
	Where results make sense

Topic: Chemical accidents

Related Topics

cerebrovascular accident

Chernobyl accident

List of nuclear accidents

Car accident

List of horse accidents

criticality accident

List of British rail accidents

The Accidental Tourist

Accidents and incidents in aviation

road accident

Challenger accident

accident fallacy

In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

EXECUTIVE POWER

Iran

ANALYSIS

Pakistan

Family compact

	MapCruzin - GAO/PEMD-96-3 - Chemical Accident Safety: EPA's Responsibilities for Preparedness, Response, and Prevention
		Typically, these efforts are used to facilitate accident response by local or state authorities who are likely to have immediately responded to the accident.\1 In the accident cases we examined, EPA officials performed these functions and were commended for their efforts by local responders.
		Accident data are reported to ERNS when events occur and before the information is verified.\9 As a result, at the time of reporting, it may be unclear how many casualties resulted, the extent of economic damage, or the types of chemicals involved.
		Assuming that chemical types are associated with varied levels of accident risk, an increase in the use of certain chemicals may result in a greater risk of an accident.
	www.mapcruzin.com /scruztri/docs/gao963.htm (10479 words)

	Presentation # 200 - Medical and Sanitary Problems of Accidents in Chemical Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The reason is the injuries caused by chemical accidents have highly specific characteristics due to large range of diverse chemical substances.
		Of the total number of chemical accidents from 1985 to 1991 on the territory of the former USSR 20% were caused by ammonia and 13% by chlorine.
		In case of chemical accidents the injuries, as a rule, appear practically within a moment and are characterised by a relatively rapid development of pathological effects.
	www.uclm.es /inabis2000/symposia/files/200/session.htm (580 words)

	CHEMICAL SPILLAGE - A PREVENTABLE DISASTER?
		In another chemical factory situated in a huge industrial zone near a heavily urbanized area there was a chemical spillage caused by the accidental bursting of a tank.
		These accidents fortunately caused only a limited number of casualties, but things would have gone differently if in the first case the truck had crashed in a heavily populated urban area or if in the second case the industrial zone and the factory had been full of employees during regular daily working hours.
		In Israel, owing to the threat of chemical warfare such as in the recent "desert storm" war, a system for treating civilian chemical victims at field level and in hospital had to be organized and implemented.
	www.medbc.com /annals/review/vol_8/num_3/text/vol8n3p169.htm (2301 words)

	Chemical Accident Scenarios on RTK NET
		Information describing the potential worst-case chemical accident at chemical facilities around the country was included in many summaries of plans for preventing and responding to chemical-related accidents.
		Many facilities, however, describe in part or in full the impact of a worst-case chemical accident and a more likely case scenario in their plan summaries, which are not subject to the restrictions.
		Chemical accidents continue to pose a risk to communities the Chemical Safety Board (the equivalent of the National Transportation Safety Board) reports that 600,000 accidents occurred between 1986 and 1997 and 256 people were killed each year during that same time from chemical accidents.
	www.ombwatch.org /info/1999/rmponrtknet.html (472 words)

	American Red Cross
		A major chemical emergency is an accident that releases a hazardous amount of a chemical into the environment.
		A chemical burn can be minor or life threatening, but proper treatment can reduce the chance of infection and the damage caused by contact with the chemical.
		If the chemical is on the face, neck, or shoulders, ask the victim to close his or her eyes before brushing off the chemical.
	www.redcross.org /services/disaster/0,1082,0_581_,00.html (2760 words)

	CML Army Chemical Review: Chemical Branch accident analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Twenty-five percent of the motor-vehicle accidents were fatal and contributed to 60 percent of the overall fatalities for the 3 years.
		Four of the five accidents involved the M93 and were caused by the inexperience or inattention of the driver.
		Although these accidents constituted the greatest number of accidents, they were generally less severe than the other accidents types with 96 percent classified as Class C. These accidents occurred both on and off duty and ranged from minor injuries from a fall to a severed finger that resulted in a permanent partial disability.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IUN/is_2002_July/ai_91967981 (1455 words)

	Chemical Accidents / Environmental Health Watch
		The traditional approach to chemical process safety is to add control, containment and mitigation systems to an inherently dangerous process.
		The Chemical Security Act of 2003 (S 157) finds accidental releases and terrorist atacks on chemical plants pose a serious threat to public health, safety, and national security.
		Chemical Emergency Prevention and Preparedness - This EPA site provides tools, resources and information for chemical accident prevention and preparedness.
	www.ehw.org /Chemical_Accidents/CHEM_home.htm (641 words)

	Chemical plant accidents not decreasing - PittsburghLIVE.com
		HARRISBURG -- The number of accidents at chemical manufacturing plants shows no sign of decreasing and there are no federal or state safety benchmarks to make the industry accountable to the public, according to a report by an environmental and consumer advocacy group.
		Pennsylvania was one of 13 states in which more than 500 accidents have been reported since 1990 at chemical facilities that met safety standards required for members of the American Chemistry Council, according to the report issued earlier this month by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
		Facilities belonging to London-based BP PLC, the DuPont Co. of Wilmington, Del., and the Dow Chemical Co. of Midland, Mich. accounted for one-third of the reports, or 8,242, of the 25,188 total accidents at the facilities studied, according to PIRG.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/national/s_189065.html (659 words)

	Coming to grips with daily danger/Pasadena blast enhances chanceof creation of investigative agency
		The Phillips accident, in which 22 workers are known or presumed to have died, makes it likelier that one of three proposals federal lawmakers are considering will pass, said Bill Becker, director of a national organization of state and local air pollution program administrators.
		Whether the chemical board should be independent or part of the EPA is a key issue in the congressional debate.
		In general, the idea of a new chemical safety board "is of interest to the industry," Olson said, and such a panel might be valuable if it were structured properly.
	www.bhopal.net /oldsite/presscoverage/houstonchronicle/archive/19891029-comingtogrips.html (806 words)

	EUROPA - Environment - Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response
		In Europe, the Seveso accident in 1976 in particular prompted the adoption of legislation aimed at the prevention and control of such accidents.
		In the light of recent industrial accidents (Toulouse, Baia Mare and Enschede) and studies on carcinogens and substances dangerous for the environment, the Seveso II Directive 96/82/EC was extended by the Directive 2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2003 amending Council Directive 96/82/EC.
		One of the main objectives pursued by this obligation is to prevent or reduce accidents caused by management factors which have proven to be a significant causative factor in over 90% of the accidents in the European Union since 1982.
	europa.eu.int /comm/environment/seveso (3003 words)

	Senator Jon S. Corzine Releases and Statements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The board found that more than 50 percent of the 167 accidents it investigated involved chemicals that were not covered by OSHA or EPA process safety regulations.
		The chemical safety board is investigating the causes of chemical accidents in the last two decades, and is charged with making policy recommendations for improved safety procedures.
		The board heard testimony today from the victims of two chemical accidents in New Jersey – the 1995 explosion in Lodi at Napp Technologies, which claimed the lives of five people, and the 1998 explosion at Morton International in Paterson, which injured nine workers.
	corzine.senate.gov /press_office/record.cfm?id=186709 (393 words)

	Harris County leads in chemical accidents/Report pushes board toinvestigate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Harris County had more toxic chemical accidents than anywhere else in the country between 1988 and 1992 and is tied with Los Angeles County, Calif., for the most deaths from such accidents, a consumer group said Thursday.
		The ERNS recorded more than 34,500 accidents involving toxic chemicals between 1988 and 1992, with more than half of them occurring in 10 states, including California, which topped the list, and Texas, which was second.
		The report called on the president and Congress to appoint and fund the independent Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, which was created by Clean Air Act amendments to investigate accidents, establish reporting requirements and research chemical safety and accident prevention.
	www.bhopal.net /oldsite/presscoverage/houstonchronicle/archive/19940819-hamscounty.html (463 words)

	Fluoridation Chemical Accidents
		Unless otherwise noted, the chemical involved is Hydrofluosilicic Acid or a similar fluoridation chemical.
		Accidents where the medium is listed as "drinking water" are those where the spill or accident resulted in an overdose of fluoride in the drinking water system itself.
		Windel Drury, of DuPont Chemical, was implicated in the release of 11,500 pounds of hydrogen fluoride.
	www.actionpa.org /fluoride/chemicals/accidents-us.html (2525 words)

	NJDEP-News Release 03/109 - New Measures Adopted to Prevent Chemical Accidents for Improved Community Safety; New ...
		These chemicals can explode when accidentally exposed to air or water, or when they are improperly mixed with certain other chemicals.
		The federal Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), which is the agency responsible for investigating chemical accidents, recently made recommendations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration concerning reactive hazards and the need for additional regulation of reactive chemicals.
		New prevention measures were added for 30 reactive hazardous substances and 43 chemical groups, depending upon a company's volume and use of the chemicals.
	www.state.nj.us /dep/newsrel/releases/03_0109.htm (648 words)

	Dow Chemical Company - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Dow Chemical (http://www.knowmore.org/index.php/The_Dow_Chemical_Company) Company (commonly referred to as Dow) is the world's largest chemical manufacturer founded in 1897 in Midland, Michigan where it is still headquartered.
		This toxic chemical (millions of gallons) was sprayed in the southern Amazon region of Brazil to clear vegetated areas.
		Chemical accidents actually increased in number after the initiation of this program designed to help the Chemical industry avoid government regulation.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Dow_Chemical (771 words)

	U.S. PIRG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Thousands of industrial chemical facilities put millions of Americans at risk of serious injury or death in the event of a chemical accident.
		This report analyzes accident data compiled by the National Response Center, the sole national point of contact for reporting oil and chemical discharges into the environment in the United States, for 1990 through 2003.
		In fact, the number of accidents increased in 2002, the year the chemical industry claimed to increase security and safety measures in the wake of September 11 th, 2001.
	uspirg.org /uspirg.asp?id2=12860&id3=USPIRG (660 words)

	Nuclear and Chemical Accidents
		This was the worst accident in U.S. nuclear-reactor history.
		Fauske & Associates Release FATE 2.0: for Design, Off-Normal and Accident Analysis Modeling at Nuclear and Chemical Facilities.
		Iraq completely free of nuclear, biological, chemical weapons, Iraqi Foreign Minister tells General Assembly; Sweden welcomes Iraqi decision to cooperate with United Nations; Stresses that weapons of mass destruction are `the heart of the issue'.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0001457.html (512 words)

	Garden State EnviroNet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Only the public is being kept in the dark about the potential consequences of chemical accidents for families and communities." In 1990 Clean Air Act amendments, Congress required some 66,000 industrial facilities to disclose the potential consequences of spills and fires involving hazardous chemicals.
		An estimated 15 U.S. accidents in the 1980s exceeded in volume and toxicity the chemicals released from Union Carbide at Bhopal, India, in the world's worst chemical accident, which killed 2,000 people and injured some 200,000.
		The analysis of Du Pont's hazards addresses three chemicals commonly associated with chemical accidents - chlorine, ammonia, and hydrofluoric acid - at ten facilities.
	www.gsenet.org /library/04chm/wrstcase.php (704 words)

	The MSDS HyperGlossary: Chemical
		As a noun, the common definition of chemical is a substance that is produced or used in a process (reaction) involving changes to atoms or molecules.
		As an adjective, "chemical" means "of or pertaining to chemistry".
		Chemical Incident Preparedness and Response Links here at ILPI (with a slant towards terrorism incidents).
	www.ilpi.com /msds/ref/chemical.html (465 words)

	ORNL - Emergency Management Center
		The chemical accident in Bhopal, India led to increased interest in problems of hazardous materials release.
		In support of a requirement in Title III reviewing emergency systems for chemical accidents, we conducted research to assess community preparedness for chemical accidents.
		We have investigated the response of people in chemical accidents, evacuation due to chemical accidents, and sheltering options for population protection.
	emc.ornl.gov /EMCWeb/EMC/XHMPage.html (254 words)

	BP Facilities Lead Nation in Chemical and Refinery Accidents Since 1990 : Houston Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		TexPIRG analyzed accident data compiled by the National Response Center, the sole national point of contact for reporting oil and chemical discharges into the environment in the United States, from 1990 through 2003.
		If accidentally released, hydrofluoric acid forms an aerosol cloud over surrounding communities that can cause skin and deep tissue burns, serious bone damage, and death by burns to the skin, tissue or lungs.
		More than a thousand people were sent to the hospital as a result of the accident, and 3,000 residents were forced to evacuate their community for three days.
	houston.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=38320 (940 words)

	Opening Statement for Senator Bob Smith
		The Chemical Safety and Chemical Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) was formed under provisions of the Clean Air Act and serves to investigate and determine ways to prevent accidents involving hazardous chemicals.
		In order to be effective, the CSB must be composed of individuals who have an intimate understanding of a number of technical areas including, but not limited to, toxicology, accident reconstruction, general chemical safety issues and pollution regulations.
		Carolyn Merritt is a skilled manager and brings with her a 25-year background with strong ties to chemical safety.
	www.senate.gov /comm/environment_and_public_works/general/107th/smi_071802.htm (654 words)

	Major Chemical Accidents in Russia (Preparedness, Cooperation) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Each city has a centre for Disaster Medicine where there are specialists in chemical accidents that are ready to organize cooperative efforts between different services, if a chemical event would arise.
		In chemical emergencies, the headquarters are set up and supervised by a representative from the Department of Public Health.
		Therefore, in the chemical accident in Khabarovsk, the first medical teams arrived three minutes after the onset of the accident, and evacuation of the injured to specialized clinics was completed within two hours.
	pdm.medicine.wisc.edu /major.htm (350 words)

	Accident - LuckyWebs.com
		The process of improving "homogenisation" of accident data within CARE and the process of developing it are underway.
		Mr ACCIDENT is a satirical, romantic rocket ride through the lives of a bunch of losers hurtling into the chaos that is contemporary life.
		These statistics are derived from accident reports that are filed by the owners / operators of recreational vessels involved in accidents.
	luckywebs.com /q/accident.html (819 words)

	WHO \| Providing guidance for strengthening preparedness, response and follow-up to chemical accidents and emergencies
		Coordinating the response to chemical incidents and emergencies...
		Public health preparedness and response to chemical incidents at national level should include the development of a health national plan for dealing with chemical incidents.
		IPCS is currently developing an inventory of resources for responding to chemical events at both national and international level e.g national facilities that can be used, experts and matreials such as antidotes that can be sent to another country.
	www.who.int /ipcs/emergencies/providing/en (319 words)

	THE CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS (EMERGENCY PLANNING, PREPAREDNESS,
		"chemical accident" means an accident involving a fortuitous, or Sudden or unintended occurrence while handling any hazardous chemicals resulting in continuous, intermittent or repeated exposure to death, or injury to, any person or damage to any property but does not include an accident by reason only of war or radio-activity;
		render, in the event of a chemical accident in a State, all financial and infra-structural help as may be necessary.
		conduct at least one full scale mock-drill of a chemical accident at a site each year and forward a report of the strength and the weakness of the plan to the State Crisis Group.
	envfor.nic.in /legis/hsm/gsr347.htm (1762 words)

	AN ENVIRONMENTAL ``WAKE-UP CALL'' VIRGINIA RANKS 17TH IN TOXIC CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS, A RESEARCH GROUP REPORTS. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The report says more than 34,500 toxic chemical accidents - about 19 per day - were reported to federal authorities in the five-year period.
		Crouch acknowledged that Virginia's population, which is 12th largest in the nation, is a contributing factor in the number of accidents.
		The report said chemical safety programs are preoccupied with emergency response rather than prevention, and, therefore, do not adequately protect citizens and the environment.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp940819/08190583.htm (347 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)