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ACID SPILL CAUSES CHAOS ON HIGHWAY.
A sulphuric acid spill on the N1 north highway in Roodepoort caused chaos on Friday morning, Johannesburg emergency management services (EMS) said. Early morning traffic was disrupted when a truck carrying about 10000 litres of sulphuric acid started leaking between the Maraisburg and Gordon Road off-ramps shortly after 6am. The truck was en route to Zambia. EMS workers together with Wastetech's hazardous material support services were still on scene trying to repair the leak. Spokesman Gavin Wilson said shortly before 10.30am that two lanes of the road were open to traffic. The emergency and slow lanes were closed. An investigation is also underway to establish why the truck was not ...
- Damage minimal from acid spill at Elgin plant.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Spak, Kara August 22, 2002 700+ words
...Writer Mechanical failure was behind a 300- to 500-gallon acid spill at Elgin's Riverside Water Treatment Plant Wednesday morning...crews were at work by Wednesday afternoon neutralizing the acid spill, and Eshelman expected to have the entire site cleared by...
- 6 WORKERS INJURED IN ACID SPILL AT ANACORTES REFINERY NO RELATION TO PREVIOUS...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Le, Phuong April 15, 1999 700+ words
Six workers suffered minor injuries from a sulfuric acid spill at an Anacortes oil refinery yesterday, the latest in...location different from the previous incidents. The acid spill occurred in the refinery's alkylation unit, where...
- OSHA cites Solvox in cleanup of acid spill.
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) May 12, 2005 700+ words
...had workers assist in the cleanup of a 33-gallon muriatic acid spill without giving them proper protective equipment or training...until May 31 to appeal the citations, Mitchell said. The acid spill occurred in November 2004, Mitchell said. OSHA began its...
- College Township, Pa., Wastewater Plant Employee Treated after Acid Spill.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 21, 2001 700+ words
...News Jun. 21--COLLEGE TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A hydrochloric acid spill at Corning Asahi Video hospitalized an employee early Thursday...Acid vapors may irritate a person's respiratory tract. An acid spill has never occurred before at Corning, Proch said. To see...
- ACID SPILL STIRS UP ROCKY FLATS.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) June 10, 1998 700+ words
GOLDEN -- A small acid spill at a Rocky Flats loading dock Tuesday morning prompted an alert and warning to workers in two buildings to stay indoors while on...
- Acid spill cleanup continues as McGrath-O'Brien reopens.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Weber, David August 2, 1998 700+ words
Environmental cleanup crews continued yesterday to gather material contaminated by a hydrochloric acid spill Friday near Lechmere Square in Cambridge. The McGrath-O'Brien Highway was reopened to traffic yesterday morning after an acid...
- Acid spill in Cedar Falls, Iowa, hospitalizes 15.
- Newspaper article from: Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA) July 12, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Brandon Coutre Jul. 12--CEDAR FALLS -- A nitric acid spill at Bossard Iowa Industrial Products in the Cedar Falls Industrial Park sent about 15 people to the hospital Monday. No one appeared...
- Acid spill closes part of Highway 158: 200 gallons of hydrochloric acid send up...
- Newspaper article from: Odessa American (Odessa, TX) January 26, 2007 700+ words
Byline: F.A. Krift Jan. 26--GOLDSMITH -- -- A hydrochloric acid spill Thursday at the intersection of FM 1936 and Highway 158 formed an early morning gas cloud and shut down Highway 158 for hours while...
