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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 07:30:24 -0400
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Chemical Safety Headlines From Google
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 7:29:58 AM

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Table of Contents (4 articles)

LEAK LEADS TO HAZMAT RESPONSE AT SUNOCO REFINERY
Tags: us_PA, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical

FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL LEAK IN BAY CITY
Tags: us_MI, public, release, injury, other_chemical

MCSO: SUSPECTED GLENDALE HOARDER PASSES OUT MIXING CHEMICALS
Tags: us_AZ, public, release, injury, bleach

FRACKING FIRE POINTS OUT FAILINGS
Tags: us_OH, industrial, follow-up, response, other_chemical


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LEAK LEADS TO HAZMAT RESPONSE AT SUNOCO REFINERY
Tags: us_PA, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical

MARCUS HOOK, Pa. (WPVI) -- Rescuers were called to the Sunoco refinery in Marcus Hook after a leak in one of the tanks.

The leak was reported around 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in the facility at West 8th Street and Green Street.

Firefighters had blocked some roads leading to the refinery while Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency were notified.

Sunoco has told the fire department their crews will be taking care of the leak.

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FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL LEAK IN BAY CITY
Tags: us_MI, public, release, injury, other_chemical

BAY CITY, MI (WNEM) -
Emergency crews responded overnight to a suspected chemical leak at a local materials plant.
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Crews were called to the Mersen building on Harrison Street.

The Bay City Fire Department confirmed it was because of a chemical leak at the facility.
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TV5 has confirmed one employee at the facility was taken to McLaren Bay Region for treatment.

Officials suspect the chemical was argon gas.

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MCSO: SUSPECTED GLENDALE HOARDER PASSES OUT MIXING CHEMICALS
Tags: us_AZ, public, release, injury, bleach

Hazardous-material crews responded to a Glendale apartment Monday evening after police say a suspected hoarder was found passed out after mixing bleach and Drano in a toilet, authorities said.

The incident started as a medical call to an apartment complex near 135th and Glendale avenues, said Deputy Joaquin Enriquez, a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spokesman.

First responders found a man passed out on the ground level of the apartment complex, Enriquez said. The man told them he'd been mixing chemicals, leading authorities to suspect there may have been a meth lab.

The man was taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons, Enriquez said. Meanwhile, authorities evacuated the complex and waited for Hazmat crews.

Hazardous-material technicians with the Sheriff's Office entered the man's apartment and found evidence of hoarding, Enriquez said.

"They were able to find just a bunch of clutter," he said. "They could not move two feet inside the apartment."

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FRACKING FIRE POINTS OUT FAILINGS
Tags: us_OH, industrial, follow-up, response, other_chemical

CLARINGTON, Ohio ? Phillip Keevert, the only paid firefighter in Monroe County, was working a diesel spill on the morning of June 28 when a 911 dispatcher called his cellphone about another emergency.

Keevert was out of range of the county?s radio system, so he got in his truck and drove toward town. As he got closer, the radio static gave way to snippets of conversation.

He heard the word ?well.? More static. Then the word ?fire.?

One tanker truck was on fire at a StatOil North America well pad in Clarington. Now, two trucks were on fire. Now, three.

Keevert turned onto Rt. 78 east heading toward Clarington, about a 30-minute drive from the well pad, and saw a thick plume of black smoke cutting into the sky.

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