Archive for HazMat
Worker Hurt in Chemical Leak Inside School – Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
CBS LocalWorker Hurt in Chemical Leak Inside SchoolComcast SportsNet PhiladelphiaOfficials say they received a call reporting a chemical leak at the Benjamin Rush School on the 11000 block of Knights Road at 7:12 p.m. on Tuesday. When crews arrived, they discovered that there was a release of freon inside the school basement. Freon ...Hazmat Crews Responding To School In Northeast Philadelphia; 1 Injury ReportedCBS Localall 7 news articles » Read more [...]
State grant approved for Ashland City park project – The Tennessean
State grant approved for Ashland City park projectThe TennesseanFire chief Chuck Walker said the department will use the money to purchase fire hose. The city's portion is $3,000. The council approved a bid for the fire department to purchase two thermal imagers. The department received a $26,600 Federal Emergency ... Read more [...]
Wytheville officials say public was not exposed to hazardous materials from … – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
FireEngineering.comWytheville officials say public was not exposed to hazardous materials from ...Bluefield Daily TelegraphLocal emergency officials said Tuesday they have determined that the public has not been exposed to any hazardous materials from a large-scale train derailment in Wytheville. Norfolk Southern spokesman Robin Chapman also confirmed Tuesday that there ...Officials say train derails in Wytheville, Va.; no injuries or hazardous ...Comox Valley EchoOfficials: No danger from Wytheville Read more [...]
State Probles Chemical Release At Michigan's Adventure – News Radio Wood
State Probles Chemical Release At Michigan's AdventureNews Radio WoodWOOD TV confirmed the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened an investigation which could take weeks, or even months, to complete. Investigators are looking at human error as a possible cause of the release, which formed a ... Read more [...]
St. Hubert Plane Crash Video Shows Victim Being Pulled From Wreckage – Huffington Post Canada
St. Hubert Plane Crash Video Shows Victim Being Pulled From WreckageHuffington Post CanadaA fire broke out in the unfinished Jianye Building at about 7 p.m. on Sunday with around 380 firemen attending the blaze, authorities have yet to say whether there are any casualties. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ... Emergency personnel respond to the ... Read more [...]
Cause of illnesses at Oskar Blues Brewery still undetermined Sunday night
A hazmat incident at a Longmont bar Sunday afternoon left 24 exposed to a toxic chemical, 17 of whom were taken to hospitals, police and fire officials said.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Outsourced worker dies after leak of H2S gas at Venezuelan refinery
An outsourced worker was reported dead on Thursday after a leak of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) at refining complex Amuay, northwest Venezuela. The victim, aged 38, was working as a foreman for a firm called Atlas. Although there is no information (...)See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Chemical scare injures firefighters
A Lawrence neighborhood was evacuated early Sunday morning following a HazMat scare.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
INFLUENCE GAME: Shaping railroad safety rules
WASHINGTON — A string of fiery train derailments across the country has triggered a high-stakes but behind-the-scenes campaign to shape how the government responds to calls for tighter safety rules.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Human error 'possibility' in MI Adventure chemical leak – WOODTV.com
Human error 'possibility' in MI Adventure chemical leakWOODTV.comHuman error 'possibility' in MI Adventure chemical leak. By Joe LaFurgeyPublished: July 14, 2014, 1:18 pm Updated: July 14, 2014, 5:49 pm. Emergency responders at the parking lot of Michigan's Adventure on Friday after a chlorine release at a pool.and more » Read more [...]
Abbott smacks into a chemical hazard – Houston Chronicle
KSAT San AntonioAbbott smacks into a chemical hazardHouston ChronicleAUSTIN - He's a careful candidate who's comfortably ahead of the competition, but Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott has smacked into a chemical hazard. If his Democratic opponent for governor, Sen. Wendy Davis, has her way, the political fallout ...Yet Another Chemical Plant Fire in Texas Underscores the Importance of ...Center for Effective Governmentall 28 news articles » Read more [...]
What should SE Texas plants reveal? – Beaumont Enterprise
What should SE Texas plants reveal?Beaumont EnterpriseMany area fire and emergency personnel had seen this destruction first-hand, the chiefs' association website states. The Staffords invited about 10 people to their home on Friday to declare the state should release information about the nature of ... Read more [...]
New regs for Tuesday: Hazardous materials, blue butterflies, fire standards – The Hill
New regs for Tuesday: Hazardous materials, blue butterflies, fire standardsThe HillExplosives: The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is looking to relax the safety requirements for trucks that transport bulk explosives, the agency said Monday. Currently, these trucks apply for special permits each year ... Read more [...]
What's Making These Selma, Alabama Auto Parts Workers So Sick? – NBCNews.com
NBCNews.comWhat's Making These Selma, Alabama Auto Parts Workers So Sick?NBCNews.comIn a statement to NBC News, the Lear Corporation, the Michigan-based auto parts giant that owns the Renosol plant, said, “In response to recent employee concerns about chemical exposure (specifically TDI) at Lear's Selma, Alabama, plant, the company ... Read more [...]
Toxic cargo ahead
Transportation by truck, train or pipeline of hazardous materials that can poison us, gas us, burn us and blow us to bits is such a part of everyday life it goes largely unseen and unrecognized. But there’s an ever-present threat created by transporting dangerous things in a maze of local ...See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Hazmat Team Stops Corrosive Leak In Building At CU
A building at the University of Colorado in Boulder reopened Saturday after a hazmat team stopped a corrosive leak.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
HAZMAT helps fight two-alarm chemical fire in Tonawanda
TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) - Nine fire companies from Tonawanda and Kenmore, including a HAZMAT team, were called out to help fight a smoky two-alarm fire at an industrial business on Sawyer Avenue Saturday evening. Ellwood Volunteer Fire Department Chief Gary Stuff said the fire, which started inside FMC Corporation, appears to be accidental. "Basically, they…See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Hazmat Team Works to Clean Up Chemicals After 'Major Emergency' Blaze at … – KTLA
KTLAHazmat Team Works to Clean Up Chemicals After 'Major Emergency' Blaze at ...KTLAThe other is of course the Hazmat component of trying to get the chemicals out of the building.” He added that the department was working with agencies in the city and county to clean the area up. A hazmat team was monitoring water runoff and diking ...and more » Read more [...]
Abbott finds a chemical hazard – mySanAntonio.com
KSAT San AntonioAbbott finds a chemical hazardmySanAntonio.comAbbott's PR troubles began after his office ruled the state must stop releasing records about companies' hazardous-chemical caches because of a 2003 Homeland Security law to protect against terrorists. His ruling came just over a year after the deadly ...Yet Another Chemical Plant Fire in Texas Underscores the Importance of ...Center for Effective Governmentall 21 news articles » Read more [...]
Westwego to update laws on hazardous materials – The New Orleans Advocate
Westwego to update laws on hazardous materialsThe New Orleans AdvocateThe Westwego City Council is expected to approve changes Monday night to city ordinances that govern hazardous materials stored at industrial facilities in the city. The changes won't have any practical effect on materials at existing facilities but ...and more » Read more [...]
Nine hospitalized after chemical leak at Longmont restaurant – KXRM
Nine hospitalized after chemical leak at Longmont restaurantKXRMNine people were hospitalized after an apparent refrigerant leak at Oskar Blues restaurant in Longmont. / Google Maps. Photo. DENVER (AP) -- Nine people were treated at a hospital for respiratory symptoms after they were exposed to an apparent ...9 hospitalized after apparent refrigerant leak at Longmont restaurantThe Republicall 5 news articles » Read more [...]
Highway 59 reopens in Texas after HazMat situation prompted closure, evacuations
Authorities have cleared the scene of a HazMat situation along the Eastex Freeway in Liberty County following a chemical situation on a delivery truckSee it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Ohio keeps oil hauls by rail a secret
State officials won’t release records detailing when railroads ship Bakken crude oil through Ohio. Federal regulators have warned that oil extracted from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota might be more flammable than traditional heavy crude. See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Hazardous Materials: Compatibility With the Regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency (RRR)
PHMSA, in coordination with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), is amending requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) governing the transportation of Class 7 (radioactive) materials based on recent changes contained in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) publication...See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Oil Tank Explosion Injures Worker, Rocks Texas Community
Black smoke from the oil well were visible for nearly 10 miles.
Hazmat Incident Causes Road Closures in Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg fire crews responded to the scene of a hazmat incident at the intersection of Reservoir St. and Neff Ave. Utility work was being done and a gas line was struck.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
City looking into ways to reroute hazardous materials around downtown – Lancaster Eagle Gazette
City looking into ways to reroute hazardous materials around downtownLancaster Eagle GazetteLANCASTER — City leaders are looking at ways to possibly prevent trucks carrying hazardous materials from driving through downtown Lancaster. The issue of rerouting trucks was recently brought up by Lancaster City Councilman Randy Groff, R-3rd Ward, ... Read more [...]
US Chemical Safety Board to release new information July 16 at public meeting – State Journal
US Chemical Safety Board to release new information July 16 at public meetingState Journal“CSB investigators will present their findings and formal safety recommendations into the 2010 accident at AL Solutions and brief the board and community on their preliminary findings into the January chemical release at Freedom Industries which ...and more » Read more [...]
Crash involving hazardous materials shuts down part of I-10 in Henderson – The Times-Picayune
Crash involving hazardous materials shuts down part of I-10 in HendersonThe Times-PicayuneAs of 11:51 a.m., troopers opened westbound lanes, "however the nature of the hazardous materials incident as a result of the crash requires an abundance of caution before allowing traffic to pass," the Louisiana State Police posted on its Facebook page. Read more [...]
Hazmat prompts evacuations in Phillipsburg, New Jersey
A hazardous materials incident involving a reported methamphetamine lab forced the evacuation of people in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Images: Hazmat scene in PhillipsburgSee it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
‘Low-Grade’ Nuclear Material Is Seized by Rebels in Iraq, U.N. Says
The International Atomic Energy Agency says the material, taken by Sunni insurgents, does not present a significant security threat.
Clearing of Cathedral City 'burn in place' home in motion
Explosive devices were hidden inside mobile home.See it on Scoop.it, via Hazardous Materials Read more [...]
Chemical leak starts fire on North Shore, injures one – WRCB-TV
WTVCChemical leak starts fire on North Shore, injures oneWRCB-TVCHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) - A chemical fire injured one man and created quite a scare for hundreds of people on Chattanooga's North Shore Friday. It happened just before 9 a.m. at JIT Chemicals on Manufacturers Road. Thousands of gallons of a caustic ...Worker Injured After Chemical Spill at North Shore BusinessWTVCall 6 news articles » Read more [...]
Yet Another Chemical Plant Fire in Texas Underscores the Importance of … – Center for Effective Government
Yet Another Chemical Plant Fire in Texas Underscores the Importance of ...Center for Effective GovernmentOn July 7, a fire broke out at a Chevron Phillips Chemical plant in Port Arthur, Texas, injuring two workers and frightening neighbors in the largely residential neighborhood. While the cause of the fire is still being determined, the incident ...and more » Read more [...]
West Deptford chemical company explosion injures one – The Star-Ledger
CBS LocalWest Deptford chemical company explosion injures oneThe Star-LedgerThree employees working in the area at the time were medically evaluated and two were released, he said. "As a precaution, a third employee has been sent for further medical review," he added. While emergency responders have cleared the building for re ...Crews respond to reported explosion at West Depford plantPhilly.com1 injured in south Jersey chemical plant blastKTVLall 25 news articles » Read more [...]
Chemical leak and fire closes Manufacturers Road – WRCB-TV
Chemical leak and fire closes Manufacturers RoadWRCB-TVCHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) - CHATTANOOGA (WRCB) - A chemical fire at JIT Chemicals has Manufacturers Road temporarily closed. Workers were unloading the chemical sodium hydroxide into an aluminum storage tank when it reacted to the aluminum ... Read more [...]
Crews respond to reported explosion at West Depford plant – Philly.com
Crews respond to reported explosion at West Depford plantPhilly.comEmergency crews are responding to a report of an explosion at a West Deptford chemical plant. Authorities were called to the Johnson ... Fire and medical emergency responders, as well as prosecutors, have been called to the scene. The West Deptford ...and more » Read more [...]
Multi-agency hazardous materials exercise to be conducted at Minnesota … – Herald Review
Multi-agency hazardous materials exercise to be conducted at Minnesota ...Herald ReviewA routine hazardous materials (hazmat) exercise will be conducted at Minnesota Power's Boswell Energy Center in Cohasset from 8 a.m. until approximately 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 12. Those involved in the exercise will include: Minnesota Power's hazmat ... Read more [...]
