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Table of Contents (14 articles)
CARGILL PLANT IN SPRINGDALE EVACUATED DUE TO AMMONIA LEAK
Tags: us_AR, industrial, release, response, ammonia
NEW REPORTS DETAIL CAUSE OF APS BATTERY EXPLOSION THAT LEFT 8 INJURED ‰?? PV MAGAZINE USA
Tags: us_AZ, industrial, follow-up, injury, batteries, metals
RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL COMING TO VILLA HILLS
Tags: us_KY, industrial, discovery, environmental, styrene
ROCKWOOD SHELTER-IN-PLACE LIFTED FOLLOWING CHEMICAL FIRE
Tags: us_MI, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
FIRE DEPT UPDATE: FIRES, LIGHTENING, GAS LEAKS, SAFETY REMINDERS AND MORE
Tags: us_MA, public, fire, response, chlorine
CHEMICAL LEAK CONTAINED IN UNION PACIFIC TRAIN DERAILMENT; NOW THE INVESTIGATION BEGINS
Tags: us_AZ, transportation, follow-up, response, solvent
US CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD PRAISES AIRGAS FOR ITS RESPONSE TO 2016 FATALITY
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, environmental, gas_cylinders, hydrogen_sulfide
DEADLY INDIAN INCIDENTS HIGHLIGHT RELAXED REGULATIONS
Tags: India, industrial, follow-up, death, pesticides, pharmaceutical, styrene
TRAIN HOLDING HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DERAILS, CATCHES FIRE IN ARIZONA ‰?? NBC PALM SPRINGS ‰?? NEWS, WEATHER, TRAFFIC, BREAKING NEWS
Tags: us_AZ, transportation, fire, response, unknown_chemical
FOUR INJURED AS FIRE BREAKS OUT IN PHARMA UNIT
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, injury, methanol, pharmaceutical
FIRE BREAKS OUT AT LONE STAR NGL'S MONT BELVIEU FACILITY IN TEXAS
Tags: us_TX, transportation, explosion, response, natural_gas
WORKERS EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL AT THE BORDEN DAIRY COMPANY IN WINTER HAVEN
Tags: us_FL, industrial, release, response, cleaners
TWO TEENS INJURED IN CAR EXPLOSION OUTSIDE PLAINFIELD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tags: us_IL, public, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
HANDLING OF AIR-SENSITIVE AND MOISTURE-SENSITIVE REAGENTS IN AN UNDERGRADUATE CHEMISTRY LABORATORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SYRINGE
Tags: us_FL, laboratory, discovery, environmental, solvent
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CARGILL PLANT IN SPRINGDALE EVACUATED DUE TO AMMONIA LEAK
https://www.nwahomepage.com/northwest-arkansas-news/cargill-plant-in-springdale-evacuated-due-to-ammonia-leak/
Tags: us_AR, industrial, release, response, ammonia
The leak was contained to the plant property and there was no contamination to any adjacent properties, according to the fire department.
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) ‰?? Cargill Meat Solutions in Springdale was evacuated on Thursday due to an ammonia leak, according to Springdale Fire Department Captain Matt Bagley.
The Springdale Fire Department‰??s hazmat team is currently working the scene, Bagley said.
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NEW REPORTS DETAIL CAUSE OF APS BATTERY EXPLOSION THAT LEFT 8 INJURED ‰?? PV MAGAZINE USA
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/07/30/new-reports-detail-cause-of-aps-battery-explosion-that-left-8-injured/
Tags: us_AZ, industrial, follow-up, injury, batteries, metals
New details have come out surrounding the Arizona Public Service (APS) battery failure and corresponding explosion that left eight firefighters and one police officer hospitalized in Surprise, Arizona in April of 2019.
All of the new details regarding the incident are put forth in two reports, one released by APS, the other by the Underwriters Laboratory Firefighter Safety Research Institute.
According to the APS report, developed by DNV GL Energy Insights, ‰??The suspected fire was actually an extensive cascading thermal runaway event, initiated by an internal cell failure within one battery cell in the BESS: cell pair 7, module 2, rack 15.‰?? The cascading thermal runaway is believed to have been caused by an internal cell defect, specifically abnormal Lithium metal deposition and dendritic growth within the cell.
And while the system‰??s clean agent fire suppression system began operating to contain the event, the system is designed to extinguish developing fires in ordinary combustibles, rendering it entirely ineffective against cascading thermal runaway. From there, the event spread through every cell and module in rack 15 of the system, via heat transfer, as the system did not have adequate thermal barrier protections between battery cells. These thermal barriers could have significantly deterred the spread.
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RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL COMING TO VILLA HILLS
https://local12.com/news/local/residents-concerned-about-potentially-dangerous-chemical-coming-to-villa-hills
Tags: us_KY, industrial, discovery, environmental, styrene
VILLA HILLS, Ky. (WKRC) - Thousands of people in Northern Kentucky are concerned that a potentially dangerous chemical could soon be stored in their neighborhood.
TransMontaigne hopes to store styrene at the company‰??s terminal on River Road in Villa Hills.
Styrene is a chemical used to make latex, synthetic rubber and polystyrene resins. Those resins are often used to make plastic packaging.
An online petition calling for the Villa Hills Board of Adjustments to vote against TransMontaigne‰??s request has garnered more than 5,000 signatures. ‰??Stop Styrene‰?? signs have also been popping up along KY-8.
Craig Bohman, Villa Hills City Administrator, pointed out that TransMontaigne‰??s application is for the storage of styrene and not the production of the chemical.
Chandler Smith, a neighbor of the plant
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ROCKWOOD SHELTER-IN-PLACE LIFTED FOLLOWING CHEMICAL FIRE
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/07/30/rockwood-shelter-in-place-lifted-following-chemical-fire/
Tags: us_MI, industrial, explosion, response, unknown_chemical
ROCKWOOD, Mich. ‰?? The Rockwood Police Department announced Thursday morning that residents can resume normal activity after a shelter-in-place order was issued Wednesday night amid a chemical fire.
Police shared in a Facebook post that Huron River Drive is open to regular traffic and residents can open windows and use air conditioning again.
Rockford residents living on Huron River Drive between Lamont Street and Truman Road were advised to shelter in place or evacuate the city on Wednesday evening after the R.J. Marshall Company building caught fire.
Officials say the fire department responded to a report of an explosion, but are unsure what caused the fire as of Wednesday.
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FIRE DEPT UPDATE: FIRES, LIGHTENING, GAS LEAKS, SAFETY REMINDERS AND MORE
http://www.mysouthborough.com/2020/07/30/fire-dept-update/
Tags: us_MA, public, fire, response, chlorine
Yesterday, Wednesday, 6/3 Group 1 was dispatched for a shop vacuum on fire behind a home on Parkerville Road. The homeowner informed the crew that he had been using it to clean up granulated chlorine and cat litter. The shop vacuum caught fire and the homeowner was unable to put out the fire with two extinguishers. Engine 23 dropped a feeder line and stretched an attack line to control the fire and dissipate the smoke that was produced by the chemical reaction in the vacuum.
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CHEMICAL LEAK CONTAINED IN UNION PACIFIC TRAIN DERAILMENT; NOW THE INVESTIGATION BEGINS
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/tempe/chemical-leak-contained-in-union-pacific-train-derailment-now-the-investigation-begins
Tags: us_AZ, transportation, follow-up, response, solvent
TEMPE, AZ ‰?? Union Pacific apologized Thursday for the disruption it caused after one of its trains that was hauling lumber, chemicals, and other materials derailed, and subsequently caught fire, while crossing a bridge over Tempe Town Lake the day prior, and said it intended to repair the bridge and to eventually resume its operations.
Valley Metro was also able to resume light rail operations on Thursday afternoon. The light rail does not use the same bridge nor rail that the Union Pacific train was on. That line is primarily used for cargo trains.
Crews were also able to successfully contain the chemical leak from one of the railcars that fell into a dry bed when part of the bridge collapsed, said Tempe Fire Chief Greg Ruiz during a Thursday afternoon press conference.
That tank was leaking a chemical called cyclohexane, which is a flammable chemical sometimes used to make nylon or used as a paint thinner. Chief Ruiz said Thursday that an estimated 500 gallons had leaked out of the railcar, which have the capability to hold between 25,000 - 35,000 gallons.
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US CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD PRAISES AIRGAS FOR ITS RESPONSE TO 2016 FATALITY
https://cen.acs.org/safety/industrial-safety/US-Chemical-Safety-Board-praises/98/i30
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, environmental, gas_cylinders, hydrogen_sulfide
The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) issued two significant reports in late July. One praises voluntary actions of Airgas after a deadly incident at a nitrous oxide facility. The second is a factual update to the ongoing investigation of an incident at an Aghorn Operating facility in Texas in which a worker and his wife died from exposure to toxic hydrogen sulfide gas.
The CSB is an independent, nonregulatory federal agency that investigates chemical accidents.
In a Safety Spotlight report, the CSB lauds Airgas, now a subsidiary of Air Liquide, for rapidly developing and implementing a robust process safety management program (PSM) in response to an explosion in 2016 that killed one worker.
CSB stresses that the effort was voluntary, as nitrous oxide handlers are not required by US federal law to develop a PSM program. The incident occurred during the loading of a trailer truck at an Airgas facility in Cantonment, Florida. In the transfer, a pump heated the nitrous oxide above its safe operating limits, causing decomposition and the explosion.
According to the CSB, after the incident, the company began to review its safety programs for its nitrous oxide production facilities, trucking fleet, and cylinder-filling operations. The review resulted in several reforms, such as better audit practices and inherently safer designs.
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DEADLY INDIAN INCIDENTS HIGHLIGHT RELAXED REGULATIONS
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/deadly-indian-incidents-highlight-relaxed-regulations/4012215.article
Tags: India, industrial, follow-up, death, pesticides, pharmaceutical, styrene
A spate of chemical accidents and emerging environmental controversies have caused concern over the consequences of India relaxing environmental and labour laws.
On 1 July a boiler explosion at Neyveli Lignite‰??s thermal power plant at Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, killed 13 people and injured 17 others. This is after five were killed and three injured in another incident at the same plant in May. Five similar incidents have occurred there between 2014 and July 2020.
A fatal pre-dawn leak of styrene from LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam is one of several deadly incidents in recent months
On 30 June, two people died and several were injured after benzimidazole gas leaked at the pharmaceutical manufacturing company Sainor Life Sciences at Visakhapatnam. On 3 June, eight men died and 50 were injured in an explosion at a pesticide factory in Dahej, Gujarat. And on 7 May, a styrene gas leak from a plant run by South Korean firm L G Polymers, also in Visakhapatnam, claimed the lives of at least 12 people while hundreds suffered injuries.
‰??Accidents happen because of routine non-compliance with general and specific conditions with impunity,‰?? says Gopal Krishna, director of Toxicswatch Alliance, an environmental non-profit. ‰??In the name of ‰??ease of doing business‰?? driven by donors of ruling parties, those scientific conditions are being removed ‰?? ignoring lessons from disasters,‰?? he says.
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TRAIN HOLDING HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DERAILS, CATCHES FIRE IN ARIZONA ‰?? NBC PALM SPRINGS ‰?? NEWS, WEATHER, TRAFFIC, BREAKING NEWS
https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2020/07/29/train-holding-hazardous-material-derails-catches-fire-in-arizona/
Tags: us_AZ, transportation, fire, response, unknown_chemical
One person was treated for smoke inhalation after a Union Pacific train derailed and caught fire on a bridge over Tempe Town Lake in Arizona, officials said Wednesday.
Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising into the sky beneath a trail of flames on video and images from the site of the derailment, where part of the bridge collapsed.
The train was hauling hazardous material, according to the Tempe Fire Department.
Tempe Police Department Police Chief Sylvia Moir urged residents via Twitter to stay away from the scene, which she described as very dangerous.
‰??There‰??s fire pouring into the lake from the middle of the bridge,‰?? Camille Kimball, who was riding her bike under the structure, told CNN affiliate KTVK/KPHO. ‰??It looks like a scene from hell, truly.‰??
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FOUR INJURED AS FIRE BREAKS OUT IN PHARMA UNIT
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/four-injured-as-fire-breaks-out-in-pharma-unit/article32225241.ece
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, injury, methanol, pharmaceutical
Four persons were injured when a fire broke out in a chemical unit at Chandrapadia village, near Vinjamur, in SPSR Nellore district in the early hours of Wednesday.
The fire extinguishing system in the pharma unit manufacturing pharmaceutical ingredients was immediately activated. The fire, which triggered a blast, was brought under control in about 30 minutes, said District Fire Officer K. Srikanth Reddy, who rushed to the spot.
The sudden increase in pressure while methanol was being loaded into the reactor caused the fire. ‰??'The reactor has not suffered any damage,‰?? the DFO said. The injured were rushed to a private hospital here. Later three of them in a serious condition were shifted to a hospital in Chennai for better treatment.
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FIRE BREAKS OUT AT LONE STAR NGL'S MONT BELVIEU FACILITY IN TEXAS
https://www.icis.com/explore/resources/news/2020/07/30/10535516/fire-breaks-out-at-lone-star-ngl-s-mont-belvieu-facility-in-texas
Tags: us_TX, transportation, explosion, response, natural_gas
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Crews are working to contain a fire that broke out at Lone Star NGL's Mont Belvieu facility in Texas, parent company Energy Transfer said late on Wednesday.
A contractor struck an underground pipeline at 16:45 local time (21:45 GMT), the company said in a statement.
Mont Belvieu city police reported that an explosion occurred at a facility on West Winfree.
Energy Transfer said its emergency response plan has been activated, and no injuries were reported.
It was unclear if production was affected.
The Mont Belvieu facility has a storage capacity of 50m bbl, 182 miles (293km) of natural gas liquids (NGL) transmission pipelines and a combined 790,000 bbl/day in NGL and propane fractionation facilities.
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WORKERS EVACUATED AFTER CHEMICAL SPILL AT THE BORDEN DAIRY COMPANY IN WINTER HAVEN
https://www.wfla.com/news/polk-county/authorities-respond-to-hazmat-situation-at-the-borden-dairy-company-in-winter-haven/
Tags: us_FL, industrial, release, response, cleaners
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) ‰?? A chemical spill forced the evacuation of the Borden Dairy Company in Winter Haven Wednesday morning, officials said.
Hazmat crews were called to the dairy supplier located at 1000 6th Street SW at approximately 5:40 a.m. Workers were evacuated, but there were no evacuations in the surrounding areas.
Police said one employee was exposed to the chemical, but refused medical treatment. No other injuries or illnesses were reported.
Police suspect the chemical may be a cleaning solution, but the nature of the solution is still being determined.
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TWO TEENS INJURED IN CAR EXPLOSION OUTSIDE PLAINFIELD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
https://www.theherald-news.com/2020/07/28/two-teens-injured-in-car-explosion-outside-plainfield-central-high-school/au9uyjf/
Tags: us_IL, public, explosion, injury, unknown_chemical
Two 14-year-olds were injured in when a vehicle carrying a tank of explosive chemicals blew up at at Plainfield Central High School, police said,
Shortly after 2 a.m. on Tuesday, police officers and firefighters received numerous calls about a loud explosion in the area of the high school at 24120 W. Fort Briggs Drive, according to a news release from Plainfield police Cmdr. Anthony Novak.
Emergency crews arrived on the scene and found a 2015 Ford Focus ‰??fully engulfed in fire‰?? in the south parking lot of the school, police said.
Two 14-year-old males were the victims in the incident,
They indicated they had left their homes without permission, and one had taken his father‰??s work vehicle, police said.
While the two teens were driving around, they heard a ‰??hissing sound‰?? coming from somewhere in the vehicle, police said. The teens pulled into the south parking lot of the high school and investigated the source of the noise.
That‰??s when an explosion occurred, police said.
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HANDLING OF AIR-SENSITIVE AND MOISTURE-SENSITIVE REAGENTS IN AN UNDERGRADUATE CHEMISTRY LABORATORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SYRINGE
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00123
Tags: us_FL, laboratory, discovery, environmental, solvent
A relatively large number of organic and inorganic chemistry reagents are air- or moisture-sensitive, and undergraduate students should be trained in their use. When handling such reagents, it is important to select the correct syringe and to use that syringe correctly. We have found that the best syringe for use in an undergraduate setting is a fully plastic polypropylene (PP) Luer lock syringe. While generally safe, such a syringe should be treated as a single-use syringe. Repeated exposure to an organic solvent causes progressively more resistance to the movement of the plunger, or its complete freeze. Thus, when drawing in a volume of liquid that is close to the capacity of the syringe, the plunger could be inadvertently pulled out causing a spill.
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