰??Mountaire received it in diluted form, [which] basically turns into a very strong vinegar, and that‰??s what the smell was ‰?? of a strong vinegar ‰?? on the scene,‰?? said Selbyville Volunteer Fire Company Chief Matt Sliwa. ‰??We‰??re lucky that they get a diluted version,‰?? he said, because at full strength, peracetic acid is lethal at an exposure of between 1 teaspoon to 1 ounce per 150-pound person, according to the EPA.
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PENNSYLVANIA ARMY DEPOT EXPLOSION LEAVES 1 DEAD, 2 REMAIN HOSPITALIZED
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/20/pennsylvania-army-depot-explosion-leaves-1-dead-2-remain-hospitalized.html
Tags: us_PA, public, follow-up, death, unknown_chemical
One person has died following an explosion at a Pennsylvania army depot housing missiles and ammunition, officials said Friday.
Two Letterkenny Army Depot employees remain hospitalized in critical but stable condition, the facility said in a statement. At least five employees were affected by the explosion overall.
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FIVE PEOPLE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AMMONIA LEAK IN KWINANA
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/emergency-crews-respond-to-incident-at-kwinana-beach-ng-b88903554z
Tags: Australia, industrial, release, injury, ammonia
FIVE people were taken to hospital ‰??as a precaution‰?? following an ammonia leak near a fertiliser plant at the Kwinana Beach Jetty terminal this morning.
The leak occurred around 10.30am Saturday during the routine unloading of the liquid form of ammonia from a supply ship to an onshore CSBP storage tank.
During the unloading process, a small amount of ammonia gas was inadvertently released into the atmosphere.
A CSBP employee, two ship crew members and two third-party contractors were taken to hospital for examination.
St John Ambulance confirmed it had conveyed people to hospital after they inhaled ammonia, although it tweeted their exposure to the chemical was not life-threatening.
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