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From: DCHAS Membership Chair <membership**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (4 articles)
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 08:11:46 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 8:11:24 AM
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Table of Contents (4 articles)
2 HOSPITALIZED AFTER GAS LEAK IN BEAVERTON
Tags: us_or, release, industrial, injury, carbon_monoxide
CHARLOTTE STOPS FUNDING POLICE CHEMICAL AGENTS AMID PROTESTS
Tags: us_nc, public, discovery, enviromental
FLAMES LEAP FROM OIL WELL
Tags: india, explosion, industrial, response, petroleum
FIREFIGHTERS, HAZMAT CREWS CALLED OUT TO GAS LINE RUPTURE
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, natural_gas
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2 HOSPITALIZED AFTER GAS LEAK IN BEAVERTON
https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/crews-respond-to-hazmat-incident-in-beaverton/
Tags: us_or, release, industrial, injury, carbon_monoxide
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) ‰?? Two people were rushed to a hospital after being exposed to toxic gas Tuesday afternoon in Beaverton, firefighters said.
Emergency responders were sent to a business complex in the 10800 block of SW 5th Street just after 2 p.m. after receiving reports about someone experiencing cardiac arrest, according to Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue.
Police officers found one person who was semi-conscious struggling to leave the building and found a second person unconscious inside on the floor.
Firefighters arrived and got the unconscious person out of the building. The person was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, fire crews said. The other person was also taken to a local hospital. A third person who was in a different part of the building refused treatment at the scene.
A hazmat team found potentially deadly levels of carbon monoxide inside the affected building, which officials described as a warehouse facility. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas.
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CHARLOTTE STOPS FUNDING POLICE CHEMICAL AGENTS AMID PROTESTS
https://www.wwaytv3.com/2020/06/09/charlotte-stops-funding-police-chemical-agents-amid-protests/
Tags: us_nc, public, discovery, enviromental
CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) ‰?? The Charlotte City Council has voted to stop funding chemical agents for police use a week after the city‰??s police department received criticism for using them on demonstrators.
News outlets report the measure to defund the chemical agents passed in a 9-2 vote Monday night.
A city official says the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has spent $103,000 on chemical agents in 2020.
A local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police slammed the council‰??s vote, calling it dangerous and saying the city would be on fire without the use of chemical agents.
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FLAMES LEAP FROM OIL WELL
https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/flames-leap-from-oil-well/cid/1779735
Tags: india, explosion, industrial, response, petroleum
Amassive fire broke out at the Baghjan oil well after an explosion on Tuesday afternoon and spread to nearby areas, burning houses and trees and prompting a second round of exodus after the recent blowout-driven evacuation.
Television images showed flames leaping 30-40ft into the sky and ending in a plume of black smoke that people said was visible from Tinsukia town, 15km away.
A fire-fighter from ONGCL suffered ‰??minor injuries‰?? in the blaze, which set off ‰??violent‰?? protests that led to a few Oil India employees being ‰??manhandled‰?? and a few vehicles damaged, an Oil India official said.
A company official said ‰??the army has been deployed to assist the police and maintain order‰?? while the chief minister‰??s office said the air force was on standby to help fight the fire, if necessary. Some 20 fire tenders were trying to control the fire in the evening.
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FIREFIGHTERS, HAZMAT CREWS CALLED OUT TO GAS LINE RUPTURE
https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/firefighters-hazmat-crews-called-out-to-gas-line-rupture
Tags: us_TX, transportation, release, response, natural_gas
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ‰?? Construction workers had to evacuate their work site after a gas pipeline was punctured.
The incident happened just before 9 a.m. in 7500d block of S.P.I.D. in between Ennis Joslin and Roddfield road.
According to investigators a construction crew, who had called 811 and was doing some excavation work, struck a two-inch gas line. Firefighters, hazmat crews, and city gas workers responded to the incident.
It took city employees 15 minutes to shut off the gas.
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