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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (7 articles)
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 07:48:53 -0500
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Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 7:48:32 AM
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Table of Contents (7 articles)
BOOM GOES THE HONEY POT: SUSPECTED MARIJUANA-OIL LAB EXPLODES IN SANTA ROSA
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, response, butane, illegal, clandestine_lab
PRINTER INK SPILL LEADS TO HEADACHES, HAZMAT RESPONSE AT DOMINO'S FARMS
Tags: us_MI, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
MYSTERY PERSISTS OVER INTEL HAZMAT SCARE
Tags: us_OR, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
FORT SMITH POLICE DEPARTMENT LOBBY CLOSED DUE TO UNKNOWN RESIDUE. HAZMAT TEAM IS ON SCENE.
Tags: us_AR, public, release, injury, sodium_hydroxide
NO INJURIES REPORTED IN HAZMAT SITUATION IN WEST RENO
Tags: us_NV, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
CHEMCHINA PLANT LEAK IS IDENTIFIED AS CAUSE OF BLAST THAT KILLED 23 IN CHINA
Tags: China, industrial, follow-up, death, vinyl_chloride
MADISON HAZMAT TEAM RESPONDS AFTER MAN OPENS BAG OF FENTANYL
Tags: us_WI, public, release, response, fentanyl
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BOOM GOES THE HONEY POT: SUSPECTED MARIJUANA-OIL LAB EXPLODES IN SANTA ROSA
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Suspected-marijuana-lab-explodes-santa-rosa-13442357.php
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, response, butane, illegal, clandestine_lab
An explosion at a Santa Rosa home suspected of being a clandestine lab for making concentrated marijuana oil led to the arrest of a 64-year-old man, authorities said Tuesday.
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The explosion occurred at 10:30 p.m. Sunday in the Larkfield neighborhood, 3 miles northwest of downtown Santa Rosa, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff‰??s Office.
Deputies arrived to find the home‰??s resident, Thomas Tuttle, ‰??wet, disheveled and confused from the blast,‰?? said Sgt. Spencer Crum, a sheriff‰??s spokesman.
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Authorities found marijuana, butane canisters and laboratory equipment that led them to believe Tuttle was operating an illegal lab in his garage to process ‰??honey oil,‰?? or concentrated marijuana, Crum said. A refrigerator had been blown apart by the blast, along with a damaged fence.
Tuttle was arrested and booked on suspicion of manufacturing a controlled substance, officials said. He and three other residents of the home on the 5700 block of Corbett Circle were not injured.
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PRINTER INK SPILL LEADS TO HEADACHES, HAZMAT RESPONSE AT DOMINO'S FARMS
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2018/12/dominos_farms_hazmat_incident.html
Tags: us_MI, public, release, injury, unknown_chemical
ANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP, MI - Exposure to printer ink fumes at Domino's Farms sent 19 people to emergency rooms Tuesday evening, officials said.
The Washtenaw County Hazardous Materials Team cleaned up a substance found spilled atop a package that was delivered to the office park Tuesday morning, Dec. 4, Ann Arbor Township Fire Chief Mark Nicholai said.
The substance was later determined to be printer ink, Nicholai said.
Exposure to fumes from the ink led to numerous complaints of headaches and other minor ailments, Nicholai said.
There were no apparent life-threatening injuries.
Four patients were transported from the scene to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and 15 went to the University of Michigan hospital, according to Matt Rose of Huron Valley Ambulance.
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MYSTERY PERSISTS OVER INTEL HAZMAT SCARE
https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2018/12/mystery-persists-over-intel-hazmat-scare.html
Tags: us_OR, industrial, release, injury, unknown_chemical
Investigators remain ‰??befuddled‰?? over a pair of hazardous materials scares that prompted Intel to evacuate part of its Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro and sent 21 people to local hospitals.
Intel closed down a 400,000-square-foot manufacturing support building Monday due to a second health scare in just four days, and the facility remained closed Tuesday. The company said workers reported ‰??respiratory irritation‰?? and ‰??minor breathing difficulty.‰??
Emergency responders treated at least three dozen people in Monday‰??s incident, only six of whom went to the hospital. None were reported to have experienced serious health problems, and Washington County officials have said there is no indication of any hazardous material exposure outside the building.
Intel said it doesn‰??t expect the incident or the closure will have a material impact on its Oregon production. The company said it continues to investigate.
Nathan Leek, division chief with the Hillsboro Fire Department, said neither his experts nor Intel‰??s have been able to determine what caused the workers‰?? symptoms.
‰??What we are being told is they have detected nothing that has shown up on their detectors as a concern,‰?? Leek said. ‰??They were a little befuddled as what could have caused this irritant.‰??
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FORT SMITH POLICE DEPARTMENT LOBBY CLOSED DUE TO UNKNOWN RESIDUE. HAZMAT TEAM IS ON SCENE.
https://www.4029tv.com/article/former-sen-bob-dole-offers-emotional-salute-to-former-president-george-hw-bush/25399169
Tags: us_AR, public, release, injury, sodium_hydroxide
The Fort Smith Police Department lobby was closed Tuesday morning due to the chemical lye, according to PIO Aric Mitchell.
Mitchell said hazmat teams and the fire department were on the scene, but left by noon.
He also said the lobby will remain closed while the department continues to clean up, but is expected to be open later today. According to Mitchell, a man came into the lobby overnight wearing only a coat and covered in lye.
He requested help from the department. He had extensive burns, but they were not life-threatening. He and a deputy were taken to the hospital. The deputy was OK.
Highland Dairy alerted police about a breakin involving chemicals consistent with what the individual had on him.
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NO INJURIES REPORTED IN HAZMAT SITUATION IN WEST RENO
https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/No-injuries-reported-following-hazmat-situation-in-North-Reno-501887691.html
Tags: us_NV, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) The Reno Fire Department says no one was hurt in a hazmat situation late Monday, December 3, 2018.
Crews responded to Garlock Printing and Converting on Woodland Avenue in west Reno just before 11:15 p.m.
A battalion chief tells us something went wrong during a chemical process and vapors were released inside the building. We're told air scrubbers inside helped keep the situation under control.
Reno Fire says 18 employees were inside the building at the time. They were checked by paramedics at the scene, but no one was taken to a hospital.
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CHEMCHINA PLANT LEAK IS IDENTIFIED AS CAUSE OF BLAST THAT KILLED 23 IN CHINA
https://cen.acs.org/safety/industrial-safety/ChemChina-plant-leak-identified-cause/96/web/2018/12
Tags: China, industrial, follow-up, death, vinyl_chloride
After some initial confusion, investigators have identified a vinyl chloride leak at a ChemChina facility as the cause of a huge blast that killed 23 in the northern China city of Zhangjiakou. Most victims of the explosion were sitting in trucks that were waiting outside the factory, run by Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry, a subsidiary of state-owned ChemChina.
‰??This is a relatively new facility,‰?? says David S. Jiang, president of the Beijing-based chemical industry consulting firm Sinodata, noting that he visited the plant recently.
The Chinese media initially reported that the spontaneous ignition of a truck delivering acetylene to a nearby facility was behind the Nov. 28 disaster. An investigation led by China‰??s Ministry of Emergency Management later identified the vinyl chloride leak as the cause. Shenghua uses the intermediate to produce polyvinyl chloride.
In a contrite statement on its website, ChemChina said ‰??the occurrence of this accident reflects serious problems in our safety management.‰??
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MADISON HAZMAT TEAM RESPONDS AFTER MAN OPENS BAG OF FENTANYL
https://wkow.com/news/top-stories/2018/12/03/madison-hazmat-team-responds-after-man-opens-bag-of-fentanyl/
Tags: us_WI, public, release, response, fentanyl
TOWN OF MADISON (WKOW) ‰?? Police and fire personnel responded to an apartment in the town of Madison after a man opened a bag of fentanyl.
The Madison Fire Department Hazardous Incident Team responded to the 1900 block of Sherman Avenue Monday afternoon after a report of someone who opened a bag of fentanyl because he was trying to destroy it.
A police sergeant tells 27 News the incident was mostly contained to that person‰??s apartment and there is no danger to other apartments in the building.
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