860188
|
6/20/1986
|
303 SE 172ND AVENUE
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PORTLAND
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MULTNOMAH
|
DYNAMITE
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0
|
NOTE: 40 STICKS OF DYNAMITE 40% RELEASED
|
860002
|
6/28/1986
|
11928 SE MCLOUGHLIN BLVD
|
MILWAUKIE
|
CLACKAMAS
|
AVIATION HYDRAULIC FLUID
|
30 GALLONS
|
CONVERSATION WITH LESSEE - UNSURE OF EXACT QUANTITIES AS OTHER CONTAINERS OF UNKNOWN CONTENT WERE FOUND.
|
860001
|
7/1/1986
|
17230 FREIGHTWAY LANE
|
SANDY
|
CLACKAMAS
|
DIQUAT
|
2 GALLONS
|
HAZMAT #50 REFERENCE LIBRARY. 5+ YEAR OLD CONTAINER ON CHIPPING DOCK BEGAN LEAKING WHEN MOVED BY NEW TENANT OF BLDG.
|
860017
|
7/2/1986
|
4155 NW YEON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ETHYL ACRYLATE
|
500 GALLONS
|
AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT: DEQ/CHARLIE GRAY 229-5288, CITY SEWERS/ROGER PELLY, RIEDELL/JOHN HOPLEINS, USCG/JOHN CRAMPTON, PPB/SGT GOODMAN, MULT CO HEALTH/DR GARY OMAN (ASST HEALTH OFFICER), POISON CONTROL/DR MARK BARRD 225-8968.
|
860006
|
7/8/1986
|
30TH&CAMPUS WAY/OSU CROP BLDG
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
HARVADE 5F-UBI-1285
|
1 GALLONS
|
1 GAL PLASTIC CONTAINER STORED IN CARDBOARD BOX. THE CONTAINER OF HARVADE APPEARED TO BE THE ONLY ONE LEAKING & ONLY A SMALL AMT. THE CAUSE SEEMED TO BE A BUILD-UP OF PRESSURE IN CONTAINER CAUSED THE LIQUID TO EXPAND OUT AROUND THE CAP. THE SMALL RESULTING SPILL SOAKED INTO THE CARDBOARD AND THEN ONTO A SHELF. THE OSU PHYSICAL PLANT WAS GOING TO CLEAN-UP THE SPILL AND HANDLE THE SITUATION. NOTE: PRODUCT WAS MILDLY TOXIC BY INGESTION, NO OTHER HAZARDS.
|
860187
|
7/8/1986
|
1075 8TH STREET NW
|
SALEM
|
POLK
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
CHLORINE CYLINDER AT WALKER PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL DEVELOPED LEAK AT VALVE CONTROL STEM. NOTIFIED PENWALT CORP AND PROBLEM WAS ABATED. CYLINDER WAS SHUT-OFF AND PLACED OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE. IT APPEARS THAT A VIBRATION CREATED BY TURNING THE CYLINDER ON AND OFF ALLOWED LOOSENING OF CONTROL STEM LOCKING DEVICE. RECOMMENDATION SUPPLIED TO INSTALL PROPER CYLINDER HOLD-DOWN COLLAR TO PREVENT VIBRATION. SECOND INCIDENT AT THIS LOCATION IN LESS THAN ONE MONTH FOR SIMILAR PROBLEM.
|
860069
|
7/15/1986
|
1004 SW COURT
|
PENDLETON
|
UMATILLA
|
JET FUEL
|
200 GALLONS
|
CITY POLICE CALLED FIRE DEPT AT 0102 ON BUSINESS PHONE THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM 1000 GAL TANK BEHIND SERVICE STATION AT 1004 SW COURT. FIRE CREW WAS ALERTED ALONG WITH LIFEGUARD PILOT. SURVEY MADE OF AREA. CALLS MADE TO CITY POLICE ADVISIING THEM TO CONTACT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ADVISING THEM THAT JET-A FUEL WAS SPILLED INTO STORM DRAIN. DEQ NUMBER WAS CALLED AND WE WERE ADVISED TO CALL LOCAL DEQ OFFICER MR. GARDELS. HE WAS CALLED BUT THE LINE WAS BUSY, DID NOT GET THROUGH. CAPTAIN DECIDED TO SPREAD AFFF FOAM ON SURFACE AND HOSE AREA OF SPILL INTO THE STORM DRAIN SINCE THE STORM DRAIN WAS ALREADY FULL OF FUEL. HELICOPTER WAS CENTERED IN A POOL OF THE PRODUCT PILOT WOULD NOT FLY OUT OF THE AREA FOR FEAR OF FIRE. HOSE OPERATION CLEARED AREA OF FIRE DANGER AND LOCAL CONTAMINATION.
|
860025
|
7/15/1986
|
150 SW QUEEN AVE
|
ALBANY
|
LINN
|
SODIUM HYDROXIDE 50%
|
0
|
OCCUPANT PERFORMING ORDINARY FUNCTION USING SODIUM HYDROIXID 50% TO CLEAN CERAMIC CASTIN.MATERIAL OFF OF TITANIUM. WORKER HEARD EXPLOSION, TURNED & SAW YELLOW FLAMES COMING FROM TANK. HE NOTIFIED OTHER WORKERS WHO CALLED FIRE DEPT. THEY ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITHOUT SUCCESS USING DRY CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHERS. THEY THEN REMOVED THE TITANIUM & CASTING MATERIAL FROM THE KETTLE & COVERED IT WITH ITS LID. UPON ARRIVAL, THE KETTLE WAS COVERED WITH NO IMMEDIATE HAZARDS NOTED. WORKERS STATED THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS ANY HAZARDOUS RELEASE PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL. WE NOTED NO CLOUDS. FIRE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A CONTAMIANT. OCCUPANT SENT MATERIAL IN FOR ANALYSIS. NO MATERIAL WAS LOST BUT CONTRIBUTED TO FIRE BY A CHEMICAL REACTION.
|
860011
|
7/16/1986
|
1084 POSTAL WAY
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
CRESYLIC ACID
|
3 GALLONS
|
SUSPECTED RELEASE DURING SHIPMENT TO FACILITY AND HANDLING AND STORAGE AT THE FACILITY. ENGINE #811 AMBULANCES #819 & 849 & BATT-CHIEF #803 ALL FROM SPFD DEPT OF FIRE & LIFE SAFETY. ENGINE #1 FROM EUGENE FIRE DEPT SPRINGFIELD POLICE HAD 2 PATROL CARS @
|
860019
|
7/18/1986
|
2234 SE 6TH ST
|
REDMOND
|
DESCHUTES
|
MURIATIC ACID
|
10 GALLONS
|
CONTAINER LABEL. CAUSE OF INCIDENT WAS THE DISCOVERY OF A LEAKING 55 GALLON DRUM OF MURIATIC ACID THAT HAD BEEN STORED IN STATIONARY TRAILER. CAUSE TO DAMAGE OF DRUM UNKNOWN.
|
860186
|
7/24/1986
|
908 EDGEWATER ST NW
|
SALEM
|
POLK
|
STODDARD SOLVENT
|
30 GALLONS
|
SOLVENT AND OIL PRODUCTS RELEASED DURING FIRE FIGHTING OPERATIONS. BARRELS WERE RUPTURED AND LEAKED DUE TO UNCONTROLLED MOVEMENT AND EXCESSIVE HEAT.
|
860020
|
7/25/1986
|
INDIAN CRK CAMPGRD/ JERRYS FLT ROAD
|
GOLD BEACH
|
CURRY
|
PROPANE
|
90 GALLONS
|
DOXOL FILLED & NOTICED 10% VALVE ON OLD 115 GAL PROPANE RUSTED OUT AT BASE AND WAS LEAKING. WE TOOK TANK OUT TO JETTY AND BLED TANK DOWN. WE HAD ABOUT 35 MILE NE WIND BLOWING, SO NO PROBLEM IN DRAINING TANK.
|
860021
|
7/26/1986
|
NW 15TH & ANGELINE
|
GRESHAM
|
MULTNOMAH
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
55 GALLONS
|
THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN THE CITY OF GRESHAM (NW 15TH & ANGELINE). THE DIESEL LEAKED OUT OF A 1000 GAL ELEVATED STORAGE CONTAINER. CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS IMPROPER SECURING OF THE NOZZLE DISPENSER. SOMEONE HAD USED A PADLOCK & F
|
860028
|
7/26/1986
|
1210 FRANKLIN BLVD
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
SILANE GAS
|
0
|
A TANK OF SILANE BEING USED IN AN EXPERIMENT HAD A LEAKAGE OF GAS AROUND THE VALVE. SILANE BEING PYROPHORIC, IMMEDIATELY IGNITED IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THE PERSON HANDLING THE EXPERIMENT WAS ABLE TO CLOSE THE TANK VALVE APPARENTLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FURT
|
860026
|
7/27/1986
|
CHILOQUIN AIRPORT
|
CHILOQUIN
|
KLAMATH
|
GASOLINE
|
130 GALLONS
|
THE CAUSE OF THIS FUEL SPILL WAS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE BY RESPONSIBLE PERSON. 1.THE HOSE WHICH CONNECTED TO THE NOZZLE TO THE FUEL TANK WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED TO DISCHARGE PORT OF THE FUEL TANK. 2. AFTER RESPONSIBLE PERSON FUELED HIS AIRPLANE HE DID NOT CLOSE THE SHUT OFF VALVE. CAUSE OF FUEL SPILL -- IT APPEARED THAT THE FUEL HOSE HAD SLIPPED OFF OF THE DISCHARGE PORT OF THE FUEL TANK, WHICH LED TO THE FUEL SPILL. RESPONSIBLE PERSON WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE, ARTICLE 24, DIVISION 1, SECTION 24.103, SEC. 24.104, SEC 24.109 & SEC. 24.116. ADDITIONAL FAULTS ARE ALSO NOTED. THERE WERE NO "NO SMOKING" SIGNS & NO PLACARDS ON FUEL TANK. THE TANK SIZE WAS 150 GAL., ESTIMATED FUEL SPILL 130 GALLONS.
|
860029
|
7/29/1986
|
1150 SW VERMONT STREET
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CHLORINE GAS
|
0
|
WORKMEN RELEASE GAS CHLORINE WHILE EXCHANGING CYLINDERS. CYLINDER WAS SHUT OFF WHEN THE FIRE CREW ARRIVED APPROX TWO MINUTES AFTER ALARM.
|
860033
|
8/1/1986
|
1150 SW VERMONT
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
NONE
|
860030
|
8/2/1986
|
1405 ANTELOPE ROAD
|
WHITE CITY
|
JACKSON
|
DOWTHERM A HEAT TRANSFER FLUID
|
10 GALLONS
|
SYSTEM MALFUNCTION AIR LOCK IN FEED WATER PUMP.ALARM SOUNDED NOTIFIED CONTROL ROOM INDICATING LOW WATER LEVEL.SYSTEM SHUT DOWN.FIRE NOTICED IN FIBERGLASS INSULATION WHICH COVERS ATMOSPHERE VENT TO SURGE STORAGE TANK.PLANT PERSONNEL EXTINGUISHED USING PORTABLE DRY CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHER. FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO FIBERGLASS INSULATION ON SURGE TANK & METAL FILTERS ON INTAKE AIR SYSTEM.SYSTEM REACTIVATED.DISCHARGE OF APPROX 10 GAL DOWTHERM ON DOCK.DOWTHERM AT ELEVATED TEMP MAY RESULT IN SPONTANEOUS IGNITIONS W/ LEAKAGE OF ORGANIC MATERIALS INTO SOME TYPES OF INSULATION.DOWTHERM IS A COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL. FLASH POINT 255 DEGREES F.(C.O.C.).FIRE POINT 275 DEGREES F.(C.O.C.). AUTOIGNITION 1139DEGREES F.
|
860024
|
8/4/1986
|
8495 SW WARM SPRINGS ST
|
TUALATIN
|
WASHINGTON
|
PERCHLOROETHYLENE
|
0
|
THIS WAS A MINOR RELEASE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED CHEMCAL. A VALVE WAS LEFT OPEN CAUSING SOME VAPORS TO ESCAPE. THE ODOR WAS DETECTED IN A SANDWICH SHOP IN THE SAME COMPLEX AS THE CLEANERS.
|
860045
|
8/5/1986
|
3013 SW LAWNRIDGE
|
ALBANY
|
LINN
|
FORM OIL
|
0
|
OVERFILLED VAT OF FORM RELEASE OIL DISCHARGED BY ACCIDENT INTO STORM DRAIN SYSTEM FROM SW FOREST IND. THIS IN TURN DUMPED INTO CATHIES CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO CALAPOOIA RIVER. QUANTITY OF OIL RELEASED WAS ESTIMATED AT 50-70 GALS BY THE LEVEL OF THE CONTAINER. OIL COVERED THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF CATHIES CRK - APPROX 1 1/2 MILES LONG & 3 FT WIDE. FIRE DEPT PIPE DAMMED CRK NEAR SOUCE & 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM & ABSORBED SURFACE OIL INVESTIGATION TURNED OVER TO DEQ ENGINEER.
|
860043
|
8/8/1986
|
1370 FRANKLIN BLVD
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
BUNSON BURNER LEFT OPEN, ALLOWING GAS TO ESCAPE INTO ATMOSPHERE. SMALL AMOUNT DISSAPATED IMMEDIATELY.
|
860040
|
8/8/1986
|
490 BRIDGE STREET
|
VERNONIA
|
COLUMBIA
|
GASOLINE
|
100 GALLONS
|
NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
|
860046
|
8/8/1986
|
3510 NE COLUMBIA BVLD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
IDENTITY OF LEAKING MATERIAL WAS INCONCLUSIVE BY PORTLAND FIRE BUREAU HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM. AREA WAS SECURED AND LEFT IN CONTROL WITH A PORTLAND POLICE CRIME UNIT AND CHEMIST TO MAKE POSITIVE IDENDIFICATION OF MATERIAL.
|
860065
|
8/11/1986
|
411 SE GREGORY STREET
|
WINSTON
|
DOUGLAS
|
FREON
|
216 GALLONS
|
THE OCCUPANT POKED A HOLE IN ONE OF THE FREON COILS RUNNING THRU FREEZER & OVERCOME BY GAS. SHE BECAME SEMI-CONSCIOUS & COMPLAINING OF HEADACHE.SHE STATED SHE HAD BEEN EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS & BELIEVED THAT HER 20 MONTH OLD SON HAD ALSO BEEN EXPOSED
|
860064
|
8/11/1986
|
625 W SIXTH
|
ALBANY
|
LINN
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
THIS REPORT WAS GENERATED FROM AN ARSON FIRE. THE SUSPECT USED FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS TO START THIS FIRE. AT THIS TIME THE LIQUIDS ARE UNKNOWN.
|
860061
|
8/11/1986
|
LAGRANDE SWMG POOL/PALMER
|
LA GRANDE
|
UNION
|
CHLORINE
|
38 POUNDS
|
THIS LEAK WAS CAUSED BY HUMAN ERROR. AN EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING CHLORINE TANKS AT THE CITY SWIMMING POOL. SHE SAID SHE HAD LOOSENED UP PACKING NUT SO SHE COULD PHYSICALLY OPEN STEM WHEN SHE ACCIDENTLY OVER OPENED STEM BEFORE SHE HAD HOOKED THE REGULATOR ONTO THE VALVE, LETTING THE CHLORINE GAS ESCAPE THROUGH THEOPEN VALVE. SHED BECAME FRIGHTENED & RAN FROM THE ROOM LEAVING THE VALVE IN THE OPEN POSITION.
|
860048
|
8/12/1986
|
1814 NE ARGYLE DRIVE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMYL ACETATE
|
1 GALLONS
|
APPROX 2 LITERS MAY HAVE LEAKED FROM BOX. THIS CARDBOARD BOX APPEARED TO CONTAIN 4 LITERS OF MATERIAL. THE BOX HAD FALLEN OFF A SHELF AND HAD BEEN CLEANED UP PRIOR TO PFB ARRIVAL. IT WAS CLEANED UP WITH FLOUR SWEEP. ALL MATERIAL WAS PUT INTO GARBAGE
|
860049
|
8/15/1986
|
1751 NE ARGYLE STREET
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SODIUM HYDROXIDE
|
0
|
PRODUCTS HAD BEEN THROWN INTO DROP BOX AT APPROX 0800 8/15/86 BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAD RUSTED THROUGH LEAKING ONTO FLOOR OF STORAGE BALCONY. SMOKE WAS RISING FROM DROP BOX. LT WILSON, WEARING AN MSA, SEARCHED THROUGH DROP BOX IN AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY PR
|
860037
|
8/18/1986
|
1751 HWY 99 SOUTH
|
SUTHERLIN
|
DOUGLAS
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
80 GALLONS
|
SPILL WAS CAUSED BY LOG TRUCK RUNNING INTO BACK OF PASSENGER CAR. (GASOLINE) TANK ON CAR WAS RUPTURED ALONG WITH SADDLE TANK (DIESEL) ON LOG TRUCK. NO FIRE RESULTED
|
860153
|
8/19/1986
|
1440 SW 4TH AVE
|
ONTARIO
|
MALHEUR
|
ISOTOX INSECT KILLER
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT AT RISK AND RELEASED1 0.25. RELEASED2 0.5. .EMPLOYEES USED SAWDUST TO SOAK UP CHEMICALS. PUT SAWDUST IN BOXES - THEN IN PLASTIC BAGS. OARS CONTACTED VIA PHONE BY D.C. WARREN - ADVISED TO CLEAN AREA WITH A MINERAL SPIRIT PAINT THINNER.
|
860050
|
8/19/1986
|
5528 NW DOANE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
NEUTRAL OIL 450
|
200 GALLONS
|
E-6 ARRIVED & NOTED STEAM OR VAPOR FROM AREA OF RUPTURE. A VISCOUS BLACK LIQUID HAD SPREAD IN TWO DIRECTIONS SOUTH TO A YARD SUMP & NORTH IN THE YARD AREA. EXAMINED A VICTIM W/SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON BACK OF LEG. USED ABSORBANT TO DIKE FLOW IN BOTH DIRECT
|
860054
|
8/21/1986
|
1800 SW BROADWAY
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SULFUR DIOXIDE
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT RELEASED 0.25. OLD REFRIGERATOR USED FOR PROP IN PLAYS HAD HISSED & RELEASED VAPORS THAT WERE CHOKING & IRRITATING PERSONNEL. ALL EXPOSED HAD LEFT IMMEDIATELY. TRUCK CO 4 VENTILATED SHOP AREA & CONNECTING HALL WITH FANS. E-6 & PSU SAFETY OFFICER ETERMINED HAZARDOUS AR
|
860052
|
8/24/1986
|
16002 SE 82ND DR
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CLACKAMAS
|
FLAMMABLE LIQUID
|
55 GALLONS
|
RESPONDED TO REPORTED GAS SPILL NEAR TEXACO SERVICE STATION. UPON ARRIVAL NOTED RUN OFF ON SOUTH PORTION OF SAID PROPERTY, RUNNING OFF CONTINUEING APPROX 300 FEET TO STORM DRAIN ON 82ND DR. STRONG SMELL OF FLAMMABLE LIQUID IN AREA. TRACED RUN OFF SOURCE TO STORAGE AREA IN THE REAR PARKING LOT. LOCATED BLACK 55 GALLON DRUM PLACARDED "FLAMMABLE 3" WITH GARDEN HOSE INSERTED IN BUG HOLE, WATER ENTERING CAN AT FULL OPEN RATE. SHUT WATER SOURCE OFF. CONTACTED DEQ AND INSPECTOR THORPE (#71) TO RESPOND. DIKED STORM SEWER. PHOTOGRAPHED SCENE. (DOGGETT). INTERVIEWED EMPLOYEE: DAN SKELTON. MR SKELTON DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF INCIDENT- STATING "POSSIBLE PRANKSTERS". INTERVIEWED MANAGER UPON HIS ARRIVAL. MR BURRIS DENIED OWNING THE CAN (DRUM), "IT WASN'T THERE THE NIGHT BEFORE). SECURED SCENE, E-45 CLEAR. RECEIVED DEQ PHONE CALL IN QUARTERS: CHA)
|
860066
|
8/29/1986
|
2801 N GANTENBIEN
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
COIL CLEANER
|
1 GALLONS
|
CUSTODIAL CONTRACTER HAD CLEANED HEATING COILS IN ROOFTOP SUPPLY. COIL HAD INADVERTANTLY HEATED & CAUSED RELEASE OF UNKNOWN VAPOR. HOSPITAL PERSONNEL HAD REMAINED IN OPERATING ROOM WHERE VAPOR SPREAD FOR 2+HOURS BEFORE DEVELOPING SYMPTOMS. SUBSTANCE WAS
|
860062
|
8/30/1986
|
950 SE JACKSON
|
ALBANY
|
LINN
|
PROPANE
|
250 GALLONS
|
(#15) IDENTIFIED BY TYPE OF CONTAINER AND ODOR.
|
860070
|
9/10/1986
|
15TH & OAK
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
VANDALS BROKE INTO SERVICE STATION, TURNED ON POWER TO PUMPS & OPENED NOZZLES ONTO GROUND. APPROX 120 GALS WERE PUMPED BEFORE THE POLICE SHUT OFF NOZZLES & NOTIFIED THE FIRE DEPT. MOST OF THE GAS HAD DRAINED INTO A STORM SEWER DRAIN PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVA
|
860072
|
9/15/1986
|
1111 SW 2ND
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PHENYL ACETIC ACID
|
0
|
1.CALLED TO PPB PROPERTY CONTROL ROOM FOR ODOR COMING FROM SIEZED METH-EMPHATAMINE LAB EQUIPMENT & JARS OF PHENYL ACETIC ACID. 2.AFTER RECONNAISENCE IT APPEARED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE JARS OF PHENYL ACETIC ACID, BUT THERE WAS A RESIDUAL MATER
|
860073
|
9/16/1986
|
205 S FIRST STREET
|
SILVERTON
|
MARION
|
CAUSTIC SODA
|
50 GALLONS
|
A DRAIN VALVE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED OPEN ON A 300 GAL TANK USED TO CLEAN RADIATORS. THE TANK HAD A CAUSTIC SODA MIXTURE IN IT TO CLEAN RADIATORS. FIFTY GALLONS WAS SPILLED. THE CONTENTS OF THE TANK RAN INTO THE STREET AND STORM DRAINS. IT WAS WASHED AWAY WITH 3000 GALS OF WATER PLUS A REDUCER WAS ADDED TO THE WATER.
|
860076
|
9/17/1986
|
4136 NE 14TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
|
1 GALLONS
|
PORTLAND POLICE CALLED HM-16 TO ASSIST IN VENTILATING BASEMENT "DRUG LAB" CONTAINER OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID WAS "REACTING", PRODUCING NOXIOUS FUMES. VARIOUS OTHER CONTAINERS WITH UNKNOWN CONTENTS, ALSO PRODUCING FUMES. HM-16 ENTRY TEAM SEALED ALL CONTAINE
|
860075
|
9/18/1986
|
18 SW BOUNDARY COURT
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
POTASSIUM CHLORATE
|
1 GALLONS
|
MEDICAL LAB WAS ASKED TO ANALYZE UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE, APPROX 1 GRAM IN PLASTIC BAG. LAB WORKER CRUSHED SMALL SAMPLE IN MOTER, EXPLOSION RESULTED DESTROYING MORTER & PESTEL. NO INJURY TO LAB WORKER. ENG 10 RESPONDED, HM-16 CALLED. PORTLAND POLICE BOMB S
|
860114
|
9/26/1986
|
MARCOLA/HOWARD ROADS
|
MARCOLA
|
LANE
|
DIAZINON
|
3 GALLONS
|
THE MATERIAL WAS DISCOVERED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT FROM A SMALL PICKUP. SENT A COPY OF MEDICAL SHEETS ALONG WITH THE REPORT. ALSO SENT A LETTER OF WHAT WAS DONE ON THE SPILL. IF THERE IS ANY OTHER INFORMATION NEEDED.
|
860083
|
9/27/1986
|
8522 NE EUGENE STREET
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SULFURIC ACID
|
0
|
MRDS. MASON CALLED E-6/HM-16 AND ASKED ABOUT SAFETY REGARDING ACIDS FOUND WHILE CLEANING UP BASEMENT. SHE DESCRIBED SITUATION. HM-16 FELT IT WARRANTED ON-SITE EXAMINATION. EXAM FOUND MATERIALS STORED CLOSE TOGETHER IN FRAGILE, UNSUITABLE CONTAINERS.
|
860082
|
9/30/1986
|
2300 NW WALNUT BLVD
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
P-DIOXANE
|
1 GALLONS
|
SMALL SPILL OF P-DIOXANE ONTO THE TILE FLOOR IN LAB AREA, JUST IN FRONT & BELOW EXHAUST HOOD. NO PENETRATION INTO FLOOR-LAB PERSONNEL (KELLY COOK) CLEANED UP SPILL W/PAPER TOWEL. TOWEL WAS PLACED IN SEALED PLASTIC BAG & DISPOSED IN GARBAGE DUMPSTER ON SITE. PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN A DOWN DRAFT CAUSED THE EXHAUST EFFLUENT TO FLOW INTO THE FRESH AIR SYSTEM. FIRE DEPT PERSONNEL ASSISTED ON SITE CH2M HILL PRESONNEL TO EXHAUST BUILDING BY TURNING ON FIRE SMOKE EVACUATION SYSTEM. AT NO TIME DID CH2M HILL ORDER OR REQUEST THE EVACUATION OF PERSONNEL FROM THE AREA INVOLVED OR THE REST OF THE BUILDING.
|
860088
|
10/3/1986
|
5320 SE 70TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PHENYL ACETIC ACID
|
0
|
E-6, HM-16 CALLED TO SCENE BY PPD. HM-16 RELIEVED E-25. PERSONNEL. IN FULL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING IDENTIFIED MATERIALS IN APT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. LIST: 1)PHENYL ACETIC ACID 500 GM 2)HYPROCHLORIC ACID 40 OZ 3)CHLOROFORM 1 PAT. POSS. EMPTY 4)MERCURIL CHL
|
860091
|
10/5/1986
|
5265 SE 69TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CHLOROFORM
|
0
|
ALSO "LEAD ACETATE" NONE RELEASED. E-6, HM-16 CALLED BY PORTLAND POLICE TO 5265 SE 69TH, SCENE OF A BASEMENT DRUG LAB OPERATION. ALL HAZ MAT'S WERE IN GLASS CONTAINERS OF MANUFACTURER. UNKNOWN CHEMICALS IN OPEN CONTAINERS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF LAB PROD
|
860089
|
10/6/1986
|
13718 SE DIVISION/APT 8
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
METHYLAMINE HCL-CARBON 14
|
0
|
CALL BY MRS. KINZER WAS REFERRED TO E-6, HM-16 BY BILL DANA OF DEQ. LT KNOTTS RETURNED CALL & DETERMINED THAT METHYLAMINE HAD BEEN LEFT IN APT 8. MGR/MRS. KINZER HAD CLEANED APT AFTER TENANTS LEFT & FOUND MATERIAL IN REFRIGERATOR. SHE HAD TAKEN MATERI
|
860084
|
10/7/1986
|
1340 NW 9TH
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
GASOLINE
|
430 GALLONS
|
GASOLINE LEAK FROM GASOLINE PUMP CAUSED BY SOMEONE MALICIOUSLY TURNING ON A GAS PUMP AND ALLOWING IT TO FLOW UNATTENDED ON THE GROUND. PRODUCT WAS CHEVRON UNLEADED GASOLINE.
|
860087
|
10/8/1986
|
15777 BOONES FERRY ROAD
|
LAKE OSWEGO
|
CLACKAMAS
|
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
|
0
|
PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED IN MIXED COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL AREA. RELEASE FROM OVERHEATED LIGHT BALLAST- NO ACTUAL FIRE. IDENTIFIED WITH INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM BUILDING MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL- ACCURACY UNKNOWN. THE ENTIRE FIRE CREW ALONG WITH VARIOUS SCHOOL PERSONNEL EXPOSED TO SMOKE FROM AN OVERHEATED BALLAST, THAT WAS TARGETED FOR REMOVAL BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUSPECTED OF CONTAINING PCB'S. ENTIRE SCHOOL WAS EVACUATED PRIOR TO FIRE DEPT ARRIVAL AND WAS ALLOWED TO RETURN AFTER ROOM WAS SEALED OFF. AREA WAS VENTILATED AND RELEASED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR CLEANUP AND DECONTAMINATION. POISON CONTROL AND DEQ CONSULTED ABOUT HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS.
|
860204
|
10/15/1986
|
2960 STATE ST
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
DRUG LAB CHEMICALS
|
1 GALLONS
|
STATE POLICE OFFICE DROPPED A BOX CONTAINING DRUG LAB EVIDENCE. BOX STRUCK CONCRETE FLOOR CAUSING 1-GAL CONTAINER (GLASS) OF METHAMPHETAMINE SOLUTION TO RUPTURE. ACID WAS NEUTRALIZED ON SITE. STATE OF OREGON CALLED IN PRIVATE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP CR
|
860094
|
10/19/1986
|
1927 SE 174
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
|
0
|
PAMELA STEVENS OF ABOVE LISTED ADDRESS, DELIVERED STYROFOAM CONTAINER WITH RADIO LOGICAL STAMP TO ENG. 45 PORTLAND FIRE BUREAU. CALLED HAS MAT TEAM HM16. THEY ARRIVED & USED RADIOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT & DETECTED NO RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD. PFB RUN #86-33250/H
|
860103
|
10/22/1986
|
135 S COLUMBIA RIVER HWY
|
ST HELENS
|
COLUMBIA
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
100 POUNDS
|
A CYLINDER OF AMMONIA WAS UNEARTHED WITH A BACK HOE AND BEGAN TO LEAK. WE SECURED THE AREA AND DID SOME INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY THE PRODUCT. THE CONTRACTOR, STAN WARNOCK CONSTRUCTION ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER AND CONTACTED RIEDEL TO DO THE CLEAN-UP.
|
860097
|
10/26/1986
|
785 N 42ND
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
SODIUM HYDROXIDE
|
0
|
WEYERHAEUSER CO EMPLOYEES RECEIVED BURNS FROM SODIUM HYDROXIDE AND ALSO STEAM (AT PAPER RECOVERY). TOTAL SEVERITY OF BURNS NOT FULLY KNOWN AT THIS TIME. 2ND-3RD DEGREE ON MOST OF BODY. ONE PATIENT IS TO BE SENT TO PORTLAND BURN CENTER.
|
860101
|
10/31/1986
|
820 RAILROAD AVENUE
|
BROOKINGS
|
CURRY
|
GASOLINE
|
50 GALLONS
|
TANK FARM, TANK OVERFILL. CONTENTS OF FILL HOSE SPILLED ON GROUND, CARRIED BY NEARBY GROUND WATER.
|
860105
|
11/3/1986
|
4155 NW YEON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
MINERAL SPIRITS
|
100 GALLONS
|
MINERAL SPIRITS WERE MIXING WITH GILSONETE (INERT SUBSTANCE) UNDER HEAT TO FORM ROOF COATING TYPE MATERIAL. HEATING VAT HELD APPROX 200 GAL MIXTURE BOILED OVER & HEATING FLAME IGNITED IT. WATER WAS USED TO EXTINGUISH IT. RUNOFF WAS CONTAINED & OVWERFLOW
|
860203
|
11/3/1986
|
136 HIGH ST SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
30 GALLONS
|
VANDALS POURED APPROX 30 GALS OF DIESEL FUEL IN THE ALLEY (WALKWAY) BEHIND THE PGE BLDG NEXT TO THE CAPITOL THEATER TO HARASS THE POWER COMPANY. THE FUEL OIL ENTERED THE STORM DRAINS AND DISCHARGED INTO PRINGLE CREEK. SUSPECTS ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. CLEAN UP PROCEDURES INTIIATED BY CITY OF SALEM POLLUTION CONTROL PERSONNEL.
|
860108
|
11/5/1986
|
37804 UPPER CAMP CREEK ROAD
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
|
0
|
NONE
|
860109
|
11/8/1986
|
1403 NE THOMPSON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA
|
0
|
DISPATCHED FOR ODOR SCARE. IDENTIFICATION OF SUBSTANCE WAS BASED ON SNIFF TEST & TYPE OF CONTAINER RELEASED FROM. THE CONTAINER WAS AN OLD UNUSED REFRIGERATION SYSTEN IN THIS 2 STORY 3 UNIT APT HOUSE. SYSTEM HAD NOT BEEN IN USE FOR AT LEAST 7 YRS. WE FOU
|
860119
|
11/10/1986
|
30240 SE KELSO ROAD
|
BORING
|
CLACKAMAS
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
500 GALLONS
|
ABOVE GROUND DIESEL FUEL TANK (1,000 GALLON TANK). APPROXIMATELY 500 GALLONS OF DIESEL IN TANK. NOZZLE ON HOSE FROM TANK WAS REMOVED BY OWNER, IT DID NOT WORK OR OPEN. APPROX 1 INCH HOSE USED FOR FILLING FARM EQUIPMENT WAS PLACED IN FRAMEWORK SUPPORTING THE TANK. NOZZLE AND HOSE FELL FROM FRAMEWORK RELEASING DIESEL FUEL ON THE GROUND VIA GRAVITY.
|
860148
|
11/11/1986
|
3585 SW 198TH AVENUE
|
ALOHA
|
WASHINGTON
|
ARGON
|
0
|
THE FIRE DEPT RESPONDED TO A FIRE ON THE GAS PAD OF THE INDUSTRIAL SITE. A CYLINDER CONTAINING THE PYROPHORIC GAS SILANE LEAKED THROUGH THE VALVE OPENING CAUSING IT TO CATCH FIRE. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE GAS AND A DELUGE SPRINKLER SYSTEM CONFINED.
|
860202
|
11/11/1986
|
295 CHURCH ST SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
HERBICIDE
|
1 GALLONS
|
ONE GALLON - GLASS CONTAINER OF ROUND-UP WEED KILLER BROKE DURING FIRE FIGHTING OPERATIONS AT THIS LOCATION.
|
860111
|
11/13/1986
|
1115 SE CRYSTAL LAKE DR
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
MINERAL SPIRITS
|
20 GALLONS
|
PRODUCT (MINERAL SPIRITS) IS USED IN MANUFACTURING PROCESS. UNSPECIFIED QUANTITY ENTERED SEWAGE TRAPS AND THEN WAS FLUSHED BY RUNOFF INTO THE MILLRACE, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED. UPON OUR ARRIVAL A VISIBLE SHEEN WAS OBSERVED FROM CULVERT AT PLANT TO THE MARY'S RIVER, WITH STRONG ODOR OF PRODUCT PRESENT. WE CONFINED SPILLAGE AT CULVERT WITH INFLATED HOSE AND ABSORBANT BOOM AND PLACED A SECONDARY BOOM APPROXIMATELY 1/2 DISTANCE TO MARY'S RIVER, AND THEN PLACED INFLATED HOSELINE ACROSS MARY'S RIVER AT CONFLUENCE WITH WILLAMETTE. OARS NOTIFIED. PRODUCT BEING PUMPED OUT OF TRAPS AND DIKED AREAS BY RESPONSIBLE PARTY PRIOR TO OUR DEPARTURE. SOME PRODUCT WAS CAPTURED BY HOSELINE ACROSS MARY'S RIVER, AWAITING ON SITE VISIT BY DEQ PERSONNEL.
|
860201
|
11/14/1986
|
545 HOOD STREET NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
SOLVENT
|
5 GALLONS
|
GAS ODORS IN BUSINESS. TRACED TO ANOTHER BUSINESS LEAKING SOLVENT DOWN FLOOR DRAIN.
|
860149
|
11/15/1986
|
7.5 MI NW OF LAKEVIEW
|
LAKEVIEW
|
LAKE
|
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
|
0
|
THE LAKEVIEW URANIUM MILLWASTE CLEANUP PROJECT INVOLVES REMOVAL OF 670,000 YRDS OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATED MATERIALS FROM THEIR CURRENT LOCATION APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM LAKEVIEW TO A NEW DISPOSAL SITE LOCATED 7 1/2 MI NE OF LAKEVIEW. THE INCIDENT INVOLVED A MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT MAN WHO WAS SERVICING HEAVY EQUIPMENT. THE SERVICEMAN SLIPPED ON FROST AND FELL SEVERAL FEET FROM THE EQUIPMENT LANDING ON THE CONTAMINATED MATERIALS. THE CONTAMINANT CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF RADIUM-226 AND RESIDUAL AMOUNTS OF RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS. POSSIBLE NECK AND BACK INJURY WERE CONSIDERED AND THE SERVICEMAN WAS NOT MOVED UNTIL AN AMBULANCE AND MEDICS ARRIVED. CONCERN WAS FOR EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION ON THE VICTIM & ON MEDICAL TEAM ENTERING SITE. DECONTAMINATION OF VICTIM, MEDICS AND EQUIPMENT WERE DONE ACCORDING TO A PRESCRIBED PROCEDURE FOR THE SITE. ALL EQUIPMENT AND HOSPITAL EMERGENCY AREA WERE MONITORED AND DETERMINED TO BE FREE OF RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION. THE VICTIM HAS ONLY TRACE LEVELS ON HIS CLOTHING WHICH WAS REMOVED & DISPOSED OF.
OSFM NOTE: CHRONOLOGY FROM LAKEVIEW DISPATCH LOG BOOK IN OUR FILE
|
860118
|
11/18/1986
|
5600 NE 7TH RIEDEL WASTE DIS SYSTEM
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
IRON POWDER
|
0
|
OMARK INDUSTRIES CREATES IRON POWDER WASTES WHICH IS COLLECTED IN 55 GAL DRUMS & DELIVERED TO A LANDFILL. 1 DRUM WAS PUNCTURED BY A LANDFILL TRACTOR, A SPARK WAS PRODUCED, WHICH IGNITED THE IRON DUST. THE CONCENSUS OF OPINION WAS TO LAYER THE DUST & LAND
|
860163
|
11/19/1986
|
244 NORTH F STREET
|
LAKEVIEW
|
LAKE
|
PROPANE
|
10 GALLONS
|
NONE
|
860120
|
11/20/1986
|
235 CLARK STREET
|
ST HELENS
|
COLUMBIA
|
PROPANE
|
50 GALLONS
|
STORAGE FOR PROPANE (HOME USE). FILL VALVE ON TANK HAD CORRODED TO THE POINT THAT IT LEAKED. WE REMOVED FILL VALVE TO ALLOW EXCESS FLOW VALVE TO OPERATE.
|
860113
|
11/20/1986
|
8032 SW NIMBUS AVENUE
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
1 GALLONS
|
WOODEN BOX W/METAL PRESSURIZED CONTAINER INSIDE. LIQUID SATURATED FOAM PACKING AROUND METAL CONTAINER. NO NAME ON BOX "UPS 9-47-556" ON 2 SIDES. CHEMICAL SMELLED LIKE VINEGER. NO TEST MADE. BOX HAD NW ORTHO SURGICALS UPS NUMBER ON IT. DEQ ASSISTED IN
|
860171
|
11/22/1986
|
1380 SW HWY 97
|
MADRAS
|
JEFFERSON
|
GASOLINE
|
5 GALLONS
|
VEHICLE KNOCKED A GAS PUMP OFF OF ISLAND AND RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 5 GALS OF GASOLINE.
|
860123
|
11/25/1986
|
1765 SW PARKWAY DRIVE
|
REDMOND
|
DESCHUTES
|
PROPANE
|
65 GALLONS
|
LABEL ON TANK. AMOUNT OF RELEASE - UNKNOWN, TANK DID NOT EMPTY. GAUGE SHOWS TANK AT 65% FULL AFTER RELEASE - 10% VALVE WAS OPEN ON A 120 GALLON PROPANE TANK. CLOSED 10% VALVE.
|
860121
|
11/28/1986
|
9316 NE OREGON STREET
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
MURIATIC ACID
|
0
|
RESPONDED TO RESIDENCE @ 9316 NE OREGON STREET, PORTLAND, ON REQUEST FROM PORTLAND POLICE @ 1323 HRS. FOUND 1 GAL CONTAINER W/LESS THAN HALF CONTENTS REMAINING (LABEL INDICATED MURIOTIC ACID). NO SPILL, NO RELEASE ACTION - TOOK POSSESSION OF CONTAINER
|
860124
|
11/29/1986
|
NW KINGS BLVD & DIXON CREEK
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
PETROLEUM OIL
|
0
|
VERY LIGHT OIL SLICK ON DRAINAGE CREEK. UNKNOWN MATERIAL OR SOURCE, NO APPARENT EFFECT ON WILDLIFE IN AREA (DUCKS, SNAILS, FISH). SLICK SEEMED TO COME FROM STORM SEWER AND DISIPATED IN ABOUT 1/2 MILE.
|
860122
|
11/30/1986
|
31ST & HILYARD
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
THE SUNNY SERVICE STATION LOCATED AT 31ST & HILYARD CLEANS THEIR WORK BAYS EACH SUNDAY. THE RUNOFF FROM THIS GOES INTO THE SEWER, UNDER HILYARD STREET AND INTO THE AMAZON CREEK. UPON INSPECTION OF WHERE IT FLOWS INTO CREEK THERE DEFINITLY WAS A FILM ON
|
860143
|
12/5/1986
|
9155 SW CANYON ROAD
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AFTER A REPORT OF A SMELL OF GASOLINE IN THE AREA. USED F.L. DETECTOR AROUND DRAINS AND IN SEWER SYSTEM IN THE AREA. DETECTOR INDICATED EXPLOSIVE MIXTURES COMING FROM THESE AREA. DEQ WAS NOTIFIED. FIRE DEPT FOUND A SERVICE STATIO
|
860130
|
12/11/1986
|
1014 MOHAWK BLVD
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
NONE
|
860159
|
12/17/1986
|
3305 N HWY 97
|
BEND
|
DESCHUTES
|
GASOLINE
|
40 GALLONS
|
OCCUPANT OF STATION ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE FUEL FILTER ON UNLEADED GASOLINE DISPENSER WHILE PUMP WAS UNDER PRESSURE. WHEN HE LOOSENED THE FILTER UNLEADED GASOLINE SPRAYED FROM THE DISPENSER THROUGH THE DISLODGED GASKET ON THE FILTER. THE OCCUPANT ATTEMPTED TO RETIGHTEN.
|
860134
|
12/17/1986
|
1015 NW 22ND
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
OXYFUME 12
|
0
|
AN EMPLOYEE(JACK POWERS 229-7120)WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE 100LB BOTTLES OF OXYFUME 12. AFTER PRESSURIZING THE SYSTEM FROM THE FULL BOTTLE, A FILTER CANNISTER FAILED. THE EMPLOYEE INITIALLY LEFT THE IMMEDIATE AREA, RETURNED AND CLOSED THE VALVE. HE SUB
|
860135
|
12/18/1986
|
40119 SANDNER DRIVE
|
SCIO
|
LINN
|
LEATHER DYE
|
1 GALLONS
|
OSFM NOTE: NO COMMENTS GIVEN
|
860157
|
12/20/1986
|
490 BRIDGE ST
|
VERNONIA
|
COLUMBIA
|
GASOLINE
|
50 GALLONS
|
30 MIN AFTER WE CLEARED SCENE COUNCILMAN WELLS OVIATT STOPPED AT THE FIRE STATION AND TOLD US THAT HE COULD SMELL GASOLINE IN THE NEHALEM RIVER WHERE ROCK CREEK ENTERS. WHEN I ARRIVED ON THE SCENE THE DRIVER WAS RUNNING WATER ON THE SPILL WASHING IT DOWN THE STORM DRAIN WHICH EMPTIES INTO ROCK CREEK AND HAD BEEN FOR 15 TO 30 MINUTES. HE HAD ALSO GOTTEN IN AN ARGUMENT WITH THE CASHIER AT THE MINI-MART NOT TO CALL THE FIRE DEPT. I HAVE ALSO HEARD COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE THAT HAS SEEN STUFF COMING OUT OF THE AIR VENTS WHEN FUEL HAS BEEN DELIVERED.
|
860142
|
12/22/1986
|
17455 SW FARMINGTON ROAD
|
ALOHA
|
WASHINGTON
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
SOMEONE MALICIOUSLY DISCONNECTED A 3/4" PLUG IN A GAS LINE OUTSIDE OF THE BLDG. THE NATURAL GAS WAS ALLOWED TO FLOW INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. FIRE DISTRICT PERSONNEL SHUT THE GAS OFF AND CALLED THE NW NATURAL GAS COMPANY TO THE SCENE. THE GAS COMPANY REPLA
|
860198
|
12/27/1986
|
2600 CENTER STREET NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
CHLORINE
|
10 POUNDS
|
OVER FILLED CL2 MIXER FOR SWIMMING POOL. GAS RELEASE IN BLDG. HAZARD REMOVED TO OUTSIDE.
|
860197
|
12/28/1986
|
641 HIGH STREET NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
ACTIVATOR
|
5 GALLONS
|
FIRE IN PRINTING SHOP CENTERED IN DEVELOPING ROOM AND CHEMICAL STORAGE AREA.
|
860158
|
12/29/1986
|
785 N 42ND STREET
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
GASOLINE UNLEADED REGULAR
|
0
|
EMPLOYEES WASHED DOWN AREA AND PUT ABSORBING MATERIAL ON THE AREA. WATER RUN-OFF WAS IN A DRAINAGE DITCH EAST OF THE TRUCK SHOP & DRAIN TO THE SE OF SHOP. DEQ WAS NOTIFIED WHO SAID IT WAS OK TO PICK UP ABSORBING MATERIAL AND KEEP IT ISOLATED IN A METAL
|
860151
|
12/30/1986
|
05170 GRAND AVE SP #10
|
FLORENCE
|
LANE
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
SMELLED AND SAW PROPANE TANK. UNKNOWN HOW FULL CONTAINER AT ONSET OF INCIDENT. ARRIVED AT SCENE TO FIND PROPANE TANK LEAKING. IT WAS APPROX A 60-70 GAL TANK. THE 10% VALVE WAS ALL THE WAY OPEN. THE TRAILER WAS UNOCCUPIED. I SPOKE WITH MANAGER VERNI
|
870043
|
1/1/1987
|
3501 NE MARINE DR
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
GASOLINE
|
60 GALLONS
|
DATE WAS NOT GIVEN…RECEIVED BY OSFM 8-14-87. E-17 DISPATCHED TO GASOLINE SPILL. HM-16 WAS DISPATCHED AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL. E-17 HAD ALSO NOTIFIED THE US COAST GUARD, WHO WAS RESPONDING. SPILL WAS SPREADING THROUGH MARINA AREA BOATS SLIPS, E-17 HAD APPLIED AFFF FOAM OVER SPILL AS FULLY AS POSSIBLE. GASOLINE HAD FLOWED FROM BROKEN FLEX CONNECTION IN SUPPLY LINE FROM LAND TANK TO DOCK FUEL PUMP. LEAK HAD BEEN PLUGGED BY E-17. ABSORBANT PADS WERE PROPPED IN RIVER TO HELP ABSORB SPILL AND HELP PREVENT SPREAD TO OTHER AREAS AND BOATS IN THE MARINA. FLAMMABLE GAS INDICATOR WAS USED TO CHECK VAPOR CONCENTRATION. BLAKE JACKSON GM-2 FROM USCG ARRIVED AND ADVISED RESPONSIBLE PARTY OF PROCEDURES TO USE FOR CLEAN-UP.
|
870396
|
1/21/1987
|
653 E IDAHO AVE
|
ONTARIO
|
MALHEUR
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
100 GALLONS
|
TRUCK DRIVER UNLOADING FUEL IN WRONG TANK, OTHER TANK WAS FULL OF GAS & TANK OVER FILLED & SPILLED DIESEL. TRUCK DRIVER WAS INSIDE SERVICE STATION WHEN TRUCK WAS BEING UNLOADED. ATTENDANT NOTICED FUEL SPILLING OUT. GOT DUMP TRUCK LOAD OF SAND TO ABSORB DIESEL. CALLED DEQ, DAVE NICHOLS, HE SAID TO HAVE OWNER OF FUEL DUMP SAND @ LYTLE BLVD AFER GETTING PERMISSION FROM MALHEUR COUNTY.
|
870397
|
1/30/1987
|
1440 SW 4TH AVE
|
ONTARIO
|
MALHEUR
|
ISOTOX
|
1 GALLONS
|
ON ARRIVAL TO SCENE, MET BY SCOTT REECE 1ST ASSIST MGR, EMPLOYEE AIMEE TOMAC LIFTED A BOX OF ISOTOX WHEN BOTTOM OF BOX GAVE WAY. TWO QUART BOTTLES BROKE ON CONRETE FLOOR. EMPLOYEES DILUTED WITH WATER LESS THAT 2 GALLONS; UPON ARRIVAL, MANAGER ASKED IF STORE SHOULD BE EVACUATED. I STATED MAY BE A GOOD IDEA UNTIL WE HEAR FROM OARS. CAT LITTER USED TO CONTROL SPILL. 1834 OARS CONTACTED DUTY OFFICER NOT IN. WILL BE RECONTACTED. 1836 ABBY KIRKSHAW, EMS, RETURN CALL PROBLEM. TOLD HER SHE ADVISED PROPER DEPT WILL RECONTACT US. 0645 STEVE GARDELO, DEQ OF PENDLETON,OFFICE CALLED FORM HIS RESIDENCE. INFORMATION TO HIM WAS READ OFF AN UNCONTAMINATED BOTTLE. HE STATED WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO HIS OFFICE WHERE REFERENCE MATERIAL KEPT. RE-CONTACTED BY MR GARDELO @ 1905. ADVISE FOR CLEAN-UP: WEAR PROTECTIVE GLOVES, GOGGLES & RUBBER FOOTWEAR. CAT LITTER APPROPRIATE FOR ABSORBTION. LITTER TO BE DOUBLE BAGGED IN PLASTIC, BAG LEFT OPEN BUT STORED OUTDOORS IN SECURED AREA. FINAL CLEAN-UP TO BE SOAPY WATER. DEQ ADVISED: CLEANED UP MATTER IS SMALL ENOUGH TO BE PLACED IN LANDFILL. CONTACT OF LANDFILL UP TO OSCO. DEQ SUGGEST IF DIZZINESS OR MEDICAL SYMPTOM OCCUR, SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. AFTER TALKING WITH DEQ OUT OF PENDLETON, STORE WAS REOPENED. CLEAN-UP BY MANAGER & STORE WORKERS. STORE ROOM VENTILATED WITH USE OF FIRE DEPT EXHAUST FANS. DEQ STATED OARS TO BE RECONTACTED BY HIM & THAT HE WOULD ADVISE THEM OF SITUATION & CONTROL OF INCIDENT CORRECTED.
|
870400
|
2/2/1987
|
18107 SW ARBORCREST CT
|
ALOHA
|
WASHINGTON
|
PROPANE
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT RELEASED 1.25. ENGINE COMPANY RESPONDED TO LEAKING PROPANE CYLINDER. THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM PRESSURE REGULATOR. TANK WAS BLED OFF & ENGINE COMPANY RETURNED TO STATION. ALL IGNITION SOURCES WERE CHECKED TANK WAS TAKEN TO THE BACK YARD OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WHERE IT WAS BLED OFF INTERMINTENTLY.
|
870198
|
2/9/1987
|
1107 BERTELSEN RD
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT RELEASED 0.25. WE RESPONDED TO A CALL OF AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE THAT HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE TRASH BIN AREA OF A SEVEN ELEVEN STORE. ON ARRIVAL WE FOUND A STAINLESS STEEL THERMOS BOTTLE WITH VAPORS ESCAPING FROM THE MOUTH AND ICE FORMED AROUND THE TOP OF THE BOTTLE. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE INSIDE OF THE BOTTLE SHOWED A BOILING FUMING LIQUID. WE PUT KITTY LITTER IN A SCOOP SHOVEL AND SLOWLY INTRODUCED THE LIQUID. WE THEN NEUTRALIZED THE SUBSTANCE WITH WATER. WE BELIEVE THE SUBSTANCE TO BE LIQUID NITROGEN AND WILL HAVE IT TESTED AT THE U OF O LAB.
|
870385
|
2/14/1987
|
18094 S BOONE COURT
|
BEAVERCREEK
|
CLACKAMAS
|
STUMPING POWDER
|
0
|
OSFM NOTE: NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
|
870401
|
2/14/1987
|
19705 SW TETON
|
TUALATIN
|
WASHINGTON
|
LIQUID NITROGEN
|
0
|
THE LEAK WAS DISCOVERED BY A TUALATIN CITY POLICEMAN WHO WAS DRIVING BY THE ADDRESS. HE CALLED FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE. UPON OUR ARRIVAL WE OBSERVED, WITH BINOCULARS, AN UNATTENDED LIQUID AIR INC. TRANSPORT TRUCK PARKED AGAINST THE LOADING DOCK OF THE BLDG. A TRANSFER HOSE WAS HOOKED UP TO SOME PLUMBING COMING FROM THE BUILDING. A WHITE CLOUD OF VAPOR WAS DISCHARGING UNDER SLIGHT PRESSURE FROM THE VALVING AREA LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. PLACARDS ON THE TANK & TRUCK READ " NON-FLAMMABLE GAS" & A SIGN PAINTED ON THE TANK READ "COMPRESSED GAS". THE WIND WAS CALM, & THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN A LOW AREA OF THE PARKING LOT, SO WE POSITIONED OURSELVES IN THE STREET & AWAITED THE ARRIVAL OF A RESPONSIBLE PARTY FROM LIQUID AIR. HE HAD TOLD OUR DISPATCHER ON THE TELEPHONE THAT THE TANK CONTAINED LIQUID NITROGEN THAT WAS BEING USED AS A REFRIGERANT AT THIS LOCATION. THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY ARRIVED ABOUT 1 HOUR AFTER BEING CALLED & FOUND THAT A VALVE HAD BEEN LEFT OPEN, WHICH WAS CAUSING THE PRODUCT TO ESCAPE. THE VALVE WAS CLOSED & WE RETURNED. AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF NITROGEN WAS LOST DURING AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME THE VALVE WAS LEFT OPEN.
|
870214
|
2/24/1987
|
14150 SW KARL BRAWN DR
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
HYDROGEN LIQUID
|
10 GALLONS
|
DISTRICT #1 RESPONDED TO A REPORTED HYDROGEN DETECTION ALARM INSIDE A BLDG AT TEKTRONICS. THE CAUSE WAS A LH2 LEAK OF PACKING VALVE ON A 600 GAL TANK LOCATED APPROX 200' FROM BUILDING. THE WIND DRIFTED THE GAS INTO THE AIR INTAKES OF THE BLDG. THE AREA WAS SECURED UNTIL THE OWNER OF THE TANK (AIRCO) SENT A REPAIRMAN TO TIGHTEN THE PACKING GLAND OF THE VALVE. THE REPAIRMAN ARRIVED APPROX 45 MIN AFTER BEING CALLED TIGHTENED THE PACKING & THAT STOPPED THE LEAK. NO FIRE OR INJURIES INCURRED DURING THIS OPERATION APPROX. 5 TO 6 GALS OF LH2 WERE GASSED OFF IN APPROX 1 HR.
|
870004
|
3/6/1987
|
1440 N 4TH ST
|
LAKEVIEW
|
LAKE
|
GASOLINE
|
500 GALLONS
|
TRUCK DRIVER WAS UNLOADING APPROX 6400 GALLONS OF FUEL. BEFORE TRUCK TANKS WERE EMPTY FUEL WAS RUNNING OVER FROM STORAGE TANKS. SUBJECT SHUT DOWN TRUCK & SHUT TANKS OFF & CALLED FIRE DEPT. APPROX 300-500 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE SPILLED ON THE GROUND. FUEL WAS CONTAINED IN DRAINAGE DITCH BEHIND STORAGE TANKS. AFTER CALL WAS PLACED TO DEQ, DIRE DEPT APPLIED SAND & ABSORBING PADS.
|
870259
|
4/7/1987
|
7085 SW NYBERG RD
|
TUALATIN
|
WASHINGTON
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
VALVE ON THE END OF FILL HOSE FROM 500 GAL TANK HAD NOT BEEN SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. SERVICE STATION ATTENDENT DISCOVERED IT & CALL FIRE DEPT. UPON OUR ARRIVE WE SHUT OFF THE VALVE & INVESTIGATED TO MAKE SURE THE BUILDING & AREA WAS SECURE.
|
870281
|
4/14/1987
|
PHYSICAL PLANT WASTE STORAGE OSU
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT AT RISK AND RELEASED 0.125. CALLED TO ASSIST ON A MAN DOWN WITH BREATHING DIFFICULTIES STEMMING FROM A HAZMAT ACCIDENT AT A HAZMAT STORAGE FACILITY. UPON OUR ARRIVAL THERE WAS A MAN COMPLAINING OF BREATHING DIFFICULTIES SITTING IN A SECURITY VEHICLE 15 YARDS AWAY FROM STORAGE AREA. AMBULANCE PERSONNEL TREATED PATIENT AND TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. QUESTIONING PATIENT REVEALED THAT MATERIAL WAS STILL CONTAINED BUT HE HAD SMELLED CONTENTS IN THE PROCESS OF ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY IT. HE HAD REPLACED THE LID. WE DISCOVERED ABOUT 30 ML OF A LIKE SUBSTANCE ON A PIECE OF CARDBOARD ON THE FLOOR WHERE HE WAS WORKING. OUR PERSONNEL DID NOT GO INTO THE IMMEDIATE AREA. DIRECTOR OF SAFETY, BILL FRANCIS, DID THE CLEANUP USING AN ABSORBING PILLOW. GLOVES AND A CONTAINMENT BAG. THE REMAINING SUBSTANCE WAS SITILL CONTAINED IN AN UNMARKED 1 LITER BOTTLE WITH A SECURE LID. FRANCIS PUT THIS BOTTLE IN AN OPEN 1 GALLON CAN. AFTER DISCUSSING THIS WITH FRANCIS, HE DECIDED TO HAVE THE MATERIAL ANALYZED AND SAID HE WOULD SEND US THE RESULTS HE SAID HE HAD NO WAY TO IDENTIFY THE SUBSTANCE AND NO RECORD OF WHERE IT CAME FROM. (SEE ALSO SFM FORM 10 ALARM #87-0915 RLB)
OSFM NOTE: NO ATTACHEMENT IN FILE.
|
870284
|
4/17/1987
|
25450 LAWRENCE RD
|
JUNCTION CITY
|
LANE
|
DRUG LAB CHEMICALS
|
0
|
CONTACTED BY RESIDENT REGARDING DISCOVERY OF TOXIC MATERIAL IN JUNK PILE OF YARD. RESIDENT HAD JUST MOVED INTO RESIDENCE & WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING DEBRIS FROM YARD. RESIDENTS CHILD BECAME ILL WHEN EXPOSED TO VAPOR OF MATERIAL IN (ONE) DETERIORATING CONTAINER. CONTAINER WAS LABELED ISOPROPYL ALCLHOL. EVALUATED THE MATERIAL PRESENT & NOTED STRONG SMELL OF "CAT URINE" & QUITE IRRATATING. I HAD PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT PREVIOUS RESIDNETS WERE ENGAGED IN MFG OF METH-AMPHETAMINE AND I BELIEVED THE TOXIC MATERIAL TO BE BY PRODUCTS OF THAT ILLEGAL MFG.
|
870009
|
4/23/1987
|
952 N ADAIR ST
|
CORNELIUS
|
WASHINGTON
|
DRUG LAB CHEMICALS
|
0
|
NOTIFIED DEQ THEY CAME TO THE SCENE WAS SETTING UP FOR CLEAN UP WE WERE THEN NOTIFIED THAT DEA WOULD CLEAN UP THE CHEMICALS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CROWELL CHEMICAL FROM WASHINGTON OSFM NOTE: (4 PAGE CHEMICAL LIST)
|
870285
|
4/23/1987
|
11975 SW ALLEN
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
GASOLINE
|
753 GALLONS
|
OBSERVED REPLACEMENT OF PRODUCT LINE AS SHOWN ON PLAN #156-87. STATION PERSONNEL REPORTED 753 GAL EST FROM MARCH 9, 1987 TO APRIL 23, 1987
|
870293
|
4/25/1987
|
18641 SW TV HWY
|
ALOHA
|
WASHINGTON
|
GASOLINE
|
150 GALLONS
|
A DETECTABLE ODOR WAS FOUND INSIDE THE BASEMENT AREA OF THE ALOHA MALL. THE STRONGEST SMELL CAME FROM A RESTAURANY/BAR CALLED THE BUTCHERS BISTRO WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT. THERE WERE SEVERAL SERVICE STATIONS IN THE AREA 2 OF WHICH WERE CLOSED DOWN. THE 1 THAT WAS OPEN, A MOBIL FLYING "A" STATION HIRED RIEDEL INTERNATIONAL TO ATTEMPT TO LOCATED & IDENTIFY THE PRODUCT SOURCE. APPARENTLY A TANK OF PIPELINE HAD A LEAK & IT HAD SPREAD INTO THE GROUND WATER. THE PRODUCT WAS IDENTIFIED AS LEADED GASOLINE. IT HAD TRAVELED INTO A SUMP LOCATED BEHIND THE MALL & APPROX 1000' FROM THE SERVICE STATION. THE FUMES WERE TESTED FOR EXPLOSIVE LIMITS & FOUND TO BE ONLY 1 TO 18% OF THE L.E.L. INSIDE THE BUILDING. THE MOBIL SERVICE STATION HIRED DELTA ENVIRONMENTAL TO DIG & ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. THE L.E.L. INSIDE THE BUILDING TWICE A DAY FOR 2 WEEKS THEN ONCE A DAY FOR THE 3RD WEEK. THE OPERATION IS CONTINUING AS OF THIS WRTING. THE COST HAVE NOT BEEN DETERMINED.
|
870092
|
4/27/1987
|
8900 SW CAROLINE DR
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
PROPANE
|
1 GALLONS
|
TWO PROPANE BOTTLES (5 GAL EA) WERE RECENTLY FILLED & VENTED OFF DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. OWNER OF RESIDENCE CAME HOME & FOUND THEM VENTING FROM THE BLEED OFF VALVE & CALL THE F.D. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES F.D. SHUT OFF VALVES PUT TANKS IN SHADE & RETURNED TO QUARTERS
|
870345
|
5/21/1987
|
5TH & MAIN
|
ESTACADA
|
CLACKAMAS
|
GASOLINE
|
10 GALLONS
|
NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
|
870311
|
5/26/1987
|
BOARDMAN SUBSTATION
|
BOARDMAN
|
MORROW
|
PCB TRANSFORMER OIL
|
500 GALLONS
|
AN UNKNOWN PROBLEM CAUSED A FIRE TO OCCUR IN A TRANSFORMER @ A POWER SUBSTATION. TWO TRANSFORMERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE FIRE, CAUSING A RUPTURE IN ONE TANK, SPREADING COOLANT ONTO THE GROUND. THE FLAMING COOLANT CAUSED A BRUSH FIRE OUTSIDE THE COMPOUND. THE FIRE DEPT ARRIVED TO FIND HEAVY SMOKE & FLAME FROM THE TRANSFORMERS & THE BRUSH FIRE BURNING SLOWLY. WE CLOSED ACCESS TO THE INCIDENT. WE DONNED SCBA & HAD A TANKER INVESTIGATE THE BRUSHFIRE. OUR PUMPER STOOD BY 300' FROM THE INCIDENT, WAITING FOR ALL POWER TO BE SHUT OFF. WE REQUESTED MUTUAL AIDE FROM UMATILLA ARMY DEPOT. THEY PROVIDED A 250 GAL PUMPER WITH FOAM. THE UAD ATTACKED THE FIRE WITH FOAM AND TURNOUTS. OUR DEPT SUPPLIED WATER. WE ESTABILISHED A CONTROL LINE & RINSED ALL TURNOUTS, HOSES, BOOTS, AIR PAKS @ THE FIRE HALL. WE WASHED ALL GEAR WITH TRI SODIUM PHOSPHATE.
|
870319
|
5/27/1987
|
9538 SW TIGARD ST
|
TIGARD
|
WASHINGTON
|
REDUCER 27
|
55 GALLONS
|
SPILL TOOK PLACE WITHIN A MANUFACTURING FACILITY (CONCRETE FLOOR… IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT ANY MEANINGFUL AMOUNT PENETRATED THE FLOOR.) 55 GALS OF PRODUCT RAN OUT OF AN OPEN SPIGOT 7 REMAINED IN AN EMPTY FACILITY FOR APPROX 6 HOURS--SO THERE WAS SUFFICIENT TIME FOR IT TO SOAK INTO FLOOR, WALLS, & TO EVAPORATE. THE MANAGER & CREW CLEANED UP THE MAJORITY OF THE SPILL & THE FIRE DISTRICT WAS CALLED TO VENTILATE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VAPOR LEVEL WAS SUFFICIENTLY HIGH SO AS TO PRESENT AN EXPLOSIVE & HEALTH HAZARD. THE FACILITY CEASED PRODUCTION & VENTILATION WAS UNDERTAKEN UNTIL VAPOR LEVEL WAS SUFFICIENTLY LOW SO AS TO ELIMINATE PROBLEMS. TUALATIN FIRE DISTRICT INCIDENT NUMBER 1387, 1388
|
870093
|
5/30/1987
|
20955 SW FARMINGTON
|
ALOHA
|
WASHINGTON
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
GASOLINE PUMP DEVELOPED A LEAK. ENGINE COMPANY WASH DOWN AREA TOLD OWNER NOT TO USE PUMP UNTIL LEAK WAS REPAIRED
|
870346
|
6/3/1987
|
8785 PARISH GAP RD
|
TURNER
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
600 GALLONS
|
OWNER WAS DRIVING A TRACTOR, PULLING A MOWER. THE MOWER HIT THE TANK STAND KNOCKING TANKS TO GROUND AND CAUSING THEIR RUPTURE. OWNER WAS DRIVING A TRACTOR, PULLING A MOWER. THE
|
870357
|
6/9/1987
|
653 E IDAHO AVE
|
ONTARIO
|
MALHEUR
|
TALC
|
10 POUNDS
|
MATERIAL ID BY DEQ THROUGH ORS. THIS MATERIAL WAS FOUND OUT TO BE TALCOMB POWDER (INDUSTRIAL GRADE) NO HAZARD - ALL BAGS HAD THEIR LABELS REMOVED - NO ID WAS ON BAGS.
|
870020
|
6/11/1987
|
785 N 42ND
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
HYDROGEN SULFIDE
|
0
|
WATER SEAL RELIEF VALVE DISCHARGED GAS. WATER SEAL RELIEF VALVE DISCHARGED GAS.
|
870335
|
6/17/1987
|
12975 SW CANYON RD
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
GASOLINE
|
300 GALLONS
|
SEE ATTACHED NON-FIRE/NON-MEDICAL INCIDENT REPORT #87-1426 #15 OTHER I DISCOVERED A PRODUCT LINE LEAK AFTER STAT CONSTRUCTION HAD UNCOVERED LINES NEAR ISLAND. (THEY HAD UNCOVERED THE LINE PREPARING TO SET NEW DISPENSER UNITS.) I TOLD BUD NELSON OF STAT CONSTRUCTION. HE SHUT DOWN THE LINE & DISCUSSED THE SITUATION W/MOBIL. MOBIL MADE THE DECISION TO REPLACE ALL TANKS OF PRODUCT LINES. THE LEAKS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN IN PRODUCT LINE FAILURE RATHER THAN TANK FAILURE. OSFM NOTE: NARRATIVE OF ATTACHMENT: TANK WAS BEING REMOVED. OBSERVED APPROX 200 TO 300 GALS OF LIQUID MIXED WITH WATER IN THE HOLE WHEN TANK WAS REMOVED. STAT CONSTRUCTION CO HAS PERMIT TO REMOVE TANKS. DEQ IN ADVISING THEM ON WHAT TO DO WITH SOIL REMOVED & LIQUID THAT WAS PUMPED FROM THE HOLE. MOBIL IS IN PROCESS OF REPLACING ALL THE OLD TANK WITH NEW.
|
870332
|
6/17/1987
|
16520 SW 72ND
|
TIGARD
|
WASHINGTON
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
A 40' SEMI-TRUCK HAD BACKED UP TO THE LOADING DOCK AT ABOUT 3:30 AM. IT WAS DARK & APPARENTLY THE DRIVER DID NOT SEE THE GAS METER & IT'S RELATED PLUMBING WHICH WAS LOCATED NEXT TO THE BAY DOOR HE WAS BACKING UP TO. UNAWARE TO HIM THE BACK OF THE TRAILER HAD BUMPED THE NATURAL GAS PLUMBING THAT EXTENDED PAST THE PIPE BARRICADE THAT HAD BEEN ERECTED TO PROTECT THE METER. THIS ACTION CAUSED A 1" SUPPLY PIPE LOCATED JUST INSIDE THE BUILDING TO BREAK. WHEN THE OCCUPANTS ARRIVED TO OPEN THE WAREHOUSE, AT ABOUT 7:30 AM, THE ENIRE BUILDING WAS FILLED WITH NATURAL GAS. NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS & THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. UPON THE ARRIVAL OF THIS WRITER, ON THE FIRST ARRIVING ENGINE, THE GAS COMPANY CREW WAS ALREADY ON THE SCENE & HAD STARTED SURVEYING THE BUILDING WITH THEIR EXPLOSION METER. AFTER THE FIRE DEPT WAS GIVEN THE :ALL CLEAR" BY THE GAS COMPANY WE PROCEEDED TO SET UP FANS & EVACUATE THE GAS FROM THE BUILDING.
|
870022
|
6/19/1987
|
810 NW E STREET
|
GRANTS PASS
|
JOSEPHINE
|
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
|
0
|
INJURY VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE GAUGE FROM A 10 GALLON LPG FUEL TANK USING AN ELECTRIC DRILL HE HAD REMOVED 3 SCREWS & WAS REMOVING THE 4TH WHEN VAPORS FROM THE TANK WERE IGNITED. VICTIM SUSTAINED 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS ON HIS ARMS, HANDS, FACE & BACK.
|
870096
|
6/19/1987
|
11795 SW BELMONT TERR
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
PROPANE
|
5 GALLONS
|
5 GAL TANK OF PROPANE WAS FILLED EARLIER IN THE DAY. LEAK DEVELOPED FROM HEAT OF THE SUN. ENGINE CO. WAS CALLED & THEY PLACED BOTTLE IN THE SHADE & USED A GARDEN HOSE TO COOL IT. THEN RETURNED TO QUARTERS AFTER LEAK STOPPED.
|
870084
|
6/22/1987
|
900 SW EMIGRANT
|
PENDLETON
|
UMATILLA
|
GASOLINE UNLEADED
|
350 GALLONS
|
#15 EMPLOYEE OF PGG TIRE CENTER SAW GAS SPILLING ONTO GROUND AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. GASOLINE SPILL ON GROUND APPROX. 350 GALLONS, CONTAINED TO AREA.
|
870098
|
6/22/1987
|
2700 NW 185TH
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
TANK LOCATED OUTSIDE OF BLDG. HAD BEEN FILLED 4 DAYS PREVIOUS OF LEAK. GAS LINES DEVELOPED LEAK. ENG. CO. ADVISED MR. SIMMONS TO HAVE LINESCHECKED FOR LEAKS BEFORE REFILLING CONTAINER.
|
870342
|
6/25/1987
|
ALLEY @ 8125 MALLORY
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PCB
|
25 GALLONS
|
|
870339
|
6/29/1987
|
2085 VISTA AVE SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
|
40 GALLONS
|
MR. SHEDRICK DUMPED 55 GALLON CONTAINER ONTO GROUND BELIEVING THE CONTENTS TO BE WATER. WHEN HE THEN NOTICED STRONG FUMES, CONTACTED FD WHO RESPONDED AND CONDUCTED CLEAN-UP. MR. SHEDRICK DUMPED 55 GALLON CONTAINER ONTO
|
870347
|
6/30/1987
|
5516 SE FOSTER RD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SODIUM CYANIDE
|
1 GALLONS
|
LEAKING 55 GALLON DRUM SODIUM CYANIDE SOLUTION THAT HAD BEEN IN STORAGE FOR OVER 10 YEARS. LEAKING 55 GALLON DRUM SODIUM CYANIDE SOLUTION
|
870007
|
7/3/1987
|
5132 NE 105TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE
|
0
|
TWO BRANDS OF CACL3 ACCIDENTALLY MIXED WITH WATER WHILE CHLORINATING POOL. RESULTED IN RELEASE OF HEAT AND SMALL AMOUNT OF SUBSTANCE ONTO PAVEMENT. TWO BRANDS OF CACL3 ACCIDENTALLY MIXED WITH WATER
|
870001
|
7/6/1987
|
1000 NE HALSEY ST
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
GARDEN CHEMICALS
|
0
|
IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF RELEASE BECAUSE OF FIRE DAMAGE TO AREA. CONTACTED CAPT HOWARD BOYTE, PORTLAND'S HAZMAT 16 TEAM, RE DISPOSITION. HE IN TURN CONTACTED DEQ. RESPONSIBLE PARTY'S CONTACT PERSON WAS TERRY BECKER, AREA MGR. FRED MEYER STORES. INSTRUCTED HIM TO HAVE COMPANY SECURITY PEOPLE SECURE AREA & ALSO INSTRUCTED HIM TO CONTACT PRIVATE DISPOSAL COMPANY FOR CLEANUP.
VARIOUS ASSORTED COMMON GARDEN HERBICIDES & PESTICIDES.
|
870104
|
7/6/1987
|
12670 NW BARNES RD
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
AMMONIA
|
1 GALLONS
|
BLUE PRINT COPY MACHINE WAS LEAKING LIQUID AMMONIA. ENGINE CO REMOVED MACHINE & VENTILATED THE BLDG. COPIER HELD 1 GALLON OF LIQUID AMMONIA APPROX 1/2 GALLON LEAKED FROM THE MACHINE.
|
870003
|
7/7/1987
|
PORTLAND INT'L AIRPT
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
1 GALLONS
|
3 GALLON CONTAINER OF UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE FOUND LEAKING ON SCENE. MATERIAL APPEARED TO BE OF A CORROSIVE BASE.
|
870011
|
7/11/1987
|
4006 SE 82ND AVE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL 4.5
|
0
|
LEAK OF UNKNOWN COMBUSTION GASES FROM BOILER ROOM. GAS PICKED UP BY VENTILATION SYSTEM AND TRANSFERED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING. EXACT AMOUNT OF RELEASE IS UNKNOWN. LEAK OF UNKNOWN COMBUSTION GASES FROM BOILER ROOM.
|
870030
|
7/14/1987
|
SOUTH 10TH & 'F' STS
|
LAKEVIEW
|
LAKE
|
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
|
1 GALLONS
|
25 GALLON PROPANE TANK WAS NOT SECURE AND FELL OVER BREAKING LINE OFF AT REGULATOR. TANK VALVE WAS SHUT OFF BY FIRE OFFICIALS & TANK UPRIGHTED. ADVISED RESIDENT TO CONTACT LANDLORD TO MAKE SURE TANK IS SECURE SO TANK CAN NOT FALL OVER.
|
870028
|
7/15/1987
|
1206 WASHINGTON
|
OREGON CITY
|
CLACKAMAS
|
PCB
|
35 GALLONS
|
MATERIALS STORED IN ELEVEN 55 GAL AND THREE 35 GAL DRUMS OVER EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. DRUMS DETERIORATED CAUSING STOREG MATERIAL TO LEAK OUT ONTO GROUND. MATERIAL IS TRANSFORMER OIL WITH PCB'S AS PER HM 50. ENGINE 203 DISPATCHED TO SCENE TO ASSIST HM 50. ON E-203 WERE GEORGE FOSTER, DONALD MOGER AND CLARK POULTON. E-203 SETUP SUPPLY LINE FOR HM 50'S DECONTAMINATION AND SUPPLIED DRINKING WATER. NO ONE FROM E-203 CROSSED CONTROL LINE OR TOUCHED ANY MATERIAL COMING OUT OF HAZARDOUS ZONE. THE CITY SHOPS WERE CALLED ON TO SUPPLY A 30 GALLON DRUM TO DECONTAMINATION WATER IN BUT THE DRUM WAS NOT USED. E-203 RETURNED TO QUARTERS AT 1450.
|
870023
|
7/15/1987
|
3335 NW ST HELENS RD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PROPANE
|
1 GALLONS
|
SMALL RELEASE OF PROPANE OCCURRED DURING PURGING OF TANK. SMALL RELEASE OF PROPANE OCCURRED DURING PURGING
|
870015
|
7/20/1987
|
625 N THOMPSON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PCB
|
6 GALLONS
|
|
870013
|
7/22/1987
|
1510 COBURG RD
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
PROPANE
|
3 GALLONS
|
OVERFILLED PROPANE TANK WAS LEFT SITTING IN HOT SUN CAUSING PRESSURE BUILD-UP AND EVENTUAL ACTIVATION OF RELIEF VALVE. OVERFILLED PROPANE TANK WAS LEFT SITTING IN HOT
|
870035
|
7/22/1987
|
2385 PORTLAND RD NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
40 GALLONS
|
|
870039
|
7/23/1987
|
4850 BROOKLAKE RD NE
|
BROOKS
|
MARION
|
SULFURIC ACID
|
0
|
TWO EMPLOYEES USING PROBE TO CHECK PH IN THE LINE AT THE GARBAGE BURNER WERE CONFRONTED WITH BLOCKAGE IN THE LINE SPLASHING ACID INTO THEIR EYES. TWO EMPLOYEES USING PROBE TO CHECK PH IN THE LINE
|
870016
|
7/25/1987
|
3562 SE HARRISON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SULFUR DIOXIDE
|
0
|
SULFUR DIOXIDE LEAK INTO 16 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX SULFUR DIOXIDE LEAK INTO 16 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX
|
870033
|
7/29/1987
|
6400 NW FRONT AVE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
|
0
|
TRUCK LEAVING SITE OF PENNWALT CORPORATION SPILLED SMALL AMOUNT OF ACID IN THE ROAD. TRUCK LEAVING SITE OF PENNWALT CORPORATION SPILLED
|
870040
|
8/1/1987
|
525 W UMPQUA
|
ROSEBURG
|
DOUGLAS
|
SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE
|
0
|
HOSE TO LAUNDRY MACHINE BROKE FLOODING LAUNDRY ROOM AND SEVERAL ADJACENT ROOMS. A CONTAINER OF DRY CHLORINE BLEACH GOT WET AND PRODUCED CHLORINE GAS WHICH CONTAMINATED THE AIR. HOSE TO LAUNDRY MACHINE BROKE FLOODING LAUNDRY
|
870042
|
8/4/1987
|
12420 SW TREMONT
|
PORTLAND
|
WASHINGTON
|
ISOTOX
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT RELEASED 0.25. WE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE OF A PRIVATE RESIDENCE AFTER A LADY HAD DROPPED A PINT BOTTLE OF ORTHO ISOTOX ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE AREA OF THE SPILL WAS APPROX 2 FT SQUARE. CHEMTREC WAS CALLED FOR ADVICE ON CLEAN-UP PROCEDURES. F.D. USED KITTY LITTER & CHLOROX BLEACH TO CLEAN UP THE SPILL. THE WASTE WAS PLACED INTO A PLASTIC BAG & DISPOSED OF IN A TRASH CAN, AS DEQ HAD APPROVED. OARS WAS CONTACTED AS WAS NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER. THE LADY INDICATED SOME SYMPTOMS OF DIZZINESS, BITTER TASTE & THIRST. NOTIFIED A TOXICOLOGIST FOR ADVICE. APPARENTLY SHE HAD MILD SYMPTOMS OF POISONING BUT DOCTOR INDICATED NO DAMAGE UNLESS IT PERSISTED (4 HRS) OR GOT WORSE. AFTER CLEAN UP F.D. LEFT SCENE.
|
870081
|
8/6/1987
|
509 SE OAK
|
ROSEBURG
|
DOUGLAS
|
PROPANE
|
1 GALLONS
|
|
870050
|
8/7/1987
|
6635 N BALTIMORE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE
|
0
|
VILLAGE STORE PERSONNEL CALLED HAZ-MAT TEAM TO REPORT AN ACCIDENTAL SPILL OF SUBSTANCE ON ROADWAY IN FRONT OF STORE. SUBSEQUENT I.D. OF MATERIAL BY TEAM MEMBERS REVEALED LITTLE HAZARD. VILLAGE STORE PERSONNEL CALLED HAZ-MAT TEAM TO
|
870049
|
8/10/1987
|
1702 N 28TH ST
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
ACETYLENE
|
300 CF
|
TORCH WAS BUMPED ON AND CUT THROUGH ACETYLENE CYLINDERS.
|
870082
|
8/11/1987
|
1109 W HIGHLAND
|
ROSEBURG
|
DOUGLAS
|
PROPANE
|
1 GALLONS
|
A LOOSE PACKING NUT WAS FOUND ON THE TANK FILL VALVE ALLOWING PRODUCT TO ESCAPE. GAS COMPANY CREW TIGHTENED NUT. A LOOSE PACKING NUT WAS FOUND ON THE TANK FILL
|
870121
|
8/13/1987
|
1270 SE MONMOUTH CUT-OFF
|
DALLAS
|
POLK
|
AMMONIUM BIFLUORIDE
|
0
|
THIS WAS A FIRE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT REQUIRED MUTUAL AID FROM MARION CO FD #1; POLK CO FD #1; SW POLK RFPD; AND FALLS CITY FD. (1) TIME BACK IN SERVICE IS 8-14-87 @ 15:41. (5) THE SITE WAS AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF 2 ACRES ON SEVERAL ACRES OF LAND SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL. (6)THE WIND SHIFTED IN THE NIGHT. (7)THESE NUMBERS INCLUDE MUTUAL AID UNITS. (8)ACTION TAKEN WAS IN VARIED DEGREES AND WITH VARIED SUCCESS FOR EXAMPLE (A) CROWD CONTROL (B) ACTIVATION OARS. (12)BECAUSE OF THE WIDE RANGE OF CHEMICALS THERE ARE SEVERAL APPROPRIATE RESPONSES. (14)THERE WERE SOME CHEMICALS NOT LISTED ON OSF HAZMAT REPORT & IN THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN OF PRAEGITZER. (15)LOSS PRIMARILY DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE/NOT CHEMICAL. (16)IN PROCESS OF PHYSICALS @ THIS TIME 9-29-87. FIRE CAUSED BY IMMERSION HEATER - SEE FIRE REPORT. FIRE CAUSED RELEASE OF CHEMICALS. AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF CHEMICALS IS ATTACHED TO THE HARD COPY OF THIS REPORT.OTHER CHEMICALS INCLUDE: AMMONIACAL ETHCHANT, AMMONIUM BIFLOURIDE SOLUTION, CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, COMPOUND CLEANER, COPPER CHLORIDE, CUPRIC CHLORIDE, FREO FLUROROCARBON SOLVENT, HYDROCHLORIC ACID, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL, LIQUID CAUSTIC SODA, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, MISCELLANEOUS CLEANERS INCLUDING AC-CU GUARD, CIRCLEAN, JD VAN BLEND, 9N9 VAN WET, SYTONE HT-50; OTHER CHEMICALS ALSO INCLUDE NICKEL CHLORIDE SOLVENT, NITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM CYANIDE, POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE, SODIUM CHLORATE, SODIUM CHLORITE, SULFURIC ACID, THINNER (LACQUER) TRICHLOROETHANE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SLUDGE, AND XYLENE. SIZE OF CONTAINERS VARIED- PRIMARILY 55 GALLONS. THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 8,000 GALLONS OF WASTE MATERIAL (CHEMICALS TO BE RECLAIMED) THAT WERE NOT RELEASED.
|
870054
|
8/15/1987
|
2425 WILLAMETTE ST
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE
|
0
|
|
870053
|
8/15/1987
|
3500 W 1ST
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
|
1 GALLONS
|
|
870062
|
8/18/1987
|
9000 PORTLAND RD
|
BROOKS
|
MARION
|
MOTOR OIL
|
0
|
MAN AT SCENE CLAIMED TO HAVE SPILLED MOTOR OIL ON THE ROADWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY DUMPED OUT APPROX. 6 GALLONS DIESEL FOR CLEANING UP. HEAVY RESIDUE AT TIME OF RESPONSE. MAN AT SCENE CLAIMED TO HAVE SPILLED MOTOR OIL ON
|
870060
|
8/23/1987
|
12631 SE 93RD
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CLACKAMAS
|
SODIUM CYANIDE
|
0
|
E-21, R-21 DISPATCHED TO COMPLAINT OF SICK MAN AT CONSTRUCTION SITE. E-21, R-21 INVESTIGATED AND FOUND 30 GAL DRUM WITH DENTS IN IT THEY SECURED AREA TO ABOUT 200'. UPON ARRIVAL HM-16 INVESTIGATED AREA. FOUND HOUSE THAT HAD BEEN MOVED OFF FOUNDATION BASEMENT. DRUM WAS IN BASEMENT AREA. MEMBERS OF HM-16 WERE IN LEVEL B PROTECTION. DRUM WAS MARKED AS SODIUM CYANIDE 97%. DRUM WAS DAMAGED BUT APPEARED INTACT. R-21 PERSONNEL DID MEDICAL EVALUATION OF VICTIM. HM-16 HAD CONFERRED WITH POISON CONTROL CENTER. HM-16 HAD PASSED ON SYMPTOMS INFORMATION TO R-21. SYMPTOMS OF WORKER DID NOT APPEAR AS SYMPTOMS OF CYANIDE EXPOSURE. RIEDEL INC. WAS CALLED TO OVERPACK DRUM AND TAKE TO TEMPORARY STORAGE AREAS. RESPONSIBLE PARTIES COULD NOT BE CONTACTED AT THIS TIME.
|
870056
|
8/24/1987
|
719 SW ALDER
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
2 GALLONS
|
LEAK IN AIR CONDITIONING AT COSEMTICS STORE. SUBSTANCE UNKNOWN. EMPLOYEES OF STORE CHECKED ON SCENE FOR POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO UNKNOWN HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. EVACUATION WAS MADE OF SHOP UNTIL AIR CONDITIONING SPECIALISTS COULD COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK. LEAK
|
870102
|
8/25/1987
|
17150 SW HERITAGE CT
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
ENG. CO. ON INSPECTION FOUND CLOTHES DRYER THAT WAS LEAKING GAS (COULD SMELL NATURAL GAS). THEY SHUT OFF GAS TO DRYER AND LEFT NOTE FOR LANDLORD TO REPAIR IT.
|
870058
|
8/25/1987
|
7720 SE 82ND
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
WASTE OIL
|
0
|
OIL FROM LEAKING BALLAST TESTED TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF PCB'S. TEST PRECONCLUSIVE. OIL FROM LEAKING BALLAST TESTED TO DETERMINE
|
870065
|
8/26/1987
|
3100 NW 29TH AVE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TOLUENE
|
135 GALLONS
|
|
870063
|
8/27/1987
|
2205 NW ELMWOOD
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
FIREWORKS
|
0
|
MR FELLERS HAD EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL IGNITE WHILE HELD IN HIS HAND. AMBULANCE WAS CALLED DUE TO HIS INJURIES. ON ARRIVAL OF AMBULANCE AND ENGINE COMPANY AN ILLEGAL FIREWORK MANUFACTURING LAB WAS FOUND. CORVALLIS FIRE AND POLICE ON SCENE. OREGON STATE POLICE BOMB EXPERT AND BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND FIREARM CALLED. HIGH EXPLOSIVES IMPOUNDED BY OSP. ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND MATERIALS FOR MANUFACTURE OF FIREWORKS TAKEN BY CORVALLIS POLICE AS EVIDENCE.
|
870073
|
9/2/1987
|
6900 N EDGEWATER
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PENTACHLOROPHENOL
|
118 GALLONS
|
LEAKING STORAGE TANK(S) AT FIXED SITE FACILITY. LEAKING STORAGE TANK(S) AT FIXED SITE FACILITY.
|
870069
|
9/2/1987
|
19759 SW
|
TUALATIN
|
WASHINGTON
|
KEROSENE
|
0
|
OSFM NOTE: NO COMMENTS GIVEN
|
870105
|
9/5/1987
|
185TH & PARKVIEW
|
TUALATIN
|
WASHINGTON
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
ENG CO RESPONDED TO A REPORTED CHLORINE LEAK. UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND A SLIGHT SMELL OF CHLORINE IN THE AIR. NEAR THE CHLORINE ROOM. NO TANK WAS FOUND LEAKING. BLDG WAS TURNED OVER TO T.H.P.& R. DISTRICT PERSONNEL.
|
870071
|
9/8/1987
|
320 SE 16TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
LIGHT BALLASTS DISCARDS
|
0
|
BALLASTS IN DUMPSTER INVOLVED IN FIRE. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND ALL MEMBERS OF RESPONDING FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE INSTRUCTED TO THOROUGHLY WASH DOWN ALL CLOTHING AND TURNOUTS TO AVOID POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION BY MATERIAL.
|
870080
|
9/11/1987
|
38090 MARYS RIVER RD
|
BLODGETT
|
BENTON
|
ACETONE
|
0
|
WHEN WE RESPONDED TO THIS CALL WE FOUND THE MOBILE HOME BURNED TO THE GROUND BUT STILL SMOLDERING. WE EXTINGUISHED THE FEW FLAMES AND NOTICED THAT THE MOBILE HOME HAD APPARENTLY BEEN USED AS A METH LAB. WE THEN CALLED THE BENTON COUNTY SHERIFF AND STOOD BY IN CASE THEY NEEDED US. THE CONTAINERS OF CHEMICALS WERE FOUND IN THE WOODS AND OUTBUILDINGS, SO THEY WERE NOT RELEASED. HOWEVER WE KNOW THAT AT LEAST SOME SMALL AMOUNTS OF THESE CHEMICALS WERE RELEASED DURING THE FIRE. THE RENTER WAS NOT AT HOME WHEN WE ARRIVED, AND HAS NOT BEEN HOME SINCE. THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDETERMINED.
|
870359
|
9/12/1987
|
4335 SMITH ROCK WAY
|
TERREBONNE
|
DESCHUTES
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
300 GALLONS
|
INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY LEAK IN FUEL SYSTEM ON AN IRRIGATION PUMP. LEAKING DIESEL ENTERED IRRIGATION PONDS AND CONTAMINATED PASTURE LAND. PROCEDURE UPON ARRIVAL, DIVERTED WATER, REMOVED COWS FROM PASTURE, CONTACTED DEQ.
|
870120
|
9/13/1987
|
1740 NE WOODRIDGE LN
|
BEND
|
DESCHUTES
|
CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE
|
0
|
POOL OWNERS PREPARING POOL FOR WINTER WITH SODA ASH & OTHER CHEMICALS RESULTING IN CHEMICAL REACTION. UPON FD ARRIVAL, SCBA WAS USED, CHLORINE WAS VERY STRONG NEAR CONTAINER, THE ONE GALLON CONTAINER WAS PLACED IN A BUCKET AND SUBMERGED IN WATER.
|
870078
|
9/14/1987
|
238 CERVANTES
|
LAKE OSWEGO
|
CLACKAMAS
|
LAB CHEMICALS/OTHERS
|
0
|
INCIDENT INVOLVED DISCOVERY OF VARIOUS CONTAINERS OF UNKNOWN SUBSTANCES (PROB. LAB OR WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS). SOME LAB TYPE EQUIPMENT WAS ALSO FOUND. APPARENTLY ALL ORIGINAL PACKAGING INTACT AND UNUSED. INCIDENT INVOLVED DISCOVERY OF VARIOUS CONT
|
870170
|
9/16/1987
|
4TH & ENOS (CTY PRK)
|
AMITY
|
YAMHILL
|
PROPANE
|
20 GALLONS
|
UNKNOWN PERSON OPENED VALVE ON 500 GALLON PROPANE STORAGE TANK AT CITY PARK. NO FIRE INVOLVED. FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE IN SHUTTING OFF VALVE TO PREVENT FURTHER ESCAPE OF GAS. UNKNOWN PERSON OPENED VALVE ON 500 GALLON PROPANE
|
870106
|
9/17/1987
|
10075 SW CASCADE BLVD
|
TIGARD
|
WASHINGTON
|
PROPANE
|
2000 GALLONS
|
ENG COMPANIES ARRIVED AT A GAS LEAK ON A 2000 GAL PROPANE TANK. A CARD KEY OPERATION CUSTOMER ATTEMPTED TO FILL HIS PROPANE TANK. THE LINE WAS CROSS THREADED & WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED THE FITTING CAME APART. THE MAN RAN & THE GAS ESCAPED UNTIL THE TANK WAS EMPTIED. APPROX 2000 GALLONS OF LPG ESCAPED TO THE ATMOSPHERE. ENG COMPANIES USED WATER FOG & MADE AN ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE VALVE. EXCESS FLOW VALVE WAS MISSING & THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY SHUT OFF VALVE. RAILROAD TRACKS WERE SHUT DOWN UNTIL GAS WAS DISPATCHED.
|
870135
|
10/6/1987
|
4752 LIBERTY RD SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
MOTOR OIL
|
5 GALLONS
|
FORKLIFT WAS OPERATING ON PROPERTY OF NORPAC CANNERY #4. WENT OF ENBANKMENT AND LODGED UPSIDE DOWN ABOVE BRANCH OF PRINGLE CREEK. INITIAL COMPLAINT DESCRIBED OIL IN CREEK NEAR ARLENE ST. S.E. IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. OIL SLICK WAS THEN TRACED BACK TO NORPAC #4 PROPERTY. THEIR PERSONNEL WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS OR ACCIDENT. PLANT MANAGERS WERE NOTIFIED OF RESPONSIBILITY. SALEM PUBLIC WORKS PERSONNEL LEFT ABSORBANT PADS FOR CLEAN-UP BY CANNERY PERSONNEL. THEY WERE DIRECTED TO NOTIFY DEQ OF THE SPILL. AT 1500 HRS A CALL WAS PLACED TO RANDY OF NORPAC. THEY INDICATED THE FORK LIFT WAS REMOVED AND THE REMAINING OIL HAD BEEN CLEANED UP. NO FIRE OR POLICE RESPONSE IN THIS INCIDENT.
|
870133
|
10/10/1987
|
9613 MILL CREEK RD
|
AUMSVILLE
|
MARION
|
WASTE MOTOR OIL
|
40 GALLONS
|
SANTIAM SANITARY SERVICE OFFERS WASTE OIL RECYCLING @ THEIR FACILITY. IT CONSISTS OF A 55-GAL DRUM IN WHICH THE WASTE OIL IS PLACED. IT IS THEN TRANSERED BY MEANS OF A HAND PUMP INTO THE 750 GAL STORAE TANK. THIS IS DONE VIA A SMALL DIAMETER HOSE RUN FROM THE HAND PUMP INTO THE TOP OF THE TANK. THE LAST TIME THIS WAS DONE, THE HOSE WAS NOT REMOVED FROM THE TANK, AND A VACUUM WAS CREATED. WHEN THE OIL HAD REFILLED THE 55-GAL. DRUM, IT STARTED TO LEAK FROM THE FITTING ON THE HAND PUMP. APPROX 40 GALLONS OF OIL WERE DISCHARGED ONTO THE GROUND BEFORE THE HOSE WAS REMOVED FROM THE TANK.
|
870149
|
10/15/1987
|
2138 NE BROADWAY
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
SMALL LEAK FROM OLD RESIDENTIAL REFRIGERATOR. OCCUPANTS OF BUILDING LEFT, REFRIGERATOR WAS REMOVED AND AREA VENTILATED. SMALL LEAK FROM OLD RESIDENTIAL REFRIGERATOR.
|
870127
|
10/16/1987
|
8220 SE SCHILLER
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ACID
|
0
|
AN 8 OZ BOTTLE OF UNKNOWN CLEAR LIQUID FOUND BY RESIDENT WHO THOUGHT IT WAS NITROGLYCERINE. TESTS REVEALED IT TO BE SOME SORT OF ACID PRODUCT. MATERIAL WAS NEUTRALIZED AND REMOVED FROM SCENE. AN 8 OZ BOTTLE OF UNKNOWN CLEAR LIQUID FOUND BY
|
870126
|
10/18/1987
|
5718 NE SKIDMORE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CAUSTIC SODA SOLUTION
|
0
|
3 TRAYS OF UNKNOWN WHITE POWDER FOUND AT SCENE OF HOUSE FIRE DURING MOP UP OPERATION. INVESTIGATION BY HAZ-MAT TEAM DETERMINED SUBSTANCE TO BE A CAUSTIC SODA SOLUTION. 3 TRAYS OF UNKNOWN WHITE POWDER FOUND AT SCENE OF
|
870129
|
10/19/1987
|
606 SE 9TH AVE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
RESPONDED TO REPORT OF GAS LIKE ODOR IN WAREHOUSE. COULD LOCATE NO SOURCE OR APPARENT HAZARD. EMPLOYEES DID NOT SUFFER ANY NOTICEABLE DISCOMFORT FROM EXPOSURE TO ANY HAZ-MAT. RESPONDED TO REPORT OF GAS LIKE ODOR IN WAREHOUSE.
|
870151
|
10/19/1987
|
95 FOOTHILLS RD
|
LAKE OSWEGO
|
CLACKAMAS
|
TRANSFORMER OIL PCB
|
10 GALLONS
|
TEN BARRELS WERE DISCOVERED THAT CONTAINED VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF OIL WHICH INCLUDED SOME PCB'S. THE BARRELS HAD BEEN STORED BEHIND THE BUILDING AT 91 FOOTHILLS ROAD, LAKE OSWEGO. A CONTRACTOR FOUND THE BARRELS WHILE CLEANING BLACKBERRIES BEHIND 91 FOOTHILLS. HE THEN MOVED THE BARRELS TO THE SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT FOR EASY ACCESS. ONE OF THE BARRELS, #10, WAS LEAKING AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL IN THE BARREL HAD LEAKED INTO THE SOIL. APPARENTLY FIVE TO TEN GALLONS WERE SPILLED. THE CONTRACTOR, STILL UNAWARE OF THE BARREL CONTENTS, THEN THREW THE EMPTY BARREL IN THE DUMPSTER TO BE HAULED AWAY. EMPTY #10 BARREL WAS INCAPSULATED IN A SEALED DRUM AND REMOVED. ALSO THE SOIL WHERE THE CONTENTS LEAKED OUT WAS DUG UP TO VIRGIN SOIL, INCAPSULATED AND REMOVED. BARREL #4 CONTAINING 68 PPM WAS INCAPSULATED AND REMOVED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC. THE REMAINING BARRELS WILL ALSO BE REMOVED IN THE PROPER MANNER.
|
870138
|
10/21/1987
|
6639 SW MACADAM
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
SMALL LEAK IN NATURAL GAS PIPELINE IN WAREHOUSE SECTION OF PUBLIC RETAIL FACILITY. IMMEDIATE AREA WAS EVACUATED, LEAK INVESTIGATED AND SOURCE LOCATED. (RUPTURE IN PIPE DUE TO ACCIDENTAL DISTURBANCE BY FORKLIFT OPERATOR). LINE WAS SHUT OFF AND CLEAN-UP
|
870123
|
10/24/1987
|
5100 SE JOHNSON CRK
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TITANIUM POWDER
|
0
|
WATER ACCIDENTALLY MIXING WITH MOLTEN TITANIUM RELEASED HYDROGEN AND CAUSED SUBSEQUENT EXPLOSION AND FIRE. SEVERAL TESTS CONDUCTED FOR LOW LEVEL RADIATION AND ALTHOUGH NONE WAS DETECTED, DECON WAS PERFORMED ON TEN FIRE SERVICE PERSONNEL ON THE SCENE. W
|
870160
|
10/29/1987
|
2367 NW GLISAN
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
GAS COOK STOVE WAS TURNED TO "ON" POSITION WITHOUT STOVE BEING LIT. GAS ESCAPED PRIMARY APARTMENT AND SPREAD TO FILL OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING. BUILDING WAS EVACUATED DUE TO VAPORS AND STOVE SECURED BY GAS COMPANY.
|
870171
|
11/4/1987
|
1310 MAIN STREET
|
PHILOMATH
|
BENTON
|
SULFURIC ACID
|
15 GALLONS
|
A FORKLIFT WAS UNLOADING A PALLET OF LARGE BATTERIES IN THE ALLEY BEHIND PIONEER TELEPHONE COOP WHEN THE PALLET BROKE AND SPILLED THE BATTERIES ONTO THE PAVEMENT. ACID FROM THE BATTERIES FLOWED INTO THE STORM DRAINS. BEFORE THE FIRE DEPT ARRIVED, ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES FROM PIONEER TELEPHONE COOP WAS WASHING DOWN THE AREA WITH A WATER HOSE. THE FIRE DEPT DECONTAMINATED THE AREA AS DIRECTED BY DEQ (GARY MESSER 503-378-8240). THE FIRE DEPT USED LIME WITH WATER WITH A 1:3 RATIO.
|
870141
|
11/5/1987
|
210 CAPITOL ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
1 GALLONS
|
INCIDENT RESULTED FROM LEAK OF GASOLINE FROM ADJACENT SERVICE STATION INTO THE BASEMENT OF THE STATE PUBLIC SERVICE BLDG. (SEE MULTI-PAGE REPORT ATTACHED TO ORIGINAL INCIDENT REPORT FORM FOR MORE DETAILS). INCIDENT RESULTED FROM LEAK OF GASOLINE FROM
|
870147
|
11/6/1987
|
5284 N LOMBARD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
|
870153
|
11/8/1987
|
627 N LOMBARD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CUPRIC ACETO-ARSENITE
|
0
|
MATERIAL HAD FALLEN FROM STORAGE SHELF IN BASEMENT OF PRIVATE RESIDENCE. RENTER OF HOUSE STEPPED IN SUBSTANCE WITH BARE FEET AND TRACKED PRODUCT THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. DECON OF CONTAMINATED AREAS AND PERSONS WAS CONDUCTED AND PRODUCT REMOVED. MATERIAL
|
870142
|
11/10/1987
|
475 N 28TH
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE RESIN
|
1200 GALLONS
|
SPILL RESULTED FROM CHEMICAL REACTION THAT CAUSED LIQUID TO BECOME OVERHEATED. ATTEMPTS TO COOL THE MIXTURE FAILED AND SUBSTANCE CONSEQUENTLY BUBBLED OVER, CONTAMINATING AREA AND SPLASHING ONTO NEARBY WORKERS.
|
870152
|
11/11/1987
|
235 SW 1ST AVE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
RESPONDED TO REPORT OF UNKNOWN GAS RELEASE AT ABOVE ADDRESS. WORKERS COMPLAINED OF PHYSICAL DISCOMFORT AND WERE EVACUATED. NO POSITIVE ID WAS MADE OF THE SUBSTANCE.
|
870189
|
11/12/1987
|
305 SW COLUMBIA
|
BEND
|
DESCHUTES
|
SILANE
|
3 CF
|
WHILE CHANGING TANKS OF SILANE, OPERATOR INADVERTANTLY BUMPED VALVE, DUMPING SILANE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. IMMEDIATE IGNITION OF AN ESTIMATED 2-3 CUBIC FEET OF GAS. FIRE CONFINED TO INTERIOR OF STORAGE CABINET. SEVERAL ABC EXTINGUISHERS USED AND VALVE SHUT ON TANK TO SUBDUE FIRE. PLANT EVACUATED OF PERSONNEL AND SITUATION STABILIZED PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL. UPON ARRIVAL, DETERMINED SCENE CONDITIONS TO BE STABLE. TALKED TO PLANT MANAGER AND DETERMINED STATUS. ENTERED PREMESIS WITH PLANT PERSONNEL, EVALUATED DAMAGE, AND DETERMINED EVERYTHING TO BE OK. RETURNED TO STATION IN SERVICE.
|
870168
|
11/14/1987
|
1200 MIRA MAR
|
MEDFORD
|
JACKSON
|
CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE
|
6 GALLONS
|
ACCIDENTAL SPILL OF CHLORINE & MURIATIC ACID IN POOL ROOM OF ROGUE VALLEY MANOR. MAINTENANCE CREW CALLED FD FOR ASSISTANCE IN CONTAINMENT & CLEAN UP.ACCIDENTAL SPILL OF CHLORINE & MURIATIC ACID IN POOL FILTER ROOM.
|
870163
|
11/14/1987
|
1352 NW FRONT
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
WORKER WAS EMPTYING CHLORINE CYLINDER THAT HE THOUGHT WAS EMPTY AND WAS NOT. VAPOR WAS ALLOWED TO ESCAPE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND WAS INHALED BY WORKER CAUSING HIM DISCOMFORT. CYLINDER WAS RESEALED BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND VICTIM TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR
|
870173
|
11/18/1987
|
680 CENTER ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
0
|
ACCIDENTAL SPILL OF APPROX. 10 GALLONS DIESEL AT THE PACIFIC PRIDE SERVICE STATION LOCATED AT CENTER STREET, SALEM. OVERFLOW OCCURRED WHEN A PATRON WAS NOT APPROPRIATELY MONITORING OPERATIONS WHILE USING HIS "KEY LOCK" CARD. ACCIDENTAL SPILL OF APPROX
|
870174
|
11/18/1987
|
4409 NE GOING
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ACID
|
0
|
UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL CONTACTED PPD AND PFB HAZ-MAT FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO DISPOSE OF ACID FOUND ON ROAD. PERSONNEL ARRIVED TO FIND A FIVE GALLON CONTAINER ABANDONED BUT INTACT AND CAREFULLY REMOVED THE SUBSTANCE. UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUAL CONTACTED PPD
|
870187
|
11/19/1987
|
351 1ST ST
|
LAKE OSWEGO
|
CLACKAMAS
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
WHILE SITTING AT THE KITCHEN TABLE DIRECTLY BENEATH THE INVOLVED LIGHT FIXTURE/BALLAST, I HEARD A "FIZZLING" SOUND THAT LASTED ABOUT 10 SECONDS. APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 MINUTES LATER AN ODOR OF AN ELECTRICAL NATURE FILLED THE AREA IMMEDIATELY AROUND ME. WAYNE PEISCHEL, JIM FORQUER, AND BRIAN MCVICKER WERE IN THE KITCHEN AT THE TIME. I COMMENTED THAT I SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL BURN ODOR. (FRANK DOUGLAS WAS IN THE KITCHEN ALSO). FRANK DOUGLAS WALKED OVER TO THE LIGHT FIXTURE, AND POINTED OUT BLACK STAINS COVERING THE INSIDE OF THE FIXTURES PLASTIC LIGHT COVERING. BRIAN MCVICKER PUT ON RUBBER GLOVES AND REMOVED THE COVERING, EXPOSING THE BURNT BALLAST. AT THIS TIME, A LIGHT SMOKE DRIFTED FROM THE FIXTURE. I MISTAKENLY INHALED SOME OF THE LIGHT SMOKE/VAPOR. MR MCVICKER APPEARED TO HAVE INHALED SMOKE/VAPOR AS I DID. AT THIS POINT I LEFT THE ROOM AND INFORMED LT DOUGLAS OF THE SITUATION.
|
870350
|
11/27/1987
|
715 NW HOYT
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
H/M RESPONDED TO POST OFFICE @ ABOVE ADDRESS. EMPLOYEE ROSEMARIE ARMENTROAT STATED SHE HAD A PKY W/NON-EXISTANT ADDRESSES (BOTH DESTINATION & ORIGINATING) THAT WAS LEAKING. PKG WAS IN A PLASTIC CONTAINER (BAG). WRITING ON EXTERIOR OF PKG STATED THAT THIS
|
870169
|
12/4/1987
|
2806 EVERGREEN NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
LEAK FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE SPREAD VAPORS THROUGHOUT ATMOSPHERE FOR A DAY AND A HALF UNTIL LOCAL RESIDENTS ISSUED A COMPLAINT. THE SOURCE WAS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. FOUR CIVILIAN INJURIES /EXPOSURES WERE NOTED - CASUALTY REPORT FORMS ATTACHED TO ORIGI
|
870162
|
12/6/1987
|
6433 SE LAKE RD
|
MILWAUKIE
|
CLACKAMAS
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
SMALL RELEASE OF UNKNOWN GAS DISCOVERED WHEN FD REC'D REPORTS OF FOUL ODOR COMING FROM TRUCK REPAIR SHOP. ODOR TRACED TO BATTERIES BEING CHARGED IN BACK OF SHOP. ON-SCENE TESTS FAILED TO REVEAL THE NATURE OF THE GAS/ODOR. SMALL RELEASE OF UNKNOWN GA
|
870227
|
12/10/1987
|
408 N WAVERLY
|
ALBANY
|
LINN
|
CHLORINE GAS
|
25 POUNDS
|
A SMALL AMOUNT OF CHLORINE GAS ESCAPED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE DURING A SWITCHING OF TANKS. VALVE MALFUNCTIONED. ALARMS WERE ACTIVATED AND WORKERS EVACUATED PREMISES. FIRE DEPT PERSONNEL IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING & BREATHING APPARATUS SHUT OFF & CAPPED CONTAINER.
|
870213
|
12/15/1987
|
4444 NW HIGHLAND DR
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
MERCURY
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT RELEASED 0.025. AMT AT RISK 0.075. SMALL SPILL OF MERCURY (HG) IN HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS LAB CAUSED BY PURE PRESSURE OF MANOMETER, TOTAL SPILL ABOUT .25 ML. FIRE DEPT CLEANED UP MERCURY WITH SOFT SCRUB BRUSH AND SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL DECONTAMINATE AREA WITH SPILL SOLUTION OF NITRIC ACID.
|
870184
|
12/16/1987
|
31 NW 22ND PLACE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
FIRE IN VENT HOSE TO DRYER CAUSED O-RING IN GAS LINE TO FAIL ALLOWING A SMALL QUANTITY OF NATURAL GAS TO ESCAPE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. FIRE IN VENT HOSE TO DRYER CAUSED O-RING IN GAS
|
870186
|
12/17/1987
|
2720 SE 6TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA
|
0
|
ACCIDENTAL OVER-PRESSURE OF SYSTEM DURING PURGING RESULTED IN AMMONIA VAPOR CLOUD. ACCIDENTAL OVER-PRESSURE OF SYSTEM DURING PURGING
|
870183
|
12/18/1987
|
FOOT OF N PORTSMOUTH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
POTASSIUM
|
0
|
ACCIDENT RESULTING FROM EXPLOSIVE CHEMICAL REACTION OF SUBSTANCE AS IT WAS BEING USED IN REIDEL'S LAB DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE. ACCIDENT RESULTING FROM EXPLOSIVE CHEMICAL
|
870216
|
12/25/1987
|
24195 REDWOOD HWY
|
KERBY
|
JOSEPHINE
|
PROPANE
|
50 GALLONS
|
1700 REPORT OF PROPANE SMELL @ 110 KERBY ST IN KERBY. LEAKING TANK APPROX 200 FEET AWAY @ KERBYVILLE MUSEUM. SMALL LEAK - SLOW DRIP @ FILLER VALVE. FILLER VALVE WAS ICE COVERED. 25% FUEL LEFT IN THE TANK. I CALLED FOR THEIR SERVICE PEOPLE TO COME TO REPAIR THEIR TANK. 1900 THE REPAIRMAN TURNED OUT TO BE THEIR SALESMAN. HE MOVED THE CAP ON THE FILLER VALVE & A LARGER AMOUNT OF LIQUID PROPANE STARTED RUNNING OUT. CALLED THE FIRE DISTRICT & WE MOVED PEOPLE OUT. CALLED OUR GAS CO. 15% LEAKED OUT IN APPROX 1-HR. THE LEAK SLOWED & OVER THE NEXT HOUR 1% LEAKED OUT. WE CALLED THE EMERGENCY OVER. VAN GAS SERVICE PEOPLE CHANGED THE VALVE AT 0800. TANK SIZE 250 GALLON.0
|
870182
|
12/28/1987
|
3435 NE UNION
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
|
870191
|
12/29/1987
|
4930 N BASIN
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
MALFUNCTION IN VALVE ON FREEZER UNIT BELONGING TO FRED MEYER CAUSED AMMONIA LEAK. MALFUNCTION IN VALVE ON FREEZER UNIT BELONGING TO
|
870190
|
12/30/1987
|
2760 NW YEON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
DRUG LAB CHEMICALS
|
0
|
THE DEA MAINTAINS BUILDING AT WHICH INCIDENT OCCURED AND USES SPACE AS AN EVIDENCE STORAGE. SEVERAL CONTAINERS CONFISCATED FROM ILLEGAL DRUG LABS WERE IN STORAGE THERE AND BEGAN LEAKING, ALLOWING SMALL TRACES OF LIQUID AND VAPORS FROM THE VARIOUS CHEMICAL (no record of the missing portion of these comments).... Within this building, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) maintains an evidence storage area. An odor of Phenyl-2-Propenone (P-2-P) was eminating from this storage area causing a call from an nknown person. The Portland Hazmat Team responded to find improperly packaged waste materials from seized drug labs. Along with the PFB Hazmat Team was special agent Tracy Dewey from the DEA. After finding opened containers of hazardous chemicals from drug labs, it was decided to close down and evacuate the building until the DEA contacted a clean-up agency to reclose containers and overpack cartons[and] then clean up basement and the surrounding area.
|
870195
|
12/31/1987
|
1560 COBURG RD
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
CALCIUM POLYSULFIDE
|
6 GALLONS
|
AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE
|
880416
|
1/9/1988
|
2 MT JEFFERSON TERR
|
LAKE OSWEGO
|
CLACKAMAS
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
APPARENT RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS INTO PUBLIC RECREATION CENTER DUE TO PROBLEM WITH THE STEAM BOILER. AMOUNT OF RELEASE IS UNKNOWN. SCENE TURNED OVER TO PERSONNEL FROM NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS.
|
880329
|
1/15/1988
|
1218 SW 4TH AVE
|
ONTARIO
|
MALHEUR
|
GASOLINE
|
200 GALLONS
|
**SEE CITY OF ONTARIO - INCIDENT NARRATIVE ATTACHED TO SFM INCIDENT REPORT #14-273-880329 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION** KNOWN FACTS: 156 GAL. FROM GAS PUMP - 18.5 GAL FROM BLAZER - 1 HOUR FROM HAND PUMP GAS- AMT. ?
|
880215
|
1/23/1988
|
38280 FT HILL ROAD
|
WILLAMINA
|
YAMHILL
|
ORTHORIX
|
30 GALLONS
|
FOLLOW UP ON REPORTS OF WHITE FOAMING DISCHARGE AT ASH CREEK. TRACED TO MR. MARKEE WHO ADMITTED TO HAVING DUMPED 3 OLD DRUMS OF MATERIAL INTO DRAIN DITCH THAT AFTERNOON. ALL APPROPRIATE (HEALTH, EPA, POLICE, ETC) AGENCIES NOTIFIED. SUBSTANCE ENTERED I
|
880400
|
1/23/1988
|
3940 W 14TH
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
0
|
|
880259
|
1/24/1988
|
1102 OREGON
|
THE DALLES
|
WASCO
|
USED NEEDLES
|
0
|
A CONTAINER OF USED NEEDLES/HSARPS WERE TAKEN FROM A MEDICAL FACILITY IN THE AREA & DISCARDED IN SOMEONES YARD. THE NEEDLES PRESENTED A BIOLOGICAL HEALTH HAZARD & IT WAS NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE HAZARD TO PREVENT RESIDENTS FROM BECOMING EXPOSED TO THE APPARENT HAZARD. THE NEEDLES WERE CAREFULLY REMOVED & PLACED IN A METAL CONTAINER. THE CONTAINER WS THEN TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL FOR PROPERT DISPOSAL OF HAZARD.
|
880230
|
1/25/1988
|
819 'Q' ST
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
|
880241
|
1/26/1988
|
13520 SE PHEASANT CT
|
MILWAUKIE
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CYCLOHEXANONE
|
1 GALLONS
|
WE WERE CALLED TO VENTILATE AN ASSEMBLY AREA WHERE APPROXIMATELY ONE TABLESPOON OF CYCLOHEXANONE HAD BEEN SPILLED. THERE WAS AN ODOR OF THE MATERIAL IN THE AREA. WE SET UP TWO FANS AND STOODBY UNTIL THE ODOR DISSIPATED. HAZMAT WAS NOTIFIED OF SITUATIOIN AND SUBSEQUENT REPORTS FILED.
|
880205
|
1/27/1988
|
CORNER OF OAK & DYER
|
LAKE OSWEGO
|
CLACKAMAS
|
HEATING OIL
|
1 GALLONS
|
ITEM 15 IDENTIFIED BY COLOR AND SMELL. CLOR AND SMELL WAS NOTICED IN STORM DRAIN BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE. POSSIBLE SOURCE WAS TRACED BACK TO HALLINAN AREA. ORE TANK IN AREA WAS FOUND TO HAVE 12' OF WATER IN THE TANK AND 24" OF OIL. TANK HAS BEEN OUT OF USE FOR OVER 10 YEARS. PRESENT OWNER WAS UNAWARE TANKS EXISTED (HOUSE HAS ELECTRIC HEAT PUMP). OWNER HAS HAD OIL AND WATER REMOVED AND HAD MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR TANK TO BE REMOVED SHORTLY. OIL WAS NOTICED AT IME OF HEAVY RAIN. NOW THAT WE ARE IN A DRYER PERIOD OIL NO LONGER IS VISIBLE IN STORM DRAIN. THIS MAY BE BECAUSE OF NO GROUND WATER RUN OFF OR THE FAST OIL HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED.
|
880220
|
1/29/1988
|
NOT LISTED
|
DEER ISLAND
|
COLUMBIA
|
GASOLINE
|
30 GALLONS
|
CUSTOMER WAS HAVING 20 GALLON GAS TANK FILLED. WHILE VENDOR AND CUSTOMER WERE IN STORE, GAS NOZZLE DID NOT DEACTIVATE AND CONTINUED TO PUMP GASOLINE. WHEN VENDOR AND CUSTOMER WENT BACK OUTSIDE THERE WAS GASOLINE FLOWING OUT OF THE FILLER NECK AND ONTO THE GROUND. THE GAS PUMP READ 30 GALLONS WHEN IT WAS FINALLY SHUT OFF. VENDOR WASHED GASOLINE OFF PAD AND INTO DITCH AND THEN CALLED FIRE DEPT. WHEN FIRE DEPT ARRIVED, 95% OF GASOLINE HAD ALREADY BEEN DISPERSED INTO DITCH. FIRE DEPT STOODBY AND ASCERTAINED NO IMMEDIATE HAZARD AND RETURNED TO QUARTERS. AT THIS TIME, OARS, DEQ, AND COAST GUARD WERE CONTACTED BECAUSE DITCH THAT GASOLINE RAN INTO EMPTIED INTO EMPTIED INTO MERRIL CREEK WHICH EMPTIES INTO THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
|
880240
|
1/29/1988
|
PETZOLD RD
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
FLAMMABLE SOLVENTS
|
220 GALLONS
|
COUNTY ROAD CREWS DISCOVERED 4 DRUMS OF UNKNOWN MATERIAL ABANDONED ON ROADWAY. SAMPLES TAKEN IDENTIFIED SUBSTANCE AS A FLAMMABLE SOLVENT. DEQ WAS NOTIFIED AND DRUMS WERE REMOVED BY REIDEL ON 02/01. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DRUMS WERE THE WASTE PRODUCT OF A MANUFACTURING PROCESS IN THE AREA & THAT SOME PARTY OR PARTIES UNKNOWN ABANDONED IT TO ABOID THE COST OF PROPER DISPOSAL.
|
880266
|
2/11/1988
|
2555 NE GLISAN ST
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SOIL SHIELD CLEANING COMPOUND
|
0
|
APARTMENT MANAGER JOHN EDWARDS FOUND TWO 30-GAL. DRUMS IN VACANT APARTMENT. HM CONTACTED PREVIOUS TENANT RICHARD ST. ANGE WHO VERIFIED THE PRODUCT IDENTITY BUT CLAIMED THE DRUMS WERE EMPTY ONES HE BROUGHT IN FOR USE AS AN AQUARIUM STAND. THE MANAGER AG
|
880428
|
2/11/1988
|
33096 REDWOOD HWY
|
O'BRIEN
|
JOSEPHINE
|
GASOLINE
|
100 GALLONS
|
A CAR KNOCKED OVER THE GASOLINE PUMP WHILE PULLING AWAY. NO FULL FLOW AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF ON THE SYSTEM. SUBSEQUENT FIRE BURNED APPROXIMATELY 100 GALLONS OF GASOLINE.
|
880265
|
2/11/1988
|
2245 NW SUFFOLK
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
|
50 GALLONS
|
RESPONDED TO REPORTED LPG LEAK. LEAK STOPPED AT FILL NOZZLE BY FF. WORKER WAS FILLING LIFT TRUCK WHEN NOZZLE BECAME STUCK IN THE 'ON' POSITION. RESPONDED TO REPORTED LPG LEAK. LEAK STOPPED AT
|
880234
|
2/12/1988
|
2245 NW SUFFOLK
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PROPANE
|
1 GALLONS
|
RESPONDED TO ADDRESS AT REQUEST OF OCCUPANT. A PROPANE RELEASE HAD OCCURRED ON ADJACENT PROPERTY THE DAY BEFORE AND OCCUPANT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A LINGERING ODOR IN THE AIR. REQUESTED CHECK OF ATMOSPHERE WHICH WAS PERFORMED. TESTS INDICATED NO HAZARDO
|
880236
|
2/12/1988
|
2ND & ALMADEN STS
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
FUEL
|
1 GALLONS
|
EMPLOYEES OF C & K PETROLEUM WASHED OUT 55 GALLON BARRELS THAT WERE USED TO STORE VARIOUS WASTE MATERIALS (FUEL AND SOLVENT PRODUCTS) AND DUMPED THE RESIDUE INTO THE GUTTER. EMPLOYEES OF C & K PETROLEUM WASHED OUT 55 GALLON
|
880246
|
2/16/1988
|
922 N 1ST STREET
|
STAYTON
|
MARION
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
|
880248
|
2/19/1988
|
514 MILTON WAY
|
ST HELENS
|
COLUMBIA
|
OXIRONE, METHYL FUSING FLUID
|
2 GALLONS
|
PSI MANUFACTURING IS A CIRCUIT BOARD MANUFACTURING PLANT. AN OIL BATH USED IN THE SOLDER PROCESS CAUGHT FIRE. ATTACK CREWS USED AFFF WHICH WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. HIGH EXPANSION FOAM WAS USED WHICH EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. WATER RUNOFF WAS CONTAINED TO A TWO ROOM DIKED AREA.
|
880261
|
2/22/1988
|
17150 CAMP FOUR RD
|
NEHALEM
|
TILLAMOOK
|
RED PHOSPHORUS
|
6 GALLONS
|
AMT AT RISK 0.25. THE RESIDENT OF 17150 CAMP FOUR RD MIXES CHEMICALS FOR TREATING POOLS AND SPAS. HE WAS MIXING THESE CHEMICALS TO BLOW A STUMP ON HIS PROPERTY WHEN AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED WITH NO SUBSEQUENT FIRE. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH CHEMICAL BURNS.
|
880232
|
2/29/1988
|
3540 BROOKS AVE NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
CHLORINE
|
60 GALLONS
|
CHLORINE AND ACETIC ACID COMBINED IN WASHER (60 GALLONS TOTAL) DUMPED INTO ABANDONED SANITARY SEWER LINE AND FLUSHED WITH H2O. CITY OF SALEM PUBLIC WORKS PUMPED OUT THE MATERIAL AFTER WHICH TWO CITY EMPLOYEES BECAME ILL AND WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. EXPO
|
880257
|
2/29/1988
|
2066 ROOSEVELT
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
BORIC ACID
|
0
|
INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING SPRAY OPERATION BY CORKY PEST CONTROL. CONTAINER USED BY OPERATOR WAS OVER PRESSURIZED AND RUPTURED, SPRAYING WHITE POWDER INTO ENVIRONMENT. INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING SPRAY OPERATION BY CORKY
|
880268
|
3/11/1988
|
2912 GRIFFIN CREEK RD
|
MEDFORD
|
JACKSON
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
1500 GALLONS
|
WE ESTIMATE 1500 GALLONS OF DIESEL WAS RELEASED WHEN A FIRE BURNED HOSE CONNECTION IN TWO.AN ESTIMATED 1200 GALLONS WAS BURNED IN THE FIRE WITH ABOUT 300 RUNNING INTO ORCHARD ROAD & CONTAINED THERE.VALVE ON TANK WAS OPEN BECAUSE ORCHARD PERSONNEL WERE FILLING ORCHARD HEATERS.TO OUR BEST ESTIMATE AREOUND 1500 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS DISCHARGED FROM TANK.ABOUT 1200 GALLONS OF THAT WAS BURNED BEFORE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL.WE ESTIMATE 300 GALLONS WAS RUNNING DOWN THE ORCHARD ROAD.ABOUT 10 GALLONS LEAKED INTO THE BAR DITCH ALONG HIGHWAY.LARRY JACK FROM THE DEQ WAS CALLED & SCENE WAS TURNED OVER TO HIM.BETWEEN DITCHING & DIKING MOST OF THE DIESEL & RUN OFF WAS CONTAINED ON THE ORCHARD'S PROPERTY.DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO SHED & CONTENTS $1500 IRRIGATION PIPE, $1000, THREE PEAR TREES &5000 & DIESEL THAT WAS BURNED $1500 TOTAL LOSS ABOUT $9000 PLUS CLEAN UP.E-2 PROSE PATTERSON CODDINGTON E-3 SHARP HOFFAMN PAINTER T-3 SILLS JACKSON E-4 MCKEE MILLIGAN TANKER 4 GRAY C-2 DAY C-5 PENICOOK DIST.5/TANKER, 1 AMN, JACKSONVILLE 3 MEN/PHOENIX 3 MEN.
|
880278
|
3/19/1988
|
614 NE 61ST ST
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TRANSFORMER OIL
|
0
|
|
880284
|
3/20/1988
|
1985 SW AIRPORT RD
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
|
0
|
OSFM COMMENT: NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
|
880277
|
3/25/1988
|
MED/JACKSON CO AIRPT
|
MEDFORD
|
JACKSON
|
JET FUEL
|
0
|
SPILL DISCOVERED 1 HR AFTER IT HAPPENED AND WAS REPORTED BY AIRPORT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. COST OF FIXED PROPERTY IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME (TIME OF REPORT).
|
880256
|
3/25/1988
|
8005 SE HOGAN
|
GRESHAM
|
MULTNOMAH
|
DRY CHLORINE BLEACH
|
0
|
*NOTE: APPROX. 25+ GALLONS OF MISCELLANEOUS HERBICIDES ALSO RELEASED IN THIS INCIDENT. *NOTE: APPROX. 25+ GALLONS OF MISCELLANEOUS
|
880273
|
4/2/1988
|
3203 SE WOODSTOCK
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
FUEL OIL
|
50 GALLONS
|
SPILL OCCURRED AT COLLEGE HEATING PLANT. FUEL OIL CAME OUT OF VENT PIPE, GOT INTO THE SOIL, AND MADE ITS WAY TO A STORM DRAIN WHICH EMPTIES INTO JOHNSON CREEK. STATE AGENCIES WERE CALLED AS WELL AS REIDEL FOR CLEAN-UP. SPILL OCCURRED AT COLLEGE HEATI
|
880270
|
4/2/1988
|
940 NW GARDEN VALLEY
|
ROSEBURG
|
DOUGLAS
|
GREASE
|
5 GALLONS
|
FD DISCOVERED A DARK LIQUID LEAKING FROM A 55 GAL DRUM MARKED 'TOMATO PASTE' DURING FIRE SAFETY INSPECTION. DEQ CALLED IN TO ASSIST IN ID OF MATERIAL. ABSORBANT PADS USED TO CLEAN-UP LEAK. NO POSITIVE ID MADE BUT APPEARED TO BE OIL BASED. ESTIMATED MAT
|
880417
|
4/2/1988
|
9840 SE 17TH
|
MILWAUKIE
|
CLACKAMAS
|
TRANSFORMER OIL PCB
|
0
|
DOWNED WIRE CAUSED ARC HOLE IN TRANSFORMER. OIL SPRAY SPREAD OVER PARKING LOT, HIGHWAY, VEHICLES. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC ADVISED AND REQUESTED SUPERVISOR TO CHECK PCB LEVELS. THREE DRAINS COVERED WITH SAND AND DIRT. HAZMAT UNIT FROM PORTLAND FIRE BUREAU CALLED. DIRECTED TRAFFIC AWAY FROM AREA WITH HELP OF MILWAUKIE POLICE DEPT. ONCE LEVEL DETERMINED, COMMAND WORKED WITH PGE ON CLEAN UP RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTINUED CONFINEMENT.
|
880310
|
4/4/1988
|
600 BLK RIVERSIDE DR
|
KLAMATH FALLS
|
KLAMATH
|
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
|
1 GALLONS
|
NONE GIVEN
|
880279
|
4/9/1988
|
401 SOUTH STATE ST
|
LAKE OSWEGO
|
CLACKAMAS
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
GAS LINE WAS PULLED OFF PUMP BREAKING GAS LINE. GAS WAS LEAKING FROM BROKEN HOSE RUNNING ON GROUND. DON BRIZEDINE, A WORKER AT THE STATION, SHUT-OFF GAS PUMP BEFORE A LOT OF GAS LEAKED OUT. E-214 CREW WASHED THE GAS SPILL DOWN.
|
880280
|
4/13/1988
|
1535 FRANKLIN BLVD
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
INDUSTRIAL ENAMEL
|
0
|
|
880424
|
4/18/1988
|
3999 COMMERCIAL SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
NATURAL GAS
|
5 CF
|
RESPONDED TO STRONG ODOR OF NATURAL GAS AT 3999 COMMERCIAL ST SE. POLICE REPONDED FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL AS NEEDED. GAS METER SHUT-OFF. VENTILATED THE OCCUPANCY WITH F.D. EXHAUST FANS. NOTIFIED NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS TO REPOND FOR FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION.
|
880285
|
4/20/1988
|
10733 NE MARX
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
500 GALLON PROPANE TANK LEAKING LIQUID FROM LINE LEADING TO PORTABLE 7 GALLON TANK DURING REFILL OPERATION. FD EVACUATED NEARBY BUSINESSES AND TURNED OFF VALVE. 500 GALLON PROPANE TANK LEAKING LIQUID FROM LINE
|
880292
|
4/24/1988
|
12855 SE LONG
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CHLOROFORM
|
1 GALLONS
|
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 12855 S.E. LONG RECENTLY PURCHASED BY BARB & DAVE STONE OF THAT ADDRESS. WHILE CLEANING BACKYARD, THEY DISCOVERED A PARTLY FULL 55 GALLON DRUM LABELED 'CHLOROFORM' DISCARDED THERE. THEY CALLED FD WHO RESPONDED AND INSPECTED THE DRUM
|
880298
|
4/30/1988
|
2801 N GANTENBEIN
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
RESPONDED TO REPORT OF SULFUR DIOXIDE ODOR IN BASEMENT OF HOSPITAL. BUILDING MAINTENANCE CREW AND FD INVESTIGATED BUT COULD NOT LOCATE SOURCE OF THE ODOR. RESPONDED TO REPORT OF SULFUR DIOXIDE ODOR IN
|
880339
|
5/10/1988
|
715 NW HOYT
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
BROMO BENZENE
|
1 GALLONS
|
INCIDENT INVOLVING SPILL OF MATERIAL FROM A PACKAGE DURING SHIPMENT THROUGH U.S. POST OFFICE. SUBSTANCE LATER IDENTIFIED AND PACKED IN OVERPACK DRUM AND MONITORED IN PARKING LOT ALONG WITH CLEAN UP MATERIALS USED BY POSTAL WORKERS. ADVISED THEY CONTACT P
|
880304
|
5/11/1988
|
1703 NE ARGYLE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
RESPONDED TO ADDRESS TO INVESTIGATE A STRANGE ODOR THAT OCCUPANT CLAIMED AROSE PERIODICALLY FROM A FLOOR DRAIN IN THE BUILDING. DETECTED SLIGHT ODOR LIKE HOUSEHOLD BLEACH IN THE AIR BUT COULD NOT LOCATE SOURCE. SUSPECT NEARBY BUSINESS POSSIBLY DISPOSIN
|
880305
|
5/13/1988
|
8920 SW BARBUR BLVD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TEAR GAS
|
0
|
ASSISTED PORTLAND POLICE WITH DECONTAMINATION OF MOTEL ROOM THAT HAD BEEN THE SCENE OF A CRIME. TEAR GAS HAD BEEN USED. FD ALSO ASSISTED IN THE REMOVAL OF THE SUSPECTS BODIES. ASSISTED PORTLAND POLICE WITH DECONTAMINATION OF
|
880306
|
5/14/1988
|
8920 SW BARBUR BLVD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TEAR GAS
|
0
|
PPD CRIME DIVISION D & V REQUESTED HM TEAM ASSIST W/ GREEN SUITS, SCBA'S AND DECON FOR PERSONNEL WORKING IN APARTMENT EXPOSED TO POLICE TEAR GAS. PPD CRIME DIVISION D & V REQUESTED HM TEAM ASSIST
|
880337
|
5/23/1988
|
22152 S BEAVERCREEK
|
BEAVERCREEK
|
CLACKAMAS
|
PESTICIDES
|
0
|
REPORT FROM BEAVERCREEK FD: RESPONDED AND FOUND A 35 GAL DRUM MARKED ATTENTION,DANGER TOXIC WASTE/OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WERE NOT SURE HOW THE BARREL GOT THERE. HAZMAT 16 WAS CALLED, THEY WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE BARREL WAS NOT LEAKING BUT WERE UNABLE TO IDENFITFY CONTENTS. THE BARREL APPEARED TO BE EMPTY. WE INFORMED THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPER WAYS TO DISPOSE OF THE BARREL AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD. ALL UNITS CLEARED. PORTLAND FIRE BUEAU COMMENTS: ABANDONED DRUM BEHIND RESIDENCE. LABEL ON DRUM, DANGER, ATTENTION. NO RUST ON BARREL, BARREL SITTING UPRIGHT. SENT TWO MEN WITH RADIOS (EAR MIKES) FULL TURNOUT WITH ROMEX HOOD AND PBI UNDERGARMENTS. APPROACHED DRUM UP WIND, NO LEAKS FOUND. BARRELS APPEARED EMPTY. ADVISED OCCUPANTS OF HOUSE NEARBY OF HER OPTIONS FOR DISPOSAL OF DRUM. GAVE HER MICHAEL EYERS PHONE NUMBER. REPORT FROM BEAVERCREEK FD: RESPONDED AND FOUND A 35 GAL DRUM MARKED ATTENTION, DANGER TOXIC WASTE/OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WERE NOT SURE HOW THE BARREL GOT THERE.
|
880328
|
5/26/1988
|
NW 17TH & IRVING
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TRANSFORMER OIL
|
3 GALLONS
|
LINEMAN WORKING ON POLE WITH HOTSTICK WHEN THE TRANSFORMER SHORTED AND OIL ERUPTED OUT OF CASING WITH INITIAL FLAME AND SMOKE. LINEMAN WAS SPRAYED BY OIL AND SUFFERED BURNS BUT REFUSED TREATMENT. FD ASSISTED PGE AND DEQ IN CONDUCTING DECONS AND CLEAN UP
|
880343
|
5/27/1988
|
1032 NW 14TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
GLUE
|
1 GALLONS
|
INCIDENT INVOLVED WASTE GLUE BARREL - 55 GAL. CAPACITY THAT LEAKED ONTO PAVEMENT/GROUND. PRODUCT IDENTIFIED AS WATER SOLUABLE BORDEN'S GLUE FOR PLYWOOD. CAUSE OF LEAK APPEARED TO BE A HOSE THAT WAS ACCIDENTALLY LEFT IN CATCH BARREL. AREA WAS DILUTED WI
|
880335
|
5/30/1988
|
283 WASHINGTON ST
|
STAYTON
|
MARION
|
PCB
|
1 GALLONS
|
|
880372
|
5/31/1988
|
HWY 20 @ H P CO GATE
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
160 GALLONS
|
OSFM NOTE: NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
|
880361
|
5/31/1988
|
301 NW 3RD AVE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
SEE ATTACHED NARRATIVES AND CASUALTY REPORTS FOR FURTHER DETAIL. SEE ATTACHED NARRATIVES AND CASUALTY REPORTS FOR
|
880332
|
6/1/1988
|
6826 NE DURHAM
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
GREASE
|
0
|
OCCUPANT SUSPECTED A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL MAY HAVE BEEN BEING STORED IN 55 GALLON DRUM UNDER FRONT PORCH AND CALLED HAZ MAT RECON TO INVESTIGATE. OCCUPANT COMPLAINED OF ILL HEALTH AND FEARED IT A RESULT OF EXPOSURE TO DRUM. TEAM FOUND DRUM TO BE EMPTY AND
|
880327
|
6/2/1988
|
33200 BLOOMBERG RD
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
ABANDONED 55 GALLON DRUMS FILLED WITH AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE WERE DISCOVERED LEAKING PROFUSELY IN LOCAL PARK. HAZ MAT TEAM DISPATCHED TO SET UP CONTAINMENT DAMS AND DETERMINE EXTENT OF SPILL. MATERIAL WAS FOUND TO HAVE ENTERED WATERWAY THRU A NEARBY DRAIN
|
880357
|
6/2/1988
|
12035 NE SUMNER
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER AGENT
|
0
|
HAZ-MAT TEAM CALLED TO INVESTIGATE AN UNIDENTIFIED POWDER SPILL AT THE SCENE OF A BREAKING AND ENTERING. COLOR, CONSISTENCY AND SPILL PATTERN INDICATED A DRY CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHING AGENT. SCENE TURNED OVER TO PORTLAND POLICE AFTER TESTING OF MATERIAL IN
|
880392
|
6/4/1988
|
1325 NW ALTA VISTA
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
DIAZINON
|
1 POUNDS
|
AMT AT RISK AND RIL 0.5. OCCUPANT SAW THE DIAZANON BOTTLE FALL SOMETIME BETWEEN 2000 HRS AND 0900 HRS PRIOR TO HER DISCOVERY. THIS WAS CAUSED BY SHELF FAILURE. UPON OUR ARRIVAL THERE WAS A SMALL PUDDLE ON GARAGE FLOOR SURROUNDED BY SEVERAL OBJECTS FROM GARAGE STORAGE, AND THERE WAS BROKEN GLASS FROM THE CONTAINER IN AND AROUND THE PUDDLE. WE DONNED SCBA'S, RUBBER GLOVES, AND LATEX RUBBER SHOE COVERS, IN ADDITION TO FULL TURNOUTS. USING KITTY LITTER, WE COVERED THE SPILL. WE MOVED THE CONTAMINATED OBJECTS (SKI POLES, BALL, SKATEBOARD, ETC) TO LAWN. WE PICKED UP LITTER AND APPLIED SOAP AND WATER TO THE FLOOR. WE DECONTAMINATED LAWN OBJECTS WITH WATER AND SOAP. AFTER THIS WE USED KITTY LITTER TO PICK UP GARAGE FLOOR LIQUID AND EXPLAINED TO OCCUPANT THAT SHE SHOULD DOUBLE BAGGED LITTER AFTER SEVERAL HOURS AND DISPOSE OF THROUGH GARBAGE SERVICE. THE CONTAMINATED MATERIAL WE PICKED UP WAS DOUBLE BAGGED AND DISPOSED OF THROUGH THE GARBAGE SERVICE. WE DISPOSED OF OUR BOOT COVERS AND DECONTAMINATED OUR GLOVES.
|
880346
|
6/4/1988
|
3898 MEADOWLAWN LOOP
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
300 GALLONS
|
|
880385
|
6/5/1988
|
4095 PORTLAND RD NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
DIESEL OIL
|
500 GALLONS
|
1" LINE BROKE ON HEATING OIL SYSTEM. OIL ENTERED OLD PERIMETER DRAIN AND FLOWED INTO OUTFALL AT CLAGGETT CREEK. OIL CONTAMINATED STEEP BANK AND CREEK. APPROX. 200' OF CREEK RUN CONTAINED HEAVY OIL. OARS NOTIFIED. POLLUTION CONTROL ASSISTED IN CONTAINMENT. DEQ ARRIVED. REIDEL ARRIVED. REIDEL CLEANUP INVOLVES PADS, BOOMS, DOUBLE BAG & TRANSPORT TO PORTLAND FOR LAND FILLING. REIDEL CONTINUE CLEAN UP WITH PADS, VACUUM TRUCK. FOLLOW UP WILL BE POLLUTION CONTROL, SALEM, AND DEQ.
|
880384
|
6/6/1988
|
5915 WINDSOR ISLE RD
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
MERCURY
|
0
|
APPROX. 9 LBS. OF MATERIAL RELEASED WHEN CREW REMOVED GRINDER W/ HOIST. MATERIAL SPILLED AND CONTAMINATED A FLAT BED TRUCK, THE ASPHALT AND CONCRETE SURFACE BELOW TRUCK AND MISC. EQUIPMENT. APPROX. 9 LBS. OF MATERIAL RELEASED WHEN CREW
|
880373
|
6/6/1988
|
HUNTER AVE WATER PLT
|
OREGON CITY
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
MANAGER, WALTER H SMITH JR, WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE CYLINDERS AT THE WATER PLANT. THE DIAPHRAM VALVE CONTROL WHICH IS NORMALLY FINGER TIGHT APPREARED TO BE IN THE OFF POSITION SINCE MR SMITH WAS UNABLE TO TURN IT WITHOUT A LOT OF TENSION. WHILE MR SMITH TURNED TOO FAR CHLORINE WAS ALLOWED TO ESCAPE. HE THEN RAN TO THE NEAREST PHONE TO CALL THE FIRE DEPT ADVISING OF A CHLORINE LEAK.
|
880427
|
6/9/1988
|
4095 PORTLAND RD NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
DIESEL
|
200 GALLONS
|
CONTAINMENT BOOMS, PADS ALREADY IN PLACE AT DISCHARGE POINT TO CLAGGETT CREEK, DUE TO PREVIOUS SPILL 6-5-88. REIDEL RESPONDED TO SCENE- ALREADY HAD BEEN HIRED FOR PREVIOUS CLEAN UP. UNKNOWN WHAT NOTIFICATION WAS PERFORMED ON SECOND SPILL. OARS WAS NOTIFIED. POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICE NOTIFIED BY DEQ. AMERICOLD WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR BOOMS AND REPLACE AS NEEDED. CITY OF SALEM PUBLIC WORKS RESPONDED.
|
880360
|
6/9/1988
|
2542 SE 105TH AVE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
DRUG LAB CHEMICALS
|
0
|
ASSISTED PORTLAND POLICE WITH REMOVAL/DECON OF DRUG LAB CHEMICALS FROM STORAGE LOCKER. ASSISTED PORTLAND POLICE WITH REMOVAL/DECON OF
|
880345
|
6/12/1988
|
600 BLK PINE ST
|
SILVERTON
|
MARION
|
AQUA AMMONIA
|
15 GALLONS
|
JUVENILES PLAYING BEHIND LUMBER YARD FOUND 15 ONE- GALLON JUGS OF AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE WHICH THEY OPENED AND POURED OUT ONTO THE GROUND. THE ODOR MADE ONE CHILD FEEL ILL SO THEY LEFT THE AREA, WENT HOME, AND TOLD ONE'S MOTHER ABOUT IT AND SHE IN TURN NOTI
|
880374
|
6/17/1988
|
18489 S FERGUSON RD
|
OREGON CITY
|
CLACKAMAS
|
DIAZINON
|
1 POUNDS
|
1 GALLON CROSSBOW STORED IN A PLASTIC MILK JUG LEAKED INTO A BAG OF DIAZONON. THE RESULTING MIXTURE WENT INTO FERTILIZER, SLUG BAIT AND ONTO GLASS CONTAINERS OF SEVIN, MALATHION AND ORTHENE. REMOVED CHEMICALS IN DOUBLE PLASTIC BAGS TO OUTSIDE. THEY HAD BEEN STORED IN BASEMENT AT LISTED RESIDENCE. CONTACTED MIKE EYERS OF DEQ AND HM 16 TO GET INFORMATION ON HANDLING PROCEDURES.
|
880351
|
6/18/1988
|
GRAY & COMPANY
|
DAYTON
|
YAMHILL
|
SODIUM METABISULFITE
|
20 GALLONS
|
|
880358
|
6/18/1988
|
12000 N BURGARD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
OXYGEN CRYOGENIC
|
1 GALLONS
|
THE LIQUID VALVE ON A PORTABLE OXYGEN TANK WAS LEFT SLIGHTLY OPEN. THIS CAUSED A BUILD UP OF ICE ON TOP OF THE TANK. HAZ-MAT TEAM CHIPPED AWAY ICE AND CLOSED VALVE. THE LIQUID VALVE ON A PORTABLE OXYGEN TANK WAS
|
880393
|
6/19/1988
|
1/4 MI W OF CLACKAMAS RIVER DR
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CLACKAMAS
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
THE FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED TO INVESTIGATE THREE CONTAINERS OF AN UNKNOWN LIQUID NEXT TO THE ROAD AT THE NAMED LOCATION. E-225 RESPONDED AND LOCATED THE CONTAINERS. NO KNOWING WHAT ACTION TO TAKE, THEY CALLED DUTY CHIEF RICHARD HOPKINS. BEFORE A/C HOPKINS ARRIVED, B/C NORM DUNN ARRIVED. UPON HOPKINS ARRIVAL, HE WAS TOLD THAT THE THREE CONTAINERS HAD LIQUID IN THEM. THE CONTAINERS WERE OLD AND THE INFORMATION ON THE CONTAINERS WAS NOT FELT TO BE RELIABLE. A/C HOPKINS CALLED CLACKAMAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR A STORAGE SITE AND WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO BRING THE CONTAINERS TO THEIR STORAGE TRAILER. CONTAINERS WERE TRANSPORTED BY FIRE DEPT PICKUP TO CLACKAMAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND PLACED IN THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STORAGE TRAILER.
|
880349
|
6/20/1988
|
1182 NE STEPHENS
|
ROSEBURG
|
DOUGLAS
|
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
|
1 GALLONS
|
MINOR INCIDENT CAUSED BY LEAK IN LIQUID LINE VALVE MINOR INCIDENT CAUSED BY LEAK IN LIQUID LINE VALVE
|
880375
|
6/24/1988
|
1765 PRAIRIE RD
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
GASOLINE
|
50 GALLONS
|
|
880364
|
6/27/1988
|
2415 22ND AVE
|
FOREST GROVE
|
WASHINGTON
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
10 GALLONS
|
THE INCIDENT INVOLVED A RUPTURED REFRIGERATION LINE INSIDE A FREEZER COMPARTMENT OF APPROX. 20,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE. THE RELEASE WAS A POOL OF LIQUID APPROX. 10-12 FEET IN DIAMETER IN A 12-15 DEGREE ATMOSPHERE WE STOOD BY FOR RESCUE WHILE COMPANY PERSONNEL SURVEYED THE LEAK, SECURED THE AREA & WATCHED THE DIRECTION OF DISSIPATION, & ASSISTED IN VENTILATION WITH COMPANY EQUIPMENT. THE SHIPPING TERMINAL WAS CLOSED, ADDITIONAL BUILDING AREAS CHECKED, REPAIR COMPANIES WERE SCHEDULED, & THE AREA CHECKED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT BY COMPANY PERSONNEL & OCCASIONALLY BY DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.
|
880371
|
6/29/1988
|
1051 COLUMBIA BLVD
|
ST HELENS
|
COLUMBIA
|
CHLORINE CRYSTALS
|
0
|
AMT AT RISK 0.5. SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY DEPOSITED APPROXIMATELY 1 CUP OF CHLORINE CRYSTALS IN DUMPSTER WHERE THEY MIXED WITH MOISTURE AND CAUSED THE RELEASE OF A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF CHLORINE GAS.
|
880001
|
7/6/1988
|
KASTOR RD
|
ST HELENS
|
COLUMBIA
|
CHLORINE GAS
|
0
|
#15 - PLANT PERSONNEL IDENTIFIED SUBSTANCE AND CONTACTED DISPATCH CENTER.
|
880004
|
7/7/1988
|
SE 7TH & MADISON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PROPANE
|
5 GALLONS
|
|
880010
|
7/13/1988
|
4897 CAPISTRANO CT
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
TOUCHDOWN 8 SOLVENT
|
1 GALLONS
|
RESIDENT APPARENTLY BECAME ILL AFTER USING A SOLVENT CLEANER IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. CONTACT MADE WITH CHEMTREC AND POISON CONTROL. RESIDENT REFUSED TRANSPORT TO HOSPITAL AND WAS TREATED ON-SCENE FOR RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS THEN CONTACT
|
880016
|
7/15/1988
|
1132 SW 17TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
|
880008
|
7/16/1988
|
2200 BLK NW PACIFIC
|
NEWPORT
|
LINCOLN
|
CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE
|
0
|
TENANTS FOUND AN UNMARKED PLASTIC BUCKET IN REFUSE PILE WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY. THEY OPENED IT BUT LEFT IT ALONE. 20-30 MINUTES LATER, SMOKE WAS SEEN IN THE AREA. TENANTS FOUND BUCKET FUMING AND TREE ON FIRE. MADE EFFORT TO EXT
|
880011
|
7/16/1988
|
300 LIBERTY ST SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
BURNER ON GAS STOVE LEFT IN "ON" POSITION W/NO PILOT LIGHT. ODOR REPORTED BY OCCUPANTS BELOW THE RESTAURANT. VENTILATED STRUCTURE BY NATURAL MEANS. (*SEE ALSO INCIDENT REPORT #03-321-890037*) BURNER ON GAS STOVE LEFT IN "ON" POSITION W/NO
|
880022
|
7/16/1988
|
1618 ALLEN CREEK RD
|
GRANTS PASS
|
JOSEPHINE
|
PROPANE
|
300 GALLONS
|
THE HOSE ON THE PROPANE TANK USED TO FILL FORKLIFT BURST CAUSING A RELEASE OF APPROXIMATELY 280 - 300 GALLONS OF PROPANE. ACCORDING TO THE EMPLOYEE OF SUBURBAN PROPANE, WHO WAS ON THE SCENE PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL, ALL THE CONTENTS HAD ALREADY BEEN RELEASED & MOST HAD DISSIPATED.
|
880048
|
7/19/1988
|
1845 SE HOLMAN
|
DALLAS
|
POLK
|
ZIRCONIUM METAL
|
0
|
ZIRCONIUM IGNITED IN HEAT & AIR WHEN BARREL WAS JARRED.
|
880344
|
7/19/1988
|
1245 NW 3RD ST
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
ZEP CLEANER
|
0
|
CONTAINMENT IN OVERPACK DRUM DISPOSAL TO BE HANDLED BY CITY OF CORVALLIS PUBLIC WORKS.
|
880024
|
7/21/1988
|
4927 NW FRONT
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
WASTE MAGNESIUM/TEFLON FLARES
|
0
|
RESPONDED TO REPORT OF MAGNESIUM FIRE AT AFORE MENTIONED ADDRESS. FD PERSONNEL ASSISTED IN EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE AND FIRE WATCH LEFT ON SCENE WITH THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY. RESPONDED TO REPORT OF MAGNESIUM FIRE AT AFORE
|
880023
|
7/21/1988
|
5100 JOHNSON CREEK
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PROPRIETARY AGENT
|
0
|
ACCIDENTAL CONTAMINATION FROM COATING OFF OF CASTINGS ("PROPRIETORY AGENT"). AREA EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL WERE TESTED FOR RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATES. NONE TESTED POSITIVE, HOWEVER, TWO PORTLAND FIREFIGHTERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL, BOTH COMPLA
|
880113
|
7/22/1988
|
2283 SW 4TH AVE
|
ONTARIO
|
MALHEUR
|
LIQUID L-10 TOILET CHEMICAL
|
1 GALLONS
|
WHILE STOCKING SHELF WITH 8OZ. BOTTLES OF LIQUID L-10 TOILET CHEMICAL, A LID CAME OFF CAUSING APPROX. 4 OZ. OF CHEMICAL TO SPILL. KITTY LITTER WAS PLACED ON THE CHEMICAL ON THE FLOOR & THE AREA WAS SECURED BY THE STORE EMPLOYEE. UPON ARRIVAL, THE PRDUCT WAS IDENTIFIED BY AN UNCONTAMINATED BOTTLE. OARS NOTIFIED @ 3:07PM. I WAS ADVISED THAT DEQ WOULD CONTACT ME. AT 3:21PM RICK DUVALL OF PENDLETON DEQ CONTACTED ME & ADVISED THAT THE PRODUCT COULD BE WASHED DOWN THE DRAIN. HE STATED I SHOULD WEAR SHIELD & RUBBER GLOVES. CONTAMINATED RAGS & KITTY LITTER TO BE BAGGED & TAKEN TO LANDFILL. SPILL CLEANED BY ONTARIO FIRE DEPT. THE PRODUCT WAS BAGGED & BI-MART WAS TO SEE THAT IT WAS DISPOSED OF. THE BI-MART EMPLOYEE WAS ADVISED TO WASH HANDS FOR 15 MINUTES WITH WARM SOAPY WATER. IF ANY SYMPTOMS SHOULD OCCUR, HE WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT HIS PRIVATE PHYSICAN.
|
880029
|
7/23/1988
|
2630 CHURCH ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
PCB
|
0
|
FD RESPONDED TO NURSING HOME FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS OF BAD ODOR. LIGHT BALLAST HAD OVERHEATED AND RELEASED A SMALL AMOUNT OF MATERIAL. 28 CIVILIANS AND 4 FIREFIGHTERS INHALED THE SMOKE CREATED PRIOR TO EVACUATION OF THE STRUCTURE. THE PRESENCE OF PCB'S I
|
880030
|
7/23/1988
|
3515 MARKET ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
100 GALLONS
|
GASKET IN PUMP OF FUEL TANK AT AFORE MENTIONED LOCATION BROKE OPEN ALLOWING THE ESCAPE OF THE PRODUCT. ATTENDANT ATTEMPTED TO RESOLVE SPILL BY WASHING IT INTO THE STORM DRAIN. FD FLUSHED DRAIN WITH 1,000 GAL. OF WATER. SALEM POLLUTION CONTROL AND DEQ
|
880027
|
7/24/1988
|
1945 4TH AVE NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
MALATHION
|
1 GALLONS
|
RESIDENT (SALLY BAKER) ACCIDENTALLY BROKE A GLASS CONTAINER OF INSECTICIDE IN HER BASEMENT. SHE USED KITTY LITTER TO ABSORB THE SPILL AND THEN EVACUATED THE HOUSE. FD ASSISTED IN VENTILATION. REMOVAL AND CLEAN-UP PROVIDED BY CITY OF SALEM PUBLIC WORKS -
|
880028
|
7/24/1988
|
4752 LIBERTY RD S
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
RELEASE OF AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA FROM REFRIGERATION PIPING TO FLASH FREEZERS. ODOR WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO BE OBNOXIOUS UP TO 300 FT DOWN WIND. NOTE: ENGINE 7 RECEIVED NOTICE OF ALARM DIRECTLY FROM PASSERBY. ENGINE 7 TURNED IN GENERAL ALARM 4 MINUTES LATER. FIRE STATION IS NEXT DOOR TO CANNERY.
|
880434
|
7/28/1988
|
1304 NE 2ND
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
CHLORINE
|
10 POUNDS
|
EMPLOYEE BATES, SHEILA R. OPENED CHLORINE TANK LINE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING A ONE TON TANK. THE LINE WAS STILL CHARGED AND BEGAN LEAKING. SHE EVACUATED THE BUILDING. SHE WAS LATER SEEN BY OUR PARAMEDICS BUT REFUSED TREATMENT. THE LEAK CONTINUED AND WAS VENTED AUTOMATICALLY BY BUILDING SYSTEM. UPON OUR ARRIVAL, TWO PLANT EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON LEAK. THEY WERE WEARING BREATHING APPARATUS. WE ASSISTED AND STOODBY UNTIL TANK WAS CLOSED AND CHANGED OUT. SEE ALARM #88-1822. OSFM NOTE: NO ATTACHMENTS
|
880040
|
7/29/1988
|
SE WATER ST @ ALDER
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
LEAK OCCURRED DURING DISMANTLING OF THE OLD AMMONIA SYSTEM AT NORTHWEST ICE & COLD STORAGE. ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT (BASICALLY JUST WHAT WAS LEFT IN THE PIPES) WAS RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. LEAK OCCURRED DURING DISMANTLING OF THE OLD
|
880034
|
7/31/1988
|
19333 NE SAN RAFAEL
|
GRESHAM
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ANHYDROUS ALCOHOL
|
1 GALLONS
|
ONE GALLON CONTAINER FOUND BY POLICE OFFICER AT A VACANT COMMERCIAL SITE. CONTAINER WAS APPROX. 3/4 FULL AND UNCAPPED. LABEL INDICATED PRODUCT TO BE ANHYDROUS METHYL ALCOHOL BUT TESTS CONDUCTED BY FD DID NOT CONCUR WITH LABEL. LEVEL B PROTECTION UTILI
|
880044
|
8/1/1988
|
16615 SE TIBBETS
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
|
1 GALLONS
|
|
880047
|
8/5/1988
|
SE 4TH & UMATILLA ST
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
A WHITESH BLUE SUBSTANCE WAS OBSERVED DISCHARGING FROM A 4' STORM SEWER. THE MATERIAL WAS COATING THE ROCKY BOTTOM AND CLOUDING UP THE WATER GIVING IT A MURKY APPEARANCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM. FD RESPONSE PLUS CONTACTED PRECISION CASTPART
|
880036
|
8/5/1988
|
1400 TANDEM AVE NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
PACKING GLAND RETAINER IMPROPERLY INSTALLED AND SECURED CAUSING THE SEAL AROUND THE STEM TO BREAK DURING CYLINDER CHANGEOVER. A SMALL AMOUNT OF CHLORINE GAS WAS THEN ALLOWED TO ESCAPE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE BUILDING WAS EVACUATED UNTIL FD SECURED THE
|
880037
|
8/9/1988
|
300 LIBERTY ST SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
BURNER ON GAS STOVE LEFT IN "ON" POSITION WITH NO PILOT LIGHT. ODOR NOTICED IN OCCUPANCY BELOW THE RESTAURANT. FD SHUT OFF GAS AT METER PRIOR TO ENTRY. UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH RESPONSIBLE PARTY. FIRE MARSHAL NOTIFIED TO FOLLOW UP AS THIS WAS THE
|
880072
|
8/9/1988
|
4315 NW FRONT
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CHEM-O-LENE GAS
|
0
|
EMPLOYEES WORKING WITH "CHEMLENE" (AN ACETYLENE SUBSTITUTE) INADVERTANTLY IGNITED FLAMMABLE VAPORS ORIGINATING FROM A LEAK OR CRACK IN THE FUEL LINE. RESULTING FIRE IGNITED FIBERGLASS PANELS. AN EMPLOYEE SHUT OFF FUEL CYLINDER DURING FIRE WHICH GREATLY
|
880175
|
8/12/1988
|
1735 CAPITOL ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
SALEM FIRE UNITS RESPONDED TO REPORT OF NATURAL GAS LEAKING FROM METER SUPPLY LINE TO GAS FURNACE. UNKNOWN HOW LINE WAS DAMAGED AND LEAK INITIATED. NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS WAS NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED TO REPAIR DAMAGE. GAS SHUT OFF AT METER BY FD. SALEM F
|
880073
|
8/12/1988
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1227 NW DAVIS
|
PORTLAND
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MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
HM-16 DISPATCHED TO ADDRESS STATED TO FIND FIRE UNITS OPERATING ON SITE. PLANT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPORTED POWER LOSS/TRANSFORMER FAILURE RESULTING IN AN AMMONIA RELEASE. PLANT PERSONNEL SHUT OFF VALVE AND CONTROLLED LEAK. PGE ON SITE TO EVALUATE DAMAGE. IT WAS THEIR TRANSFORMER. HM-16 SAMPLED AIR, ALL TUBE ANALYZER RESULTS WERE LESS THAN 50 PPM. FIRE BUREAU FANS WERE USED IN VENTILATION. HM-16 IN SERVICE AND LEFT UNITS OPERATING ON SITE.
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880176
|
8/13/1988
|
4180 PORTLAND RD NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
SALEM FIRE UNITS RESPONDED TO PORTLAND ROAD SHELL SERVICE STATION TO REPORT OF LEAKING FUEL. A VEHICLE HAD APPARENTLY GONE OUT OF CONTROL AND STRUCK A PUMP KNOCKING IT OVER. RUN OFF DURING CLEAN-UP AND FINAL WASH DOWN ENTERED INTO STORM DRAIN. SALEM F
|
880069
|
8/15/1988
|
1500 NE 122ND
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
RESPONDED TO REPORT OF LEAKING AMMONIA CYLINDER USED FOR "MICRO-FISCHE" UNIT. PERSONNEL CONTAINED LEAKING PRODUCT AND VENTED INTO WATER. EMPTY CYLINDER RETURNED TO RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR DISPOSAL. RESPONDED TO REPORT OF LEAKING AMMONIA CYLINDER
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880052
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8/15/1988
|
726 KEENEWAY DR
|
MEDFORD
|
JACKSON
|
MALATHION
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT AT RISK 0.2 GAL. FIREFIGHTER MAWHIRTER RESPONDED TO INCIDENT & UPON ARRIVAL FOUND A SPILL OF 1 PINT OF LILLY MILLER MALATHION, 57%.MARIE MCDERMOTT HAD TRIED TO PICK UP THE SPILL WITH PAPER TOWELS & IN SO DOING EXPOSED HERSELF.SHED THEN WASHED OFF THE AREA WITH A GARDEN HOSE.UPONN ARRIVAL I CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE FROM B/C PIERCE.TOGETHER WE PICKED UP THE REMAINING RESIDUE WITH BEACH SAND & WASHED THE AREA WITH SOAP & WATER. WE THEN ADVISED BOTH RHYAN & MARIE MCDERMOTT TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR MARIE ALTHOUGH SHE WAS EXPERIENCING NO SYMPTOMS AT THE TIME.THE HOME IS USED AS A DAYCARE CENTER & OTHER CHILDREN MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.THEY ARE: DIEDRE MCDERMOTT, SIOEHAN MCDERMOTT, IAN TAYLOR, SAM SEULEAN.
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880065
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8/16/1988
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2445 WILLAKENZIE
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EUGENE
|
LANE
|
CHLORINE
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0
|
|
880051
|
8/22/1988
|
BLACK BRIDGE
|
SEASIDE
|
CLATSOP
|
CHLORINE
|
50 POUNDS
|
LEAK IN CONTAINER.
|
880067
|
8/24/1988
|
344 N 'A'
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
APPROX. 5 GALLONS GASOLINE PUMPED ONTO GROUND AND WASHED INTO STORM DRAIN BY UNKNOWN PERSON(S). GAS PUMPS LOCATED IN PARKING LOT BEHIND SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPT. 750 GALLONS WATER USED TO FLUSH THE DRAIN SYSTEM AND ALL PROPER AGENCIES NOTIFIED. APPROX
|
880055
|
8/25/1988
|
14235 SE 98TH
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CLACKAMAS
|
PCB
|
30 GALLONS
|
A 55 GAL DRUM WAS DUMPED BEHIND 14235 SE 98TH CT BY AN UNKNOWN PERSON OR PERSONS. THE SPILL AREA COVERED ABOUT 700' SQ OF GROUND A SUMP AS FIRST ARRIVING SO WE CALLED FOR HM 50 IN GRESHAM. THEY TOOK SAMPLES OF CHEMICAL AND USED A NIAGRA COLOR CHART TEST AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS AN ORGANIC CHLORINATED SOLVENT FURTHER TESTING DETERMINED IT TO BE PCB'S. THE SCENE WAS TAPED OFF AND TURNED OVER TO PROPERTY MANAGER, DON TRAUTMAN TO CALL CHEMICAL REMOVAL CO.
|
880077
|
8/28/1988
|
4285 NW YEON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ALUMINUM CHLORIDE SOLN
|
10 GALLONS
|
TRAILER PARKED IN YARD AT FACILITY HELD TWO 5-GAL. CONTAINERS OF SUBSTANCE THAT HAD EXPLODED. THE CONTAINERS WERE REMOVED, AN ABSORBANT USED AND THE AREA FLUSHED WITH WATER. TRAILER PARKED IN YARD AT FACILITY HELD TWO 5-GAL.
|
880058
|
9/8/1988
|
1359 N COAST HWY
|
NEWPORT
|
LINCOLN
|
NITRIC ACID
|
1 GALLONS
|
MATERIAL HAD BEEN STORED IN SHOP AREA. EMPLOYEE OPENED CONTAINER & BECAME ALARMED BY FUMING. HE EXITED STRUCTURE & THREW IT INTO UNDEVELOPED LOT. IN THE PRCESS, HE SPILLED VERY SMALL AMOUNT ON HAND. UPON FD ARRIVAL, PRODUCT ID & CHECKING DOT GUIDE, HIS
|
880167
|
9/13/1988
|
2175 PORTLAND RD NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
MOTOR VEHICLE JUMPED CURB AND KNOCKED OVER GAS METER AND STRUCK BUILDING AT ABOVE ADDRESS. AS A RESULT, SOME NATURAL GAS ESCAPED (EXACT AMOUNT IS NOT KNOWN). TWO PASSENGERS SUFFERED INJURIES RELATING TO ACCIDENT ITSELF AND NOT DUE TO RELEASE OF MATERIA
|
880125
|
9/17/1988
|
3250 NW GUAM
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
|
880127
|
9/22/1988
|
725 SW PARK
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE CONTAMINATED A SMALL AREA OF THE CARPET IN A RESTAURANT CAUSING PERSONS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY TO FEEL ILL. PERFORMED ON-SCENE TEST ON SUBSTANCE BUT UNABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY. DECON CONDUCTED ON VICTIMS BELONGINGS. HEALTH DIVISIO
|
880128
|
9/26/1988
|
729 SW ALDER
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TRANSFORMER OIL
|
0
|
A BLACK TARRY SUBSTANCE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE ELECTRICAL POWER BOXES THE DAY FOLLOWING A FIRE AT THE BUILDING. PCB TESTS ON THE SCENE PROVED POSITIVE FOR LESS THAN 50 PPM, HOWEVER, PCB LAB TESTS PROVED NEGATIVE. A BLACK TARRY SUBSTANCE WAS DISCOVERED
|
880136
|
9/30/1988
|
N BURRAGE & NEWARK
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
|
880114
|
9/30/1988
|
1501 WASHINGTON
|
OREGON CITY
|
CLACKAMAS
|
NITRIC ACID
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT AT RISK2 0.13, AMT RELEASED 0.25. A MCGLADREY REPONDED IN 2060 WITH BARRACADES AND FIRE LINE RIBBON. MCGLADREY RETURNED ON E4. HART REMAINED ON SCENE UNTIL E4 RETURNED WITH NEW CREW. COMPLAINANT TOUCHED BOTTLES. FLUSHED HIS HANDS WITH BOOSTER LINE. BUCK ON SCENE. REFUSED TREATMENT. ADVISED THAT CHEMTREC RECOMMENDED THAT HE SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT. GLASS BOTTLES IN CARDBOARD BOX. NITRIC ACID DAMP FROM LEAK. AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE ERECTED BARRICADES AND ROPED OFF. FOUND CARTONS FOR BOTTLES NEAR DUMPSTER BEHIND STORE. CONCLUSION: BOTTLE DISCARDED IN DUMPSTER. RECOVERED BY COMPLAINANT WHO WAS GOING WHO WAS GOING TO REMOVE THEM. BEFORE GOING VERY FAR, HE REALIZED THE HAZARD AND CALLED FOR HELP.
|
880156
|
10/7/1988
|
2000 HENDERSON
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
AN OILY SUBSTANCE WAS DETECTED COMING FROM A STORM DRAIN WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE CONNECTED TO PAPE CAT'S CLEANING PIT UPHILL, WHERE A PRESSURE WASHER AND CLEANING SOLUTION, "LANDA" "DYNA-MIGHT" (HEALTH HAZARD 2, FLAMMABILITY 1) WAS BEING USED. EUGENE FM WA
|
880162
|
10/8/1988
|
4800 MILL ST
|
WEST LINN
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
ON OCT 8, 1988 AT APPROX 14:38, ENGINE 182 WAS CALLED TO A CHLORINE LEAK AT JAMES RIVER CORPORATION LOCATED AT 4800 MILL STREET, WEST LINN. ENGINE 182 ARRIVED AND WAS CONTACTED BY A JERRY HOGLAND FROM JAMES RIVER CORPORATION. JERRY ADVISED THAT THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM A TONE CYLINDER IN THE BLEACH PLANT. THE LEAK WAS NOT BAD BUT THE ON SITE PLANT WORKERS WERE NOT ABLE TO STOP THE LEAK. WHEN THE WORKERS CALLED PENNWALT COP. TO HAVE SOMEONE RESPOND TO THE MILL TO STOP THE LEAK, PENNWALT ADVISED JAMES RIVER THAT THERE WAS NO ONE AVAILABLE TO SEND. WRITER FIRST IDENTIFIED THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, 1017 CHLORINE TONE CYLINDER LOCATED IN THE BLEACH PLANT. WRITER SECURED THE SCENE AND CALLED FOR R-191 AND R-231 AND 1801. WRITER HAD JEFF PIERCE, STATION 18 STAFF AND LAVINE LINKER, STATION 19 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IN STRUCTURAL FIRE FIGHTER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS, GO IN TO MAKE A SIZE UP AND TO SEE IF THEY COULD STOP THE LEAK.
|
880131
|
10/11/1988
|
120 SE 109TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ORTHORIX
|
1 GALLONS
|
RESIDENCE OCCUPANT SPILLED PRODUCT IN BASEMENT AND REQUESTED ADVISE ON CLEAN-UP. ALSO COMPLAINED OF PUNGENT ODOR. FD CONTACTED POISON CNTRL, ORTHO IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND REFERENCED FARM CHEM HANDBOOK. ASSISTED IN REMOVING RESIDUE. RESIDENCE OCCUPANT SP
|
880153
|
10/12/1988
|
6142 CRATER LAKE AVE
|
WHITE CITY
|
JACKSON
|
TIRE MATS
|
0
|
NO COMMENTS GIVEN
|
880120
|
10/21/1988
|
16812 HOWARD MILL RD
|
BEAVERCREEK
|
CLACKAMAS
|
PYRIDINE
|
1 CF
|
AMT RICF 0.125. AT APPROX 1515 HRS WRITER RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM DAWN CORDRAY WHO STATED SHE WAS AT THE ABOVE LOCATION AND HER DOG HAD SPILLED SOME ROACH POISON IN THE GARAGE. SHE WAS REQUESTING INFO ON HOW TO CLEAN UP THE MATERIAL. WRITER TOLD HER TO REMAIN AWAY FROM THE SPILL AREA AND PERSONNEL FROM THE FD WOULD RESPOND TO CHECK OUT THE SITUATION. ENGINE 152 WITH LT PARRA AND STUDENT FF ALSTROM AND NUNEZ RESPONDED AND WRITER RESPONDED IN UNIT 150. UPON ARRIVAL OF THE UNITS, CORDRAY WAS CONTACTED AND STATED HER GRANDFATHER LIVED AT THE HOUSE AND SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND KEPT THEIR DOG AT THAT LOCATION. THE GRANDFATHER HAD MANY GARDEN CHEMICALS STORED IN THE GARAGE AND THE DOG HAD BEEN KEPT IN THE GARAGE. WHEN SHE WENT TO LET THE DOG OUT SHE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR. AFTER REMOVING THE DOG, THE BOYFRIEND ENTERED THE GARAGE TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR AND FOUND THE DOG HAD KNOCKED OVER SEVERAL BOTTLES OF CHEMICALS WHICH HAD BROKEN AND MIXED. A STRONG ODOR WAS PRESENT IN THE AREA AROUND THE GARAGE AND THE UNITS WERE PARKED UPWIND. CORDRAY HAD THEN BATHED THE DOG AND CALLED THE FD. SHE WAS COMPLAINING OF LIGHTHEADEDNESS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND A SORE THROAT. HER BOYFRIEND STATED HE WAS LIGHTHEADED BUT OTHERWISE ALRIGHT. LT PARRA AND WRITER ENTERED TYVEK ENCAPSULATED SUITS AND PARRA ENTERED THE GARAGE TO DETERMINE THE NATURE OF THE SPILLED MATERIAL WITH WRITER REMAINING OUTSIDE AS SAFETY BACKUP. PARRA RADIOED OUT THE NAMES OF THE BOTTLES INCLUDING ISOTOX (BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE, AN ORGANIC PHOSPHATE), ROACH KILL (SODIUM FLORIDE) AND BLACK LEAF 40 (PYRIDINE). AN AMBULANCE WAS STARTED AND PARRA EXITED THE GARAGE AND WAS DECONTAMINATED. HM 16 OF PORTLAND FIRE WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE FOR ASSISTANCE AS WAS MEDICAL RESOURCES. CORDRAY WAS PLACED ON O2 AT A LOCATION UPWIND FROM THE GARAGE AND THE DOGS WERE TIED AT A LOCATION REMOTE FROM THE GARAGE. THE DRIVEWAY WAS BLOCKED OFF WITH FIRE LINE TAPE TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY. WHEN THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED SCHREIBER WAS SENT FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES. THEY CHECKED CORDRAY WHO DECLINED TREATMENT AND TRANSPORT. PARRA AGAIN ENTERED AN ENCAPSULATED SUIT AND REENTERED THE GARAGE TO CLEAN-UPTHE SPILLED MATERIAL. THE MATERIAL WAS PLACED INTO A FIVE GALLON PLASTIC BUCKET, THE LID WAS SECURED IN PLACE AND THE CONTAINER WAS MARKED AS HAZARDOUS WASTE STICKER. PARRA WAS AGAIN DECONTAMINATED AND THE SUITS MARKED AS HAZARDOUS WASTE FOR DISPOSAL. THE BUILDING WAS VENTILATED AND A HOSELINE WAS PREPARED TO FLUSH THE REMAINING MATERIAL AS RECOMMENDED IN VARIOUS DOCUMENTS. WRITER ENTERED THE BUILDING IN FULL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING & USED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER TO DILUTE THE RESIDUE. UPON EXIT, WRITERS TURNOUT PANTS & BOOTS WERE SPLASHED WITH LIQUID AND WERE PLACED INTO A PLASTIC BAG & MARKED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL FOR DISPOSAL. CORDRAY WAS ADVISED OF THE PROPER DISPOSAL METHODS OF THE BUCKET OF WASTE AND UNITS WERE CLEARED. UPON RETURNING TO THE STATION, THE BRETHING APPARATUS & OTHER EQUIPMENT USED WERE DECONTAMINATED BY WASHING AS RECOMMENDED. EQUIPMENT WAS BACK IN SERVICE AT 1808 HOURS. TIME ON SCENE WAS APPROX 2.5 HRS. PERSONS ON SCENE DAWY CORDRAY (OCCUPANT)-BOYFRIEND, NOT OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED, JEFF PARRA BEAVERCRK FD, ROBERT WINKEL BEAVERCRK FD, ERIC AHLSTROM BEAVERCRK FD, RICK NUNEZ BEAVERCRK FD, NEWELL WEATHERLY CLARKES FD, JIM SCHREIBER CLARKES FD, DALE MILLER BUCK MEDICAL & 2 ATTENDENTS NOT OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED.
|
880169
|
10/21/1988
|
401 CENTER ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
REPORTED ODOR OF CARBON TETRACHLORIDE AT WOMEN'S WORLD AT THE SALEM CENTRE MALL. SEVERAL PERSONS EXPERIENCED SKIN RASH, EYE IRRITATION AND GENERAL FEELING OF ILLNESS. STORE CLOSED WHILE RESPONDERS ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE SOURCE. NONE WAS FOUND. THIS IS THE S
|
880192
|
10/24/1988
|
3181 SW SAM JACKSON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
IODINE 125
|
0
|
REPORT OF FIRE ON 9TH FLOOR, POSSIBLE RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS INVOLVED; HAZMAT TEAM UNABLE TO OBTAIN READINGS. GUINEA PIGS HAD BEEN INJECTED W/IODINE 125 & WERE BEING INCINERATED IN OVEN ON SITE.OVEN MALFUNCTIONED & RELEASED SMOKE, EXT. EFFORTS DIS- PLACED
|
880170
|
11/1/1988
|
1676 CENTER
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
SULFURIC ACID
|
50 GALLONS
|
A TRUCK LOADED WITH 8,000 USED AUTO AND TRUCK BATTERIES WAS UNLOADING AT THE BATTERY X-CHANGE. THEIR PRACTICE IS TO FILL ALL BATTERIES WITH WATER BECAUSE THEY SELL FOR SALVAGE BY TOTAL WEIGHT. MOST OF THE BATTERIES WERE CRACKED CAUSING WATER TO FLUSH OUT THE ACID CONTENTS INTO THE PARKING LOT. A STREAM OF ACID/ WATER -PH2.3- WAS FLOWING DOWN THE SIDEWALK AND CURB. WHEN POLLUTION CONTROL CONFIRMED THE LIQUID WAS ACID, THE MANAGER BROUGHT OUT A BAG OF SODA ASH AND NEUTRALIZED THE SPILL.
|
880145
|
11/1/1988
|
3965 HAYSVILLE DR NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
PAINT
|
50 GALLONS
|
OCCUPANT CONDUCTING ILLEGAL BURN OF BUSINESS REFUSE INCLUDING (WASTE) PAINT (PRODUCTS) OF LEAD/ CHROME/MERCURY BASE. BATT. CHIEF BEACH ISSUED AN ORDER TO HALT/EXTINGUISH BURNING ACTIVITY AND CONTACTED DEQ & POLLUTION CNTRL. SCENE TURNED OVER TO DEQ. ON
|
880295
|
11/1/1988
|
4817 BUFFALO DR SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
NONE
|
880320
|
11/1/1988
|
3482 SANDRINGHAM DRIVE NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
NONE
|
880154
|
11/4/1988
|
1055 S BERTELSON
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
METHYL METHACRYLATE
|
1 GALLONS
|
PRODUCT STORED IN CARDBOARD BOX PLACED TOO CLOSE TO BASEBOARD HEATER IGNITED CARDBOARD AND THEN ONE GALLON PLASTIC JUG CONTAINING SUBSTANCE. THIS FIRE SPREAD AND RESULTED IN $33,000. DAMAGE TO INVOLVED PROPERTY. PRODUCT STORED IN CARDBOARD BOX PLACED T
|
880197
|
11/4/1988
|
3605 SE 28TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CHEMICOR
|
0
|
HM 16 ARRIVED TO FIND Q-23/E-7 ON SITE, AREA SECURE. CONTAINER ON SITE FOR APPROX 2 MONTHS HAD BEEN DISTURBED RELEASING CONTENTS. WORKERS ON SITE CC OF ROTTEN EGG ORDER. HAZ CAT TESTING: POSITIVE FOR SULPHIDES, CHLORINATION; ALKALINE @ PH10, WATER SOL. P
|
880171
|
11/6/1988
|
2939 PRINGLE RD SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
|
0
|
MARK SHORT, SON OF OWNER, FOUND A SMALL HAND HELD INSTRUMENT WHILE CLEANING STORAGE AREA IN THE GARAGE OF THEIR DWELLING. HE BECAME CONCERNED WHEN HE READ ON THE LABEL THAT STATED "STATIC MASTER" THAT IT CONTAINED A RADIATION SOURCE. UPON ARRIVAL, THE FIRE CREW READ THE WARNING ON THE LABEL THAT MATERIAL COULD BE DANGEROUS IF INHALED OR INGESTED. THE RADIATION SOURCE WAS CONTAINED INSIDE THE UNIT AND WAS SURROUNDED BY A PLASTIC CASE. AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE POLICE SUPERVISOR AND POLLUTION CONTROL PERSONNEL ON THE SCENE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO DANGER.
|
880150
|
11/9/1988
|
375 SQUAW MTN RD
|
SELMA
|
JOSEPHINE
|
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
|
50 GALLONS
|
UPON ARRIVAL AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS, I WAS TAKEN TO APPROX 100 FEET FROM THE MOBILE HOME, FROM THERE I WAS TOLD THE SPILL WAS APPROX ANOTHER 100 FEET AHEAD. I RETRIEVED MY BINOCULARS FROM BEHIND MY TRUCK SEAT. LOOKING AT THE SPILL, I FOUND THERE TO BE A 55 GALLON BARREL LAYING ON ITS SIDE. ON THE SIDE OF THE BARREL WAS A YELLOW PLACARD PRINTED WITH THE WORD "OXIDIZER." I THEN TOOK MY HAZ-MAT BOOK & FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS. I FLOODED THE AREA WITH 200 GALLONS OF WATER BEFORE I PLACED THE BARREL IN AN UP RIGHT POSITION. THE BARREL STILL CONTAINED APPROXIMAELY 3 TO 4 GALLONS OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. I INFORMED THE RESIDENTS TO AVOID THE AREA UNTIL I CHECKED IT OUT FURTHER. NOVEMBER 9, 1988, I CONTACTED DEQ AND TALKED TO JOHN BECKER, WHO TOLD ME HE WOULD CALL PORTLAND AND GET BACK TO ME. APPROX. 2 HRS LATER JOHN RETURNED THE CALL TO INFORM ME THAT WE HAD DONE THE CORRECT THING. THE WAY TO DISPOSE OF THE REMAINING CONTENTS OF THE BARREL WAS TO DILUTE & PUT ON THE GROUND, THEN FLOOD THE AREA AGAIN.
|
880194
|
11/18/1988
|
PDX AIRPORT GATE 45
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ASBESTOS
|
0
|
AT GATE 45 CONTRACTORS CHOPPED HOLES IN ROOF TO EXPEDITE PLACEMENT OF BRACKETS FOR ELEC CONDUCTL ASBESTOS SPILLED INTO WAITING AREA. GATE 45 & THE DELTA COMPUTER RM IMMED. EVACULATED UNTIL PROBLEM CLEANED BY HAZMAT DISPOSAL CONTRACTOR (PBS) AT GATE 45
|
880200
|
11/28/1988
|
630 CENTER ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
0
|
SECOND HAZMAT INCIDENT REPORTED AT THIS LOCATION IN 24 HRS. SITE FORMERLY A SERVICE STATION APPROX. 10 YEARS PRIOR BUT RECORDS SEEM TO INDICATE ALL TANKS REMOVED AT TIME OF SHUT DOWN. RECEIVED COMPLAINTS OF STRONG ODOR OF DIESEL MAKING SOME EMPLOYEES OF
|
880409
|
11/28/1988
|
3801 NE 82ND
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
DRUG LAB CHEMICALS
|
0
|
DVD & HAZMAT WERE ON SCENE. SEVEN SUSPECTS WERE IN CUSTODY, LATER CHANGED INTO TYVEX COVERALLS AND CLOTHING INTO CONTAM BAGS, HOT WARM & COLD ZONES DETERMINED, DE-CON AREAS ESTAB. 3 OFFICERS DE-CONNED, BIO-SENSOR WAS USED. ALL WAS PHOTOED FOR ID, PEGASUS
|
880158
|
11/28/1988
|
1162 WILLAMETTE
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
OXYGEN LIQUID
|
0
|
FAILURE OF A POP-OFF VALVE ON A LIQUID OXYGEN STORAGE FACILITY CAUSED GASES TO BE EXPELLED. FAILURE OF A POP-OFF VALVE ON A LIQUID OXYGEN
|
880106
|
11/30/1988
|
205 SCHUMACHER
|
CAVE JUNCTION
|
JOSEPHINE
|
PROPANE
|
1 GALLONS
|
NONE GIVEN
|
880413
|
12/1/1988
|
3342 SE MORRISON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
NATURAL GAS LEAK DUE TO BROKEN LINE. GAS SHUT OFF NATURAL GAS LEAK DUE TO BROKEN LINE. GAS SHUT OFF
|
880203
|
12/7/1988
|
630 CENTER ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
0
|
RESPONDED TO COMPLAINTS OF STRONG ODOR OF DIESEL IN THE AREA. LOCATION IS FORMER SITE OF A SERVICE STATION. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF TWO HAZMAT INCIDENTS AT THE SITE WITHIN 24 HRS. (FM REPORT #03-321-880200). DEQ ALSO INVESTIGATED IN 1980 AT SIMILAR COMP
|
880412
|
12/7/1988
|
6951 N OLYMPIA
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PROPANE
|
75 GALLONS
|
|
880411
|
12/10/1988
|
1857 STATE ST
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
AMMONIA
|
0
|
MECHANICAL FAILURE CAUSED LEAK IN REFRIGERATION SYSTEM. ESCAPING AMMONIA TRAVELED DUE EAST TOWARDS THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT. LEAKAGE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AND SOURCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE LOCATED.
|
880105
|
12/26/1988
|
147 1/2 HOGUE DRIVE
|
SELMA
|
JOSEPHINE
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
STUCK FILLER VALVE. CAL-GAS (RUSS) BANGED ON IT & IT SEATED PROPERLY.
|
880095
|
12/27/1988
|
19197 MOLALLA AVE
|
OREGON CITY
|
CLACKAMAS
|
PERCHLOROETHYLENE
|
20 GALLONS
|
OWNERS WERE ADVISED OF HEALTH HAZARD AND ELECTED TO CONTINUE CLEAN-UP. CPL DAVID HOWARD, OCPD, CONTACTED JOHN TAYLOR OF DEQ CONCERNING INCIDENT.
|
880104
|
12/27/1988
|
SHANNON LANE @ RR
|
GRANTS PASS
|
JOSEPHINE
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
#15 OBVIOUS DUE TO ODOR AND PROPANE TANKS IN AREA
|
880186
|
12/27/1988
|
1516 CAPITOL NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
1 GALLONS
|
GASOLINE SPILLED WHEN VEHICLE DROVE AWAY FROM GAS PUMP BEFORE REMOVING NOZZLE. CLEAN-UP PERFORMED. GASOLINE SPILLED WHEN VEHICLE DROVE AWAY FROM GAS
|
880096
|
12/28/1988
|
7800 PACIFIC AVE
|
WHITE CITY
|
JACKSON
|
METEX M-629
|
30 GALLONS
|
EMERSION HEATER IN PLASTIC DIP TANK OVERHEATED AND IGNITED PLASTIC TANK AFTER FLUID HAD EVAPORATED ENOUGH TO ALLOW HEATER TO MAKE DIRECT CONTACT WITH TANK SIDE.
|
880123
|
12/31/1988
|
4735 E BURNSIDE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
BALLAST OIL
|
0
|
RESPONDED TO REPORT OF LLIGHT BALLAST LEAKING HOT OIL. POLICE ON-SCENE FEARED PCB CONTENT. BUILDING VENTILATED WITH GAS-POWERED FAN AND BALLAST REMOVED. ONE FIREFIGHTER INJURY. (*SEE ATTACHED CASUALTY REPORT)* RESPONDED TO REPORT OF LLIGHT BALLAST L
|
880098
|
12/31/1988
|
5707 SE 92ND
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
WASTE LACQUER THINNER
|
0
|
FD RESPONDED TO REPORT OF ABANDONED 15 GALLON DRUM PLACARDED 'LACQUER THINNER'. VISUALLY CHECKED CONTENT PURITY WITH PUMP/PIPETTE. NOTED MATERIAL INSIDE WAS A SLUDGE GREY COLOR. ARRANGED FOR THE TRANSFER OF DRUM TO TEMPORARY HOLDING SITE UNTIL DISPOSA
|
890063
|
1/1/1989
|
243 E MAIN
|
SHERIDAN
|
YAMHILL
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
|
890360
|
1/9/1989
|
32000 DHOOGHE ROAD
|
MOLALLA
|
CLACKAMAS
|
WASTE TIRES
|
0
|
A 30' X 30' AREA OF WASTE TIRES AND ASSORTED GARBAGE TO INCLUDE WASTE OR DIESEL FUELS FREE BURNING IN AN OLD ROCK QUARRY. FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT EXTINGUISH DUE TO ACCESS OF FIRE APPARATUS.
|
890025
|
1/10/1989
|
1705 INDUSTRIAL DR
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
EPOXY RESIN
|
0
|
|
890058
|
1/11/1989
|
2495 NW NICOLAI
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TITANIUM
|
400 POUNDS
|
Two dumpsters of titanium shavings were on fire. Poison Control was contacted. Slightly toxic. Mild respiratory irritant. It was not felt that fire fighters were exposed. UNNA #2546, CAS #7440-32-6.
|
890059
|
1/11/1989
|
300 S FIRST AVE
|
HILLSBORO
|
WASHINGTON
|
GASOLINE
|
500 GALLONS
|
AT 0358 HOURS, ON JANUARY 2, 1989, A HILLSBORO POLICE OFFICER ON PATROL REPORTED FINDING GASOLINE SPILLED & RUNNING AT THE ARCO SERVICE STATION LOCATED AT 300 S. FIRST AVENUE IN HILLSBORO. FIRE DEPARTMENT UNITS WERE IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AN UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL HAD PLACED A GARDEN HOSE INTO THE SERVICE STATION'S UNLOCKED 12000 GAL UNDERGROUND UNLEADED GAS STORAGE TANK. THE EVENT TOOK PLACE AFTER 2200 HOURS ON JANUARY 11, 1989. ONCE THE TANK VOID SPACE HAD FILLED WITH WATER, FUEL WAS FORCED FROM THE TANK UNTIL DISCOVERY. OERS WAS CONTACTED SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL OF FIRE UNITS & ARRANGEMENTS FOR SPILL RECOVERY WERE MADE THROUGH THE SERVICE STATION'S OWNER AT THE DIRECTION OF DEQ. FUEL THAT SPILLED ESCAPED DIRECTLY INTO THE CITY'S STORM SEWER SYSTEM & FLOWED DIRECTLY SOUTH ON FIRST AVENUE PAST THE UNIFED SEWERAGE AGENCY PROCESSING PLANT & INTO DRAINAGE AREA OF THE TUALATIN RIVER KNOWN AS JACKSON BOTTOM. THE CLEANUP AGENCY (PEGASUS) RECOVERED APPROX 200 GALS OF THE SPILLED FUEL.
|
890066
|
1/17/1989
|
2455 NW NICOLAI
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
|
890061
|
1/19/1989
|
12005 N BURGARD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TRANSFORMER OIL
|
0
|
|
890007
|
1/19/1989
|
657 C ST
|
MADRAS
|
JEFFERSON
|
CHEM-ION CLEANER
|
0
|
|
890008
|
1/26/1989
|
1887 LAURA ST
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
|
0
|
|
890091
|
1/27/1989
|
3181 SW SAM JACKSON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
0
|
|
890092
|
1/29/1989
|
5001 N COLUMBIA BLVD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
|
890041
|
1/29/1989
|
HWY 126 EAST
|
REDMOND
|
DESCHUTES
|
MERCAPTAN
|
0
|
RESPONDED TO NATURAL GAS LEAK AT CASCADE NATURAL GAS ODERIZER STATION ON EAST HWY 126, APPROX MILE POST 3.2. CLOSED DOWN HWY AND WAITED FOR GAS CREW. UPON ARRIVAL OF PGT, PERSONNEL ENTERED BLDG TO CHECK FOR LEAK. A LEAK WAS FOUND IN A PACKING WASHER OF THE SIGHT GLASS ON LARGER OF THE TWO ODERIZER TANKS. TEAM MEMBERS ASSISTED WITH BURN OFF OF PRESSURE ON ODERANT TANK AND SHUT DOWN OF ODERIZER, CASCADE GAS.
|
890003
|
2/1/1989
|
EAST ST
|
ISLAND CITY
|
UNION
|
KROVAR
|
1 POUNDS
|
AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO CHEMICAL HAZARDS INVOLVED. ON FEBRUARY 9, 1989, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WERE CHEMICALS STORED IN THE BUILDING. THEY WOULD PROVIDE US A LIST OF WHAT CHEMICALS & THE AMOUNT THAT WAS INVOLVED. SEE ATTACHED LISTING. DEQ WAS INFORMED OF THIS ON FEBRUARY 9, 1989. 6TH CHEMICAL LISTED: CHEMICAL/TRADE NAME:GROWTH RETARDANT NO UN/NA# LISTED NUMBER OF CONTAINERS:=1 SIZE OF CONTAINERS:= 15 GAL AMOUNT AT RISK:= 15 GALS. AMOUNT RELEASED:= 0 GALS. 7TH CHEMICAL LISTED: CHEMICAL/TRADE NAME: HERBICIDE NO UN/NA# LISTED NUMBER OF CONTAINERS:=20 SIZE OF CONTAINERS:= GAL AMOUNT AT RISK:= 20 GALS AMOUNT RELEASED:= 0 GALS. 8TH CHEMICAL LISTED: CHEMICAL/TRADE NAME: SPREADER/STICKER NO UN/NA# LISTED NUMBER OF CONTAINERS:= 2 SIZE OF CONTAINERS:= GAL AMOUNT AT RISK:= 2 GALS AMOUNT RELEASED:= 2 GALS. 9TH CHEMICAL LISTED: CHEMICAL/TRADE NAME: PARAQUAT NO UN/NA# LISTED NUMBER OF CONATINERS:=1 SIZE OF CONTAINER:= GAL AMOUNT AT RISK:= 1 GAL AMOUNT RELEASED:= 1 GAL 10TH CHEMICAL LISTED: CHEMICAL/TRADE NAME: FUNGACIDE NO UN/NA# LISTED NUMBER OF CONTAINERS:= 2 SIZE OF CONTAINERS:= PINT AMOUNT AT RISK:= 1/4 GAL AMOUNT RELEASED:= 1/4 GAL 11TH CHEMICAL LISTED: CHEMICAL/TRADE NAME: DIAZIAON NO UN/NA# LISTED NUMBER OF CONTAINERS:= 1 SIZE OF CONTAINERS:= GAL AMOUNT AT RISK:= 2 LBS AMOUNT RELEASED:= 2 LBS 12TH CHEMICAL LISTED: CHEMICAL/TRADE NAME: MCPP NO UN/NA# LISTED NUMBER OF CONTAINERS:=1 SIZE OF CONTAINERS:= GAL AMOUNT AT RISK:= 1/2 GAL AMOUNT RELEASED:= 1/2 GAL 13TH CHEMICAL LISTED: CHEMICAL/TRADE NAME: CALCIUM ARSENATE NUMBER OF CONTAINERS:= 2 SIZE OF CONTAINER:= LB AMOUNT AT RISK:= 2 LBS. AMOUNT RELEASED:= 2 LBS. 14TH CHEMICAL LISTED: CHEMICAL/TRADE NAME: MISCELLANEOUS FUNGACIDES& INSECTICIDES NO UN/NA# LISTED NUMBER OF CONTAINERS:= 2 SIZE OF CONTAINERS:= LB AMOUNT AT RISK:= 2 LBS AMOUNT RELEASED:= 0 LBS.
|
890170
|
2/2/1989
|
1727 SE 11TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ZEP FORMULA 9862
|
0
|
|
890171
|
2/3/1989
|
3337 NE WASCO
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
DRUG LAB CHEMICALS
|
0
|
|
890005
|
2/4/1989
|
20145 NE SANDY BLVD
|
TROUTDALE
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CHLORINE TABLETS
|
0
|
|
890169
|
2/7/1989
|
3703 N MONTANA
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
VARIOUS CHEMICALS
|
0
|
|
890168
|
2/7/1989
|
6400 NW FRONT AVE
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SODIUM HYDROXIDE
|
0
|
|
890350
|
2/11/1989
|
10950 SW 5TH
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
0
|
|
890100
|
2/11/1989
|
5093 SE COOPER
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SULFURIC ACID
|
0
|
|
890097
|
2/13/1989
|
1317 NE LOMBARD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
|
890133
|
2/16/1989
|
24TH & AMAZON
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
FUEL OIL
|
0
|
|
890173
|
2/19/1989
|
STATE HWY DEPT
|
COOS BAY
|
COOS
|
GASOLINE
|
950 GALLONS
|
FUEL STATION WAS BROKEN INTO DURING THE NIGHT. BY THE TIME IT WAS FIRST NOTICED, 950 GALLONS WAS ON THE PUMP. IT WAS THEN SHUT OFF BUT THE GAS WENT ACROSS PARKING LOT AND RAN DOWN ENTRANCE ROAD TO HWY 101 SOUTH. AT THE BOTTOM IS A SLOUGH WHICH THE GAS RAN OFF INTO.
|
890481
|
3/1/1989
|
1521 POPLAR
|
FOREST GROVE
|
WASHINGTON
|
PROPANE
|
5 GALLONS
|
PROPANE LEAKING FROM DAMAGED CONTAINER IGNITED BY PILOT FLAME. FIRE WAS OUT UPON OUR ARRIVAL.
|
890040
|
3/6/1989
|
28TH & UMATILLA
|
ALBANY
|
LINN
|
XYLENE
|
0
|
OSFM NOTE: NO COMMENTS GIVEN
|
890034
|
3/8/1989
|
313 E 8TH
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
|
890124
|
3/9/1989
|
DRAKE PARK
|
BEND
|
DESCHUTES
|
STRYCHNINE OATS
|
5 POUNDS
|
UNKNOWN PERPETRATOR SPREAD STRYCHNINE TREATED OATS IN DRAKE PARK. WE RESPONDED AT 1308 HRS TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM CITY PD. UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND TWO AREAS OF ABOUT 250 SQ FT EACH COVERED WITH STRYCHNINE TREATED OATS AND FOUND 12 DEAD OR DYING DUCKS. WE CORDONED OF THE AREAS AND BEGAN VACUUMING THE AREAS. THIS WAS MARGINALLY EFFECTIVE SO WE CALLED IN A CITY VACUUM TRUCK WHICH WAS ABLE TO GET THE JOB DONE. PARKS AND RECREATION EMPLOYEES SEARCHED THE PARK FOR MORE POISON AND FOUND NONE. CITY PO DISPOSED OF THE CARCASSES.
|
890139
|
3/13/1989
|
2600 CENTER ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
|
890043
|
3/14/1989
|
514 12TH
|
ASTORIA
|
CLATSOP
|
CHLORINE
|
60 POUNDS
|
UPON ARRIVAL NOTED STRONG SMELL OF CHLORINE IN AREA. CORDONED OFF AREA 12TH TO 13TH OF EXCHANGE IMMEDIATELY, LATER EVACUATING ALL BLDGS 12TH TO 14TH OF DIANE, EXCHANGE, AND FRANKLIN. BLOCKED TRAFFIC TEMPORARILY FROM 14TH TO 12TH ON DUANE. SENT THOMAS AND GASCOIGNE IN TO ACCESS SITUATION USING SCBA. ENTRY TEAM DETERMINED THAT 150 LB BOTTLE OF CHLORINE WAS LEAKING AROUND VALVE AND COULD NOT BE SHUT OFF. WE THEN ASSEMBLED SECOND ENTRY TEAM CONSISTING OF CAMPBELL AS TEAM LEADER, GASCOIGNE, AND KEN COOK OF PUBLIC WORKS. KEN WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE HE HAD EXPERIENCE USING THE A KIT DESIGNED TO STOP LEAKS IN 150 LB CHLORINE BOTTLES. ENTRY TEAM WAS DRESSED IN SPLASH SUITS WITH RUBBER GLOVES AND BOOTS TAPED SO THAT TEAM WOULD NOT BECOME CONTAMINATED. TEAM ALSO WAS EQUIPPED WITH ONE HOUR SCBA. THEIR OBJECTIVE TO STOP THE LEAK USING THE A KIT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO SLOW THE LEAK TO THE POINT THAT THE AREA WAS MORE SECURE. TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PENWALT CORP, WHICH DEALS WITH CHLORINE LEAKS, ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 1620 HRS AND REMOVED BOTTLE FROM BLDG. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BOTTLE COULD BE REMOVED SAFELY FROM CORE AREA OF CITY TO ISOLATED AREA OF EAST END MOORING BASIN FOR FUTHER ATTEMPT TO CONTAIN LEAK. THE TEAM FROM PENWALT REMOVED THE A KIT PATCH FROM THE CYLINDER AND WERE SUCCESSFUL IN TURNING OFF THE VALVE TO STOP THE LEAK. ANTOHER LEAK WAS FOUND IN THE SIDE OF FYLINDER APPOX ONE FOOT FROM THE BOTTOM AND WAS PATCHED USING CLAMP FROM A KIT. SECOND LEAK WAS CAUSED FROM CORROSION OF THE METAL DUE TO THE LEAKING VALVE. IT APPEARED THAT VALVE HAD BEEN LEAKING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS JUDGING FROM THE CONDITION OF THE CYLINGER AND THE INTERIOR OF THE STORAGE ROOM. PENWALT TEAM MEMBERS LOADED PATCHED CYLINDER INTO THEIR VEHICLE AND TOOK IT BACK TO PORTLAND WITH THEM. THEY ALSO ADVISED OWNER OF L & C CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF THE METHOD FOR CLEAN UP OF THE CONTAMINATED ROOM AND WHO TO CALL FOR REMOVAL OF THE THREE OTHER CYLINDERS IN STORAGE.
|
890082
|
3/14/1989
|
9420 NW ST HELENS
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TRANSMISSION FLUID
|
0
|
|
890349
|
3/16/1989
|
6660 SW NYBERG RD
|
TUALATIN
|
WASHINGTON
|
PERCHLOROETHYLENE
|
3 GALLONS
|
ACE CLEANERS SPILLED APPROXIMATELY THREE GALLONS OF PERK CLEANING SOLVENT. IT WAS SMELLED IN MERIDIAN PARK VETERINARY HOSPITAL AND THEY CALLED US. WE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE PRODUCT. IT WAS CONTAINED IN BUILDING.
|
890074
|
3/17/1989
|
100 SW 5TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ASBESTOS
|
0
|
|
890141
|
3/21/1989
|
0845 BASSETT ST NW
|
SALEM
|
POLK
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
AN EMPLOYEE OF A NEARBY EXXON SERVICE STATION REPORTED A STRONG ODOR OF AMMONIA COMING FROM A NEARBY CANNERY:AGRIPAC INC. FIRE, POLICE AND CITY POLLUTION CONTROL UNITS RESPONDED. AMMONIA HAD BEEN LEAKING FROM A LOOSE PACKING NUT ON THE 3000 LB SYSTEM FOR MORE THAN ONE-HALF HOUR. FIRE PERSONNEL ASSISTED AGRICPAC EMPLOYEES TIGHTEN THE PACKING NUT AND STOP THE LEAK. CASUALTIES:AN AGRIPAC EMPLOYEE-TONY STEELE- WAS OVER COME WITH AMMONIA FUMES, TREATED AND TRANSPORTED TO SALEM HOSPITAL ER.HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED
|
890042
|
3/22/1989
|
3180 W 11TH
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
FUEL OIL
|
0
|
|
890071
|
3/24/1989
|
2446 SE ASH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SULFUR DIOXIDE
|
0
|
|
890049
|
3/25/1989
|
7900 TAKILMA RD
|
CAVE JUNCTION
|
JOSEPHINE
|
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT RELEASED 0.4. CARDBOARD CONTAINER WAS UPSET (ON SIDE). OWNER SET CONTAINER UPRIGHT & NOTICED WET CARDBOARD THEN STRONG ODOR, BURNING TYPE FEELING IN NOSE & LUNGS.
|
890051
|
3/27/1989
|
642 CHARNELTON
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE
|
0
|
|
890052
|
3/27/1989
|
3090 KINCAID
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
FUEL OIL
|
0
|
|
890103
|
4/4/1989
|
S HANNA HARVESTER DR
|
MILWAUKIE
|
CLACKAMAS
|
ALKALINE DETERGENT
|
200 GALLONS
|
PRODUCT WAS SPILLED ONTO GROUND WHEN HOSE FROM MIXING TANK FELL OUT OF STORAGE TANK. PRODUCT WAS BEING PUMPED INTO STORAGE TANK WHEN EMPLOYEE LEFT AREA TO WASH HANDS. AMOUNT OF SPILL WAS ESTIMATED BY EMPLOYEE TO BE 50-75 GALLONS. EMPLOYEE STARTED TO HOUSE OUT AREA OF SPILL. RUNOFF FLOWED OUT OF BUILDING AND ABOUT 1000 FT DOWN TO STORM DRAIN. PRODUCT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A 4% CAUSTIC (SODIUM HYDROXIDE) SOLUTION AT POINT OF SPILL. AFTER IDENTIFICATION STORM DRAIN WAS BLOCKED WITH A PLASTIC BAG. PRODUCT WAS PUMPED UP AND PLACED INTO PLASTIC DRUMS (THIS WAS DONE BY HANNA EMPLOYEES WITH MFD SUMP PUMP AND HOSE AND ASSISTANCE OF DEPT EMPLOYEES). AMOUNTS PUMPED WAS APPROXIMATELY 400-500 GALLONS. AFTER ALL PRODUCT WAS PICKED UP, AREA AND STORM DRAIN WAS FLUSHED WITH WATER.
|
890130
|
4/5/1989
|
180 NW 5TH
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
DRUG LAB CHEMICALS
|
0
|
#13-TWO VIALS LEAKING INTO PLASTIC BAGS. NO RELEASE FROM BAGS. #15-MATERIAL WAS EVIDENCE FROM DRUG LAB BUST/UNKNOWN CHEMICAL.
RECEIVED REPORT FROM DISPATCH THAT CHEMICALS FROM EARLY DRUG LAB BUST NOW IN LAB WERE LEAKING. WE RESPONDED AND FOUND TWO VIALS LEAKING INTO PLASTIC BAGS. WE REPACKED BAGS AND VIALS INTO A LARGER PLASTIC BUCKET FILLED WITH ABSORBANT MATERIAL. WE THEN RETURNED THE CHEMICALS BACK TO THE POLICE AND OFFICIALS FROM PEGASUS COMPANY.
|
890216
|
4/7/1989
|
MEDFORD/JACKSON CO AIRPORT
|
MEDFORD
|
JACKSON
|
MOTOR OIL
|
0
|
NONE PROVIDED.
|
890149
|
4/7/1989
|
8452 HWY 99 N
|
ROSEBURG
|
DOUGLAS
|
PROPANE
|
50 GALLONS
|
NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
|
890487
|
4/7/1989
|
PEAVY HALL-OSU
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
|
890128
|
4/7/1989
|
OSU - PEAVY HALL
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
FORMALDEHYDE
|
1 GALLONS
|
RESPONDED TO SCENE BY REQUEST OF AMBULANCE CREW. UPON ARRIVAL FOUND BROKEN 1 GALLON (4L) BOTTLE OF FORMALDEHYDE IN LAB (RM #056). OSU SAFETY OFFICER (LANCE JONES) PROVIDED SORBENT PILLOWS TO CONTROL SPILL. RESPONSIBILITY FOR INCIDENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO OSU SAFETY OFFICER AT 1300 HRS FOR CLEAN-UP OF SPILL. PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO GSH VIA AMBULANCE FOR TX (SEE ATTACHED 10-C). FULL TURNOUTS AND RUBBER GLOVES AND SCBA'S WERE WORN DURING ENTIRE INCIDENT. FIRE DEPT MEMBERS EXPOSED WERE CAPTAIN STONE, FF FINEGAN, FF FARM, ENG ANDREWS, EMT'S LOVELAND, WALTER.
(OSFM NOTE: NO ATTACHMENT)
|
890137
|
4/12/1989
|
388 STATE ST
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
AQUA CHEM 777
|
0
|
|
890126
|
4/16/1989
|
4132 DEVONSHIRE CT N
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
|
0
|
|
890422
|
4/19/1989
|
12450 NW BARNES RD
|
PORTLAND
|
WASHINGTON
|
CHLORINE GRANULAR
|
0
|
|
890189
|
4/24/1989
|
WEST-30TH & WATERFRONT
|
ASTORIA
|
CLATSOP
|
LACQUER THINNER
|
1 GALLONS
|
USED PAINT THINNER STORED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. CONTAINERS RELEASED DUE TO LIQUID EXPANSION CAUSED NU WARMING AIR TEMPERATURES. LUM & UTTI: IS IN PROCESS OF RECYLING USED THINNERS AND WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATE DISPOSAL OF STORED LIQUID. NOTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND DEQ.
|
890117
|
4/24/1989
|
1451 NE CLOVER RIDGE
|
ALBANY
|
LINN
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
UNKNOWN WHEN LEAK STARTED. UPON FINDING LEAKING PRODUCT -RATE OF SPILLAGE WAS 50-70 GAL PER HR. OCCUPANT STATED THAT EMPLYEES HAD SPILLED APPROX. 10 GALS & LATER CHANGED TO POSSIBLE 100 GAL. SPILL. GASOLINE WAS NOTED IN ROADSIDE DITCH IN FRONT OF PROPERTY. ALSO RUNNING INTO SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH TO N. THIS DITCH RAN W AND DISAPPEARED BEFORE ENTERING LARGER TRUAX CREEK. PRODUCT WAS QUITE NOTICABLE ALONG CREEK ON BOTH SIDES AS WELL AS ENTIRE SURFACE AREA OF WATER. BOOMS WERE PUT ACROSS CREEK & DITCH. ABSORB PADS WERE PLACED ENTIRE LENGTH OF SITE. LARGE AMOUNT OF GASOLINE WAS NOTED ON FLOOR OF SMALL SHED NEXT TO THE TANK. 8000 GAL ABOVEGROUND TANK HAD BEEN DUG UP RECENTLY. UNKNOWN WHAT AMT. OF GAS WAS LEAKED OUT. PRODUCT WAS OFF LOADED BY SHIPPER. DURING PROCESS, APPROX 200 GAL LEAKED OUT. FIRE DEPT UNABLE TO PLUG LEAK-HAD TO OFF LOAD PRODUCT. DEQ, OERS CALLED @ 1911. REILING OF EUGENE CALLED FOR CLEANUP. FIRE DEPT RELEASED @ 2331 & MUTUAL AID GIVEN BY CORVALIS FIRE.
|
890115
|
4/24/1989
|
4702 SW SLAVIN RD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
|
890114
|
4/28/1989
|
2301 N COLUMBIA
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE
|
5 POUNDS
|
RESPONDED TO ABOVE ADDRESS AT REQUEST OF RESPONSIBLE PARTY. EMPLOYEE HAD USED ABSORBANT PADS TO WIPE UP SOME PHENOL FROM LEAKING FLEX TUBE FROM RXR CAN. EXCISE FROM PAIL CONTAINING STRONG POTASSIUM PERMANGENATE. EXPLOSIVE REACTION OCCURRED BURSTING 5 GALLONS CONTAINER AND INJURING EMPLOYEE. THIS HAPPENED BETWEEN 1200 AND 1300 HRS ACCORDING TO EMPLOYEES, MEANWHILE A SEPARATE 55 GALLON DRUM WITH APPROXIMATELY 16 # POTASSIUM AND 2O # WATER, ALSO CONTAMINATED WITH PHENOL, APPEARED TO BE REACTING. EMPLOYEES ATTEMPTED TO COOL CONTAINER. INITIAL TEMPERATURE REACHED 120 DEGREES FARENHEIT AND BY THE TIME HM 16 ARRIVED AT 2000 HRS , TEMPS HAD DROPPED TO 88 DEGREES. HM 16 CONSULTEDD WITH SUPPLIER OF POTASSIUM PERMANGENATE, CARUS CHEMICAL COMPANY AND WAS TOLD THAT FURTHER DILUTION AND COLLING OF CONTAINER WOULD BRING SOLUTION TO A SAFE LEVEL. HM 16 COOLED TO 72 DEGREES FARENHEIT AND BROUGHT PH TO APPROXIMATELY 9 AND RELEASED FACILITY TO REIDEL ENVIRONMENTAL FOR FURTHER CLEANUP.
|
890110
|
5/1/1989
|
1014 NE LLOYD CENTER
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ASBESTOS
|
0
|
|
890185
|
5/4/1989
|
335 HWY 97 E
|
THE DALLES
|
WASCO
|
CHLORINE
|
3 POUNDS
|
VALVE ON 1 TON CHLORINE CONTAINER APPARENTLY MALFUNCTIONED. PUBLIC WORKS CREW SHUT OFF VALVE & REMOVED HOSE. UPON REMOVAL OF HOSE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE VALVE DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY & WAS NOT PROPERLY SEALED. FIRE DEPARTMENT ENTERED BUILDING & CAPPED THE TANK….VAPOR LEAK
|
890157
|
5/5/1989
|
3131 N VANCOUVER
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TETRAHYDROFURAN
|
0
|
|
890423
|
5/5/1989
|
1054 NW JEFFREY
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
DIAZINON
|
0
|
|
890145
|
5/8/1989
|
501 LANCASTER DR NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
10 GALLONS
|
CUSTOMER DROVE OFF WITH FUEL HOSE STILL IN CAR CAUSING SPILL. MOST GAS SOAKED INTO PAVEMENT AM/PM FLUSHED AREA WITH 10 GALS OF H2O BEFORE I ARRIVED. I MOPPED UP EXCESS FUEL AND USED ENULSIFIER TO COMPLETE CLEANUP. UPON CHECKING DOWN STREAM IN THE STORM DRAIN THERE WAS A LITTLE PRODUCT IN FIRST MH WHICH I CLEANED UP. BY THE THIRD MH DOWN STREAM THE WATER DRIED AND NO FLOW, SO NOTHING UNCOCKED AND OPENED WATERWAY. I TOLD AM/PM IN THE FUTURE DO NOT FLUSH GAS DOWN. CALL US ASAP AND FIRE DEPT.
|
890164
|
5/11/1989
|
LOT @ 050 NE OREGON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
|
890165
|
5/12/1989
|
2516 NW 29TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ACETYLENE
|
0
|
|
890160
|
5/13/1989
|
3930 NW YEON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PINE OIL
|
0
|
|
890177
|
5/13/1989
|
SW MONROE & 7TH (PARK)
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
DYE
|
5250 GALLONS
|
VANDALISM OF 5250 GALLON FOUNTAIN BY LIME YELLOW FLOURESCENT DYE. DOUG DOLLARHIDE LEFT AT SCENE UNTIL WASTE WATER COULD HAZ-CAT SAMPLE TO IDENTIFY NEUTRAL PH.
|
890198
|
5/14/1989
|
360 FERNDALE
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
|
0
|
|
890195
|
5/16/1989
|
4063 CHERRY HEIGHTS
|
THE DALLES
|
WASCO
|
DIAZINON
|
5 GALLONS
|
FIRE SPREAD FROM BURN BARREL INTO GRASSY AREA & IGNITED STORAGE SHED WITH PESTICIDES FOR ORCHARD. MATERIAL SPILLED FROM CONTAINERS. DIKED AREA AROUND SPILL & PLACED ALL CHEMICALS INTO METAL DRUMS LINED W/VISQUEEN FOR LATER DISPOSAL-SET UP DECON FOR 2 FIRE PERSONNEL. OERS NOTIFIED. THE GRASS FIRE IGNITED A SMALL GARDEN SHED THAT CONTAINED PESTICIDES & GOPHER BAIT. OERS WAS NOTIFIED, AS WAS EPA & DEQ. DEQ GAVE INSTRUCTIONS AS TO CONTAMINATION & CLEAN-UP. THESE INSTRUCTIONS WERE RELAYED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, & WE WE ARE WORKING WITH OWNER TO INSURE COMPLIANCE
|
890179
|
5/19/1989
|
4124 MAIN ST
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
|
890191
|
5/20/1989
|
1036 E LINCOLN ST
|
WOODBURN
|
MARION
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
|
890186
|
5/22/1989
|
SEWAGE TREAT PLANT
|
ASTORIA
|
CLATSOP
|
POLYCARBONATE
|
10 GALLONS
|
THE POLYBAR CHLORATE WAS RELEASED BY VANDALS SOMETIME DURING THE WEEKEND OF THE 20TH AND 21ST. NEARLY 100% OF THE APPROXIMATELY 10 POUNDS WAS RECOVERED. THE FLOATSOL AND THE AQUA THOL-K WERE ALSO RELEASED TO DUE VANDALISM. FLOATSOL IS A DEGREASING AGENT AND THE AQUA THOL-K IS AN AQUATIC HERBICIDE. NEARLY 100% RECOVERY OF ALL MATERIALS. ALL MATERIALS WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS AT THE TREATMENT FACILITY AND BY PACKAGE LABELS. MSDS USED ON MONOBAR CHLORATE.
|
890196
|
5/24/1989
|
6990 SW WEST HILLS RD
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
WASTE MOTOR OIL
|
40 GALLONS
|
HEAVY RAIN CAUSED USED MOTOR OIL IN AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK OWNED BY CONSUMER'S POWER INC. TO LEAK INTO A STORM DRAIN AND CONTAMINATED THE DRAINAGE DITCH LOCATED ALONG WEST HILLS RD. THE MOTOR OIL WAS DISCOVERED BY BENTON COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS WHILE THEY WERE CLEANING OUT THE DITCH. THE COUNTY CREW BUILT TWO DIKES ALONG THE DITCH TO CONTAIN THE SPILL. PHILOMATH FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED BY THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS TO HELP FINDTHE SOURCE OF THE SPILL. WE FOUND OIL AND WATER COMING FROM A STORM DRAIN FLOWING FROM THE CONSUMERS POWER LOCATION. CONSUMERS POWER USED ABSORBING TOWELS AND PLACED AN ABSORBING BOOM IN THE DITCH. PHILOMATH FIRE DEPT CONTACTED CORVALLIS FIRE DEPT FOR TWO MORE BOOMS. THE OIL SPILL WAS CONTAINED TO ABOUT 200 FEET OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH. CONSUMERS POWER HAS TAKEN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEAN-UP OF THE DITCH AND FOR CONTACTING DEQ.
|
890246
|
5/26/1989
|
935 17TH ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
RESMETHRIN
|
0
|
|
890243
|
6/6/1989
|
5595 S SANTIAM HWY
|
LEBANON
|
LINN
|
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
|
250 GALLONS
|
WORKERS WERE TRANSPORTING THIS LPG CYLINDER FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER. DURING THIS PROCESS, A VALVE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TANK, AT THE END OF THE CYLINDER, CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND BROKE OFF. THIS CAUSED AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE PRODUCT. THE MOVING OPERATION WAS DONE WITH A SINGLE STRAP SLUNG AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE TANK AND ATTACHED TO A FORK LIFT TYPE VEHICLE. ON OUR ARRIVAL, MOST OF THE PRODUCT HAD BEEN RELEASED. OUR ACTIONS WERE: DENY ENTRY, KEEP CLEAR THE DOWNWIND AREA, ID PRODUCT, USED A WOODEN DOWEL AND DUCK SEAL TO STOP LEAK, ROLLED CONTAINER SO THAT THE LEAK WAS FACING UPWARD, CONTACTED SHIPPER.
|
890252
|
6/7/1989
|
2250 MISSION ST SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
|
890201
|
6/8/1989
|
8914 SE WASHINGTON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SULFURIC ACID
|
0
|
|
890272
|
6/11/1989
|
2030 SW 45TH
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
METHOXYCHLOR TECH-20%
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT AT RISK 1 AND 2 AND RELEASED 1 AND 2 = 0.25. OWNER/ OCCUPANT SCHMELTZ, ROGER STATED HE ACCIDENTLY KNOCKED BOTTLES FROM THE SHELF. WE FOUND MANY SMALL CANS AND BOXES OF VARIED MATERIALS ON THE FLOOR AND CONTAMINATED LIQUID SPILLED OUT OF TWO BROKEN BOTTLES. BOTH BOTTLES CONTAINED HOME USE INSECTICIDES. SCHMELTZ TOLD US HE HAD ATTEMPTED CLEAN-UP, BUT FUMES WERE TOO STRONG. WE USED SPLASH SUITS, SCBA'S, GLOVES AND BOOTS FOR PROTECTIVE WEAR. WE SEPERATED CONTAMINATED MATERIALS INTO SALVAGABLE AND NON-SALVAGABLE. ALL SALVAGABLE MATERIAL WAS WASHED IN SOAP AND WATER AND RETURNED TO SCHMELTZ. NON-SALVAGABLE MATERIALS WERE DOUBLE BAGGED. ALSO DOUBLE BAGGED WAS THE KITTY LITTER USED TO PICK UP LIQUID FROM GARAGE FLOOR. SCHMELTZ REMOVED HIS CONTAMINATED CLOTHES AND WASHED THEM IN THE WASHING MACHINE. ALL DISCARDED MATERIALS WERE DOUBLE BAGGED AND DISCARDED IN A DUMPSTER SCHMELTZ HAD ON SITE. HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE DISPOSAL COMPANY REMOVE ON 6/12/89. WE USED STANDARD DECON PROCEDURES FOR REMOVING RESIDUE FROM OUR PERSONS AND EQUIPMENT.
|
860212
|
6/13/1989
|
10180 SE SUNNYSIDE RD
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CLACKAMAS
|
OXYFUME 12
|
1 POUNDS
|
HM-16 WAS CALLED TO ASSIST AT HOSPITAL WHERE MALFUNCTION HAD OCCURRED IN STERILIZER. MATERIAL HAD BEEN RELEASED THROUGH THE RELIEF VALVE AND SET OFF AIR MONITOR ALARM, HOSPITAL PERSONNEL AND PREVIOUS ARRIVING FIRE COMPANIES HAD EVALUATED IMMEDIATE AREA. MATERIAL WAS IDENTIFIED BY MSDS AREA WHERE RELEASE HAD OCCURRED WAS MONITORED AND ALARMED. IT WAS ALSO VENTILATED. PERSONNEL FROM HM-16 ENTERED AREA, INSURED ALARMS WERE NOT SOUNDING AND SHUT OFF CYLINDERS. SCENE WAS TURNED OVER TO CARL JOHNSON (MAINTENANCE, SUPER) OF KAISER. HE WAS ASKED TO HAVE SYSTEM CHECKED BEFORE USE, OR ENTERING AREA.
|
890237
|
6/13/1989
|
1737 WASHINGTON ST
|
OREGON CITY
|
CLACKAMAS
|
HYDROGEN CHLORIDE
|
0
|
UPON ARRIVAL WE WERE TOLD THAT A K SIZE CYLINDER WAS LEAKING FROM THE SHUT OFF VALVE AND THAT IT PROBABLY CONTAINED HYDROGEN CHLORIDE. THE CYLINDER WAS PUT IN A FENCED OFF SECLUDED AREA. LANDEEN WEILDING TOLD US THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED THE CYLINDER FROM PEGASUS WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN NOTIFIED AND WERE SENDING A HAZMAT UNIT TO HANDLE PROBLEM. THEY ARRIVED AT 1201. THEY STOPPED THE LEAK BY USING PLUG AND DIKE. THEY DID NOT FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH WITH PATCH TO TRANSPORT. UNION CARBIDE SUGGESTED THAT WE LAY CYLINDER DOWN AND COVER WITH LIME AND SURROUND CYLINDER WITH SAND BAGS UNTIL A SPECIAL CONTAINER ARRIVED FOR TRANSPORTATION. CHIEF LYNCH INSTRUCTED HAZMAT UNIT TO PERFORM THIS TASK.
|
890206
|
6/14/1989
|
23 NE MAIN
|
WINSTON
|
DOUGLAS
|
LIME SALTS
|
0
|
|
890221
|
6/15/1989
|
2415 22ND AVE
|
FOREST GROVE
|
WASHINGTON
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
50 GALLONS
|
OSFM NOTE: NO COMMENTS GIVEN
|
890204
|
6/16/1989
|
4301 BEASLEY WY
|
LAKE OSWEGO
|
CLACKAMAS
|
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
|
5 GALLONS
|
NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
|
890205
|
6/20/1989
|
608 SE LANE
|
ROSEBURG
|
DOUGLAS
|
CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE
|
0
|
|
890220
|
6/22/1989
|
2415 22ND AVE
|
FOREST GROVE
|
WASHINGTON
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
5 GALLONS
|
OSFM NOTE: NO COMMENTS GIVEN
|
890228
|
6/22/1989
|
4506 SE BELMONT
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SULFUR DIOXIDE
|
0
|
|
890215
|
6/23/1989
|
945 OAK ST
|
WOODBURN
|
MARION
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
|
890224
|
6/24/1989
|
5530 NE SKYPORT WY
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
|
890231
|
6/24/1989
|
3171 US VET HSPTL RD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
WASTE MEDICAL
|
0
|
|
890485
|
6/24/1989
|
10180 SE SUNNYSIDE
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CLACKAMAS
|
OXYFUME 12
|
0
|
|
890232
|
6/26/1989
|
2500 SE TACOMA
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CASORON
|
0
|
|
890233
|
6/29/1989
|
629 SE MORRISON
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
DIESEL #2
|
0
|
|
890236
|
6/30/1989
|
5501 NW FRONT
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
BUNKER C FUEL OIL
|
0
|
|
890235
|
7/2/1989
|
1909 NW FRONT
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
NO CHEMICAL INVOLVED
|
0
|
HM-16 DISPATCHED TO UNIDENTIFIED DRUM BEACHED ON WILLMETTE RIVER. CALL WAS RECEIVED AS "PESTICIDE DRUM". UPON ARRIVAL DRUM WAS CHECKED AND SECURED TO PREVENT FLOATING AWAY. DRUM HAD NO IDENTIFYING MARKINGS. USCG WAS NOTIFIED AND RETURNED CALL STATING NO CAPABILITY TO HANDLE PROBLEM. CALLED MEL PITTMON, PORTLAND HARBOR MASTER, TO INFORM. BILL HENLE, HAZMAT COORDINATOR, CALLED TO CHECK SITUATION. OARS WAS NOTIFIED. MEL PITTMON CALLED BACK STATING THAT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS INCIDENT APPROXIMATELY 1-2 WEEKS AGO INVOLVING SIMILAR DRUMS STORING SOIL SAMPLES AT CONSTRUCTION SITE NEAR STEEL BRIDGE. HE STATED THERE WERE 4 DRUMS THERE, 3 FULL AND ONE PARTIALLY FULL. HM-16 CHECKED THE SITE AND FOUND ONLY 3 FULL DRUMS IDENTICAL TO THE DRUM IN QUESTION. WITH THIS INFO THE TOP OF THE UNIDENTIFIED DRUM WAS REMOVED AND WAS CONFIRMED AS CONTAINING SOIL SAMPLES. OARS WAS NOTIFIED TO TERMINATE AND SECURITY GUARDS AT ADDRESS WERE NOTIFIED. HARBOR MASTER WOULD INFORM RESPONSIBLE PARTY NEXT BUSINESS DAY.
|
890468
|
7/2/1989
|
9925 SE AMHEARST
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CLACKAMAS
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
OSFM NOTE: NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
|
890287
|
7/3/1989
|
16400 BRYANT RD
|
LAKE OSWEGO
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CLASS C EXPLOSIVE
|
0
|
AT ABOUT 1550 HRS ON MONDAY, JULY 3, 1989 AN INDIVIDUAL CAME TO THE FIRE STATION WITH A BAG OF FIREWORKS. HE EXPLAINED THAT HIS SON HAD PURCHASED THEM AT "BLACKJACK" IN WASHINGTON STATE. HE SAID HE WANTED TO BE SURE THEY WERE LEGAL FIREWORKS SO HE BROUGHT THEM IN TO SEE IF THE FIRE DEPT COULD DETERMINE THEIR STATUS. AFTER HE LEFT, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE STATION LT THAT A MAN HAD BROUGHT IN SOME FIREWORKS AND WOULD I COME AND SEE IF THEY WERE LEGAL OR NOT. I ARRIVED AT ABOUT 1615 HRS AND DETERMINED VISUALLY AND FROM THE LABELLING THAT THEY WERE MOST PROBABLY ILLEGAL IN OREGON. THE TERMS "FLAMING BALLS" AND "HELICOPTOR" TYPE WERE ON THE LABELS. THE THREE TYPES WERE: FLYING WHISTLE HELICOPTOR, SMALL BEE-HELLICOPTOR TYPE, AND MAGIC ROMAN CANDLE 10 BALLS ARTICLE NO 6515. THE FIREWORKS ARE IN EVIDENCE AT THE FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF BY THE OREGON STATE POLICE BOMB SQUAD PERSONNEL AFTER MONDAY, JULY 10, 1989.
|
890249
|
7/3/1989
|
1895 BERRY ST SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
|
890288
|
7/4/1989
|
SOUTHSHORE& WESTBAY
|
LAKE OSWEGO
|
CLACKAMAS
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
INVOLVED UNKNOWN HOMEADE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
|
890239
|
7/5/1989
|
171 NW MAIN
|
WINSTON
|
DOUGLAS
|
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
|
0
|
|
890259
|
7/12/1989
|
3140 N WEBSTER
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE
|
30 GALLONS
|
E-24 IDENTIFIED THE PERIMETERS OF THE AFFECTED AREAS AND EVACUATED THE BUILDING. HM-16 SENT AN ENTRY TEAM (2 MEN) TO EVALUATE THE SPILL AND AREA AFFECTED USING LEVEL C EQUIPMENT AS THE PRODUCT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED. VENTILATION FANS WERE POSITIONED TO CLEAR THE WAREHOUSE OF CONTAMINATES. RIEDEL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES RESPONDED TO CLEAN UP THE SPILLED MATERIAL. FOUR CIVILIANS WERE TREATED AT THE MEDICAL SECTOR ESTABLISHED AT THE SCENE.
|
890257
|
7/14/1989
|
2304 SE 28TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIUM CHLORIDE
|
0
|
|
890427
|
7/21/1989
|
TEKTRONIX BLDG #46
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
ACETONE
|
0
|
|
890277
|
7/25/1989
|
409 SW 12TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
HM-16 WAS CALLED BY STAFF PERSONNEL BILL HYLE TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINT OF INTERMITTENT ODOR IN APARTMENTS ABOVE RESTAURANT. CHECKING WITH EXECUTIVE CHEF MR. LAHSENE HM-16 FOUND THAT THERE WERE SOME SMALL PROBLEMS WITH A WATER HEATER AND A GRILL. NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS CO. HAD BEEN ON SCENE AND STATED THERE WAS NO DANGER. SERVICE PERSONNEL HAD BEEN CALLED TO REPAIR BOTH APPLIANCES. OCCUPANTS OF APARTMENTS ABOVE WERE ADVISED OF SITUATION. ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS MAY HAVE LEAKED AND THERE WAS NO ODOR IN AREA AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION.
|
890183
|
7/28/1989
|
2605 STATE ST
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
CLEANING CHEMICALS
|
0
|
|
890289
|
7/31/1989
|
501 12TH ST
|
OREGON CITY
|
CLACKAMAS
|
AMMONIUM THIOSULFATE
|
0
|
A STICKER ON BARREL STATED THAT THE CONTENTS WERE A MIXTURE OF AMMONIUM THIOSULFATE. OREGON CITY POLICE DEPT WAS GOING TO HAVE MR WOO HAVE BARREL REMOVED.
|
890310
|
8/3/1989
|
16055 SE STARK
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
DRAIN CLEANER
|
0
|
|
890294
|
8/4/1989
|
3820 PORTLAND RD NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
|
890295
|
8/5/1989
|
3411 N COLUMBIA BLVD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
|
890297
|
8/6/1989
|
619 SW 11TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
|
890296
|
8/9/1989
|
11330 NW ST HELENS
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
|
890342
|
8/12/1989
|
HWY 20 - PINEWAY GOLF
|
LEBANON
|
LINN
|
GUN POWDER
|
0
|
3 " MORTAR BEING USED FOR A GOLF TOURNAMENT START, FAILED TO FIRE. EXPLOSIVE LANDED APPROX 65-75 FT FROM MORTAR. AREA SECURED AROUND OBJECT. OBJECT THEN SOAKED WITH 1000 GAL OF WATER. OBJECT REMOVED TO 5 GAL BUCKET OF WATER FOR DISPOSAL.
|
890304
|
8/14/1989
|
6036 NE 60TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
|
890301
|
8/16/1989
|
230 NW MAIN
|
WINSTON
|
DOUGLAS
|
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
|
0
|
|
890341
|
8/16/1989
|
951 PARK ST
|
LEBANON
|
LINN
|
PROPANE
|
18 GALLONS
|
RESPOND TO A LEAKING PROPLANE TANK. UPON ARRIVIAL HAD A PROPANE ODOR IN AREA. ASSESSED PROBLEM, SECURED AREA & SECURED PROBLEM BY TURNING OFF VALVE ON FILL HOSE.
|
890346
|
8/23/1989
|
4212 NE BROADWAY
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
|
0
|
|
890358
|
8/25/1989
|
9917 SE SUNNYSIDE RD
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CHLORINE GRANULAR
|
0
|
INCIDENT OCCURRED AT DAYS INN SUNNYSIDE RD WHEN AN EMPLOYEE WORKING IN LAUNDRY/POOL AREA MIXED HTH (POOL CHLORINE) AND LYSOL DISINFECTANT AND WATER TOGETHER AND CAUSED AN AIRBORNE REACTION TO THE PLACE. INCLUDED IS A LIST OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY FUMES. THEY WERE GIVEN OXYGEN AND REFUSED TRANSPORT.
|
890453
|
8/30/1989
|
4871 LIBERTY RD S
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
GARBAGE TRUCK STRUCK METER BREAKING NORHWEST NATURAL GAS LINE 1" IN DIAMETER ALLOWING 4000 CUBIC FEET OF GAS TO ESCAPE UNTIL SHUT OFF.
|
890454
|
9/2/1989
|
900 FRONT ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
AMMONIA
|
0
|
COLD STORAGE UNIT RUPTURED/FAILED ALLOWING CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF LIQUID AMMONIA TO ESCAPE INTO THE REAR PARKING LOT OF SALEM CANNED FOODS WHSE. FIRE AND POLLUTION CONTROL PERSONNEL STOPPED LEAK AND AFFECTED CLEAN UPOF AREA.
|
890332
|
9/2/1989
|
74556 LUNDY LANE
|
COTTAGE GROVE
|
LANE
|
NITRIC ACID
|
0
|
ONE PINT CONTAINER WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF NITRIC ACID TIPPED OVER ON A SHELF IN THE GARAGE OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. FEMALE RESIDENT RECEIVED SOME MINOR BURNS WHEN SOME OF THE LIQUID SPLATTERED. FIRE DEPT RESPONDED & NEUTRALIZED THE SPILL WITH SODIUM BICARBONATE.
|
890316
|
9/9/1989
|
1521 MOHAWK
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
|
890331
|
9/9/1989
|
1336 NW NORTHRUP
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
QUENCHING OIL
|
0
|
|
890328
|
9/14/1989
|
1132 SW 17TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
BITUMASTIC 300
|
0
|
|
890326
|
9/18/1989
|
187 N 2ND
|
JEFFERSON
|
MARION
|
PROPANE
|
39 GALLONS
|
OSFM NOTE: NO COMMENTS GIVEN
|
890458
|
9/18/1989
|
845 BASSETT NW
|
SALEM
|
POLK
|
AMMONIA
|
0
|
FAILURE OF AMMONIA REFRIGERATION CONTROL VALVE/LINE ASSEMBLY. UNKNOWN HOW MUCH ESCAPED INTO ATMOSPHERE. PLANT PERSONNEL DISCOVERED, REPORTED, CONTAINED AND CONTROLLED. SALEM FIRE & POLLUTION CONTROL ASSISTED WITH REMOVAL AND STOOD BY DURING REPAIR. AGRI PAC..EMPLOYEES ADVISING IT AT THIS TIME..IS NOT LEAKING INTO THE BUILDING..THEY ARE ADVISING THEY HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL AND ALMOST HAVE IT CONTAINED AT THIS TIME..THEY DIDN'T WANT A FULL HAZMAT RESPONSE..
|
890334
|
9/20/1989
|
825 NE MULTNOMAH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
BUTYRIC ACID
|
0
|
|
890459
|
9/23/1989
|
535 BELMONT ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
10 GALLONS
|
RUPTURED FUEL LINE FROM VEHICLE PARKED IN THE BASEMENT OF RESIDENCE. SALEM FIRE & POLLUTION CONTROL PERFORMED CONTAINMENT AND CLEAN UP.
|
890337
|
9/24/1989
|
1928 SE LADD ST
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
PYRETHRINS
|
0
|
|
890355
|
9/25/1989
|
S PACIFIC HWY
|
WOODBURN
|
MARION
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
|
890318
|
9/26/1989
|
8399 14TH ST
|
WHITE CITY
|
JACKSON
|
PROPANE
|
20 GALLONS
|
NO COMMENTS GIVEN
|
890352
|
10/3/1989
|
1521 POPLAR ST
|
FOREST GROVE
|
WASHINGTON
|
HYDROBROMIC ACID
|
0
|
WE RESPONDED TO TEKTRONIX TO A SOLDER MACHINE ON FIRE. UPON OUR ARRIVAL THE FIRE HAD BEEN EXTINGUISHED WITH A PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE SOLDER LEVEL IN THE MACHINE WAS BELOW THE TOP OF THE HEATING ELEMENT AND WHEN THE SOLDER MACHINE WAS TURNED ON THE HEATING ELEMENT IGNITED THE FLUX 8705 (HYDROBROMIC ACID) THAT WAS ON TOP OF THE SOLDER. REFER TO ALARM 89-999 ON FORM 10.
|
890373
|
10/9/1989
|
921 E 8TH
|
THE DALLES
|
WASCO
|
SPECTRACIDE
|
1 GALLONS
|
AMT AT RISK GAL 0.125. RESPONDED TO 921 E 8TH TO A PESTICIDE SPILL. UPON ARRIVAL, THE OCCUPANT INFORMED US THAT AN 8 OUNCE CAN SPECTRACIDE HAD RUPTURED INSIDE THEIR HOUSE & CONTAMINATED THE AREA. THEY HAD NOTIFIED THE POISON CONTROL CENTER WHO HAD ADVISED THEM TO EVACUATE THE HOUSE & CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAD ASSESSED THE SITUATION & STARTED OFF BY CALLING CHEM-TREC & OERS. THE OCCUPANTS WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE CHECKED ON. AFTER BEING REFERRED TO THE MANUFACTURER & TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE WOULD BE ABLE TO CLEAN UP THE PESTICIDE SPILL HIMSELF IF HE USED THE PROPER CLEANING PROCEDURES. HE WAS GIVEN SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW ON CLEANING & WAS TOLD TO CALL DEQ TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON HOW TO DISPOSE OF THE WASTE & WHERE IT SHOULD BE TAKEN. AFTER THE OCCUPANT WAS INFORMED OF THE CLEAN-UP & DISPOSAL PROCEDURES TO USE, THE AREA WAS SECURED. E-6 & A-4 RETURNED TO THE STATION.
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890384
|
10/15/1989
|
4950 N BASIN
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PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
|
890480
|
10/16/1989
|
220 E 10TH
|
THE DALLES
|
WASCO
|
GUN POWDER
|
0
|
UNKNOWN PERSON ATTEMPTED TO SET OFF AN EXPLOSIVE DEVISE (HOMEMADE) CONSISTING OF GUN POWDER INSIDE A CHAP STICK CONTAINER WITH A FUSE. SCHOOL HAD DISMANTLED UPON OUR ARRIVAL & FD IDENTIFIED & TESTED THE MATERIAL, FINDING THAT IT WAS AS IT APPEARED TO BE. GUN POWDER. AFTER WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL & POLICE IN INVESTIGATING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REMOVED THE DEVISE TO THE STATION, REMOVED THE GUN POWDER & DESTROYED IT.
|
890375
|
10/17/1989
|
E MAIN NEAR HILL ST
|
SHERIDAN
|
YAMHILL
|
GASOLINE MIXTURE
|
10 GALLONS
|
WHILE CLEANING OUT TWO COMMERCIAL GAS TANKS IN PREPARATION OF REMOVAL, A QUANTITY OF GASOLINE AND WATER MIXED, WAS PUMPED OUT ONTO HILL STREET, AND ALLOWED TO FLOW INTO THE STORM DRAINS RUNNING OUT INTO THE WATERWAY OF THE TOWN. SITUATION WAS HANDLED WITH NO OR VERY MINUTE AMOUNTS OF GASOLINE REACHING THE WATERWAY. CASE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THIS DEPARTMENT. THE EXACT AMOUNT OF GASOLINE THAT FLOWED INTO THE STORM DRAIN IS UNKNOWN, BUT THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY SAID THAT THERE WAS ABOUT 100 GALLONS OF WATER IN THE TANKS.
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890382
|
10/20/1989
|
6130 NE 78TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE
|
1 GALLONS
|
NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
|
890377
|
10/22/1989
|
1019 CATTLE TO 53RD ST
|
PHILOMATH
|
BENTON
|
FUEL OIL
|
100 GALLONS
|
THE SPILL ORIGINATED FROM THE DISMANTLING OF AN OIL MINT STILL BY OWNER. FUEL OIL RAN INTO A DRAIN AND FROM THERE WENT INTO THE MARY'S RIVER 400' WATERWAY. OWNER ADMITTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SPILL. PERSONNEL ON SCENE: REAGAN CROWELL, BENTON CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE; CPR TWEDT, BENTON CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE; AND DON HERNANDEZ, DEQ. TWO BOOMS WERE PUT IN PLACE ACROSS MARY'S RIVER BY PHILOMATH FIRE DEPT. OWNER PLUGGED THE DRAIN LINE. OWNER WAS ALSO INFORMED TO DIG SMALL TRENCH NEXT TO MARY'S RIVER AND GIVEN SOME PADS TO SOAK UP SOME OF THE SPILL. CLEAN-UP OF SPILL WAS TURNED OVER TO RIEDEL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ON MONDAY AT 17:30 HRS AND DON HERNANDEZ FROM DEQ WAS OVERSEEING THE OPERATIONS. RIEDEL WAS TO KEEP US UPDATED ON CLEANUP OPERATIONS.
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890430
|
10/24/1989
|
1030 SE CRYSTAL LAKE DR
|
CORVALLIS
|
BENTON
|
MINERAL SPIRITS SOLVENT
|
40 GALLONS
|
0911 RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL AND THEN CALLED EVANITE FOR CONFIRMATION.
|
890379
|
10/27/1989
|
WASHINGTON & BROADWAY
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
TRANSFORMER OIL
|
0
|
|
890378
|
10/28/1989
|
CORNELIUS PASS RD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
0
|
|
890374
|
10/28/1989
|
3420 SPICER RD
|
ALBANY
|
LINN
|
DIESEL FUEL
|
0
|
THIS SPILL WAS DISCOVERED ON 10-28-89 AT 1430. THE CITY WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 1940 THAT EVENING. THE CALL WAS MADE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT NOTIFIED. CONSEQUENTLY, NO CITY PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT UNTIL 11-2-89 AT 1600 HOURS TO COMPLETE THIS FORM.
|
890399
|
11/2/1989
|
4012 SE 17TH
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
|
890396
|
11/4/1989
|
133 SAGE ST
|
BROWNSVILLE
|
LINN
|
CALCIUM CARBIDE
|
0
|
SHORTRIDGE & WIFE WERE PREPING HOUSE FOR SALE. MR SHORTRIDGE HAD DUMPED 4 - 80 LB CONTAINERS OF CARBIDE INTO DUMPSTER. ONE OF METAL CONTAINERS HAD RUSTED THROUGH, SPILLING UNKNOWN AMOUNT INTO DUMPSTER MIXING WITH WATER & STARTED A FIRE. DUMPSTER WAS APPROX 1/2 FULL. MATERIAL WAS IDENTIFIED BY MARKINGS ON CONTAINERS.
|
890365
|
11/5/1989
|
8624 BUCKHORN RD
|
ROSEBURG
|
DOUGLAS
|
CHLORINE
|
1 POUNDS
|
REACTION OCCURRED AS HOMEOWNER MIXED 10 YEAR OLD CHLORINE POWDER WITH NEW HTH CHLORINE AND THEN ADDED WARM WATER.
|
890462
|
11/8/1989
|
400 MARION ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
HYDRAULIC OIL
|
10 GALLONS
|
PUMP FOR ELAVATOR OPERATION BLEW HYDRAULIC HOSE LINE ALLOWING APPROX. 10 GALLONS OF OIL TO ESCAPE. SALEM FD AND POLLUTION CONTROL PERFORMED CLEANUP.
|
890461
|
11/8/1989
|
1300 MILL ST
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
ODOR OF NATURAL GAS IN BUILDING. INVESTIGATION RESULTED IN DSCOVERY OF BURNER FOUND ON IN THE LOW POSITION ON CAFETERIA COMMERCIAL STOVE. PILOT LIGHT BURNOUT. TURNED OFF BURNER AND VENTILATED BUILDING.
|
890398
|
11/12/1989
|
13TH & ARTHUR
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
DIESEL
|
0
|
|
890446
|
11/13/1989
|
4930 N BASIN
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
0
|
|
890400
|
11/13/1989
|
5001 N COLUMBIA BLVD
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
|
890419
|
11/21/1989
|
13121 SE MCLOUGHLIN
|
MILWAUKIE
|
CLACKAMAS
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
ON ARRIVAL DETECTED HEAVY STENCH OF CHLORINE FROM ELKS CLUB. INVESTIGATION FOUND A LARGE KETTLE USED FOR MIXING ASH FOR SWIMMING POOL NEEDS, VIOLENTLY BOILING AND SPEWING CHEMICALS THROUGHOUT THE SWIMMING CHLORINE TREATMENT ROOM IN FIRST FLOOR AREA. BLDG WAS EVACUATED (APPOX 150 PEOPLE), VALVES SERVING KETTLE MIXER SHUT DOWN, AND BLDG WAS PURGED WITH POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION. INCIDENT CONTROLLED IN APPROX 50 MINUTES. BLDG WAS RE-OCCUPIED. OREGON STATE OSHA INVESTIGATOR FROM PORTLAND OFFICE REQUESTED BY FIRE CHIEF. TWO FIREFIGHTERS AND ONE CIVILIAN TREATED FOR RESPIRATORY INJURIES. ONE FIREFIGHTER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND REMAINED OFF DUTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS 24 HOUR TOUR OF DUTY.
|
890416
|
11/26/1989
|
116 BOUNDARY ST
|
CAVE JUNCTION
|
JOSEPHINE
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
UPON ARRIVAL DISCOVERED A BROKEN COPPER TUBING ON FRONT OF THE TRAILER. 5 GALLON CONNECTION CAPPED OFF. PROPANE LEAKING FROM BROKEN TUBING, CHECKED TANK & FOUND IT ICED OVER FROM EXCESS FLOW. STOPPED FLOW BY CRIMPING TUBING AT LEAK. GAS MAN ARRIVED ON SCENE FORCED OPEN DOOR ON 120 GALLON TANK & TURNED OFF THE SUPPLY
|
890404
|
11/26/1989
|
5441 MAIN
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
|
890437
|
12/8/1989
|
435 S BRIDGE ST
|
SHERIDAN
|
YAMHILL
|
CHLOROPICRIN
|
0
|
|
890438
|
12/11/1989
|
89822 HWY 99
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
PETROLEUM ASPHALT
|
0
|
|
890433
|
12/12/1989
|
150 SW QUEEN
|
ALBANY
|
LINN
|
HYDROFLUORIC ACID 70%
|
15 GALLONS
|
DURING A CHEMICAL MILLING PROCESS OF TITANIUM PARTS, A SPILL OCCURRED. MR. BRUNSON WAS TRANSFERRING HYDROFLUORIC ACID FROM A 55 GAL DRUM WHEN THE PRODUCT DISCHARGE HOSE ESCAPED FROM CONTAINMENT VESSEL. SPLASHED ON HIM & LEAKED ONTO THE FLOOR. SPILLED PRODUCT NEUTRALIZED WITH LIME AND WATER. CONTAMINATED PRODUCT/LIME WAS PICKED UP & PLACED IN DOT HAZMAT BARRELS FOR DISPOSAL. AREA OF SPILL WAS AGAIN FLUSHED, LIME ADDED & BROUGHT TO NEAR NEUTRAL PRIOR TO FLUSHING INTO PLANT RECOVERY SYSTEM. LIQUID WAS THEN BROUGHT TO BASIC H2O PRIOR TO DRAINAGE INTO SEWER. CAUSE OF SPILL: 1)DISCHARGE HOSE WAS NOT TIED DOWN TO CONTAINMENT VESSEL & HOSE WAS LIGHTER IN WT. THAN NORMAL. 2) THE ON/OFF SWITCH CONTROLLING THE TRANSFER PUMP WAS TAPED "ON." CIVILIAN CASUALTY REPORT ATTACHED.
|
890434
|
12/17/1989
|
SEWAGE TREATMENT PONDS
|
MORO
|
SHERMAN
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY SUSPECTED VANDALISM AT THE CITY SEWER TREATMENT LAGOONS.THE CHLORINE IS USED TO TREAT WATER THAT IS PUMPED OUT AS IRRIGATION WATER. THE LINE WAS BROKE BEYOND THE MIXER BUT INSIDE THE BUILDING, WHICH RESULTED IN CHLORINE FUMES FILLING THE SMALL BUILDING. THE BOTTLE WAS SHUT OFF AND THE FUMES ALLOWED TO DISSIPATE. THE CHLORINE MIXTURE ENDED UP WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO SO THERE WAS NO PRODUCT RELEASE OTHER THAN THE VAPOR BUILD UP.
|
890449
|
12/21/1989
|
7730 NE AIRPORT WY
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL I125
|
0
|
|
900043
|
1/1/1990
|
2554 CAVES HWY
|
CAVE JUNCTION
|
JOSEPHINE
|
FUEL OIL
|
250 GALLONS
|
FUEL OIL TANK LEAKED APPROX 6 GALLONS PER 24 HRS APPROX 100 FEET FROM THE WELL FOR DOMESTIC WATER.
|
900145
|
1/1/1990
|
INTERSECTION OF MT HOOD/SKYLINE
|
THE DALLES
|
WASCO
|
CHLORINE
|
0
|
(NO INCIDENT DATE OR DATE STAMP ON HARD COPY. USED 01/01/90 AS A FILLER DATE. REPORT DATA ENTERED 11/20/2001). THE DALLES FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED TO THE INTERSECTION OF MT. HOOD ST & SKYLINE RD. ON A CHLORINE LEAK. ONCE AT THE SCENE, THE DALLES CITY PUBLIC WORKS PERSONNEL INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD A 100 LB CHLORINE TANK THAT COULD NOT BE SHUT OFF & WAS CONTINUALLY LEAKING. AFTER VERIFYING THIS, FIRE DEPARTMENT CREW (WHILE IN FULL FIREFIGHTERS STRUCTURAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING) REMOVED THE REGULATOR & CAPPED THE CYLINDER SHUT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY LEAK AFTER THE PROCEDURE.
|
900007
|
1/5/1990
|
785 N 42ND ST
|
SPRINGFIELD
|
LANE
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
|
900006
|
1/8/1990
|
2077 WILLAMETTE
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
|
20 GALLONS
|
|
900008
|
1/12/1990
|
N CENTRAL
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
AMMONIA CLEANER
|
1 GALLONS
|
|
900003
|
1/20/1990
|
600 SW HALL
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
CHLORINE GRANULAR
|
0
|
WATER MIXED WITH DRY CHLORINE CAUSED GAS LEAK AND EXPLOSIONS WITHOUT IGNITION. DRY POWDER IN METERING DEVICE WHICH WATER GOT INTO. REMOVED DEVICE AND PLACED IN SWIMMING POOL FOR DILUTION OF CHLORINE GRANULES. TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY ONE POUND OF DRY CH
|
900307
|
1/22/1990
|
150 E OAK ST
|
LEBANON
|
LINN
|
DIESEL
|
0
|
SEE COMMENTS ON INCIDENT #900312
|
900312
|
1/23/1990
|
150 E OAK ST
|
LEBANON
|
LINN
|
DIESEL
|
0
|
CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUS INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON 01-22-90. (#900307) ON ADVISE FROM DEQ, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPT & THE FIRE DISTRICT FLUSHED OUT THE CATCH BASINS WHERE THE SPILL ORGINATED. THE CULVERT WHERE THE RUN OFF GOES INTO THE CANAL HAD A CONTAINMENT BOOM PLACED AROUND IT. AN EMULSIFER WAS USED @ THE CATCH BASIN & THEN FLUSHED WITH WATER. ALL TOTAL APROX 4000 GALLONS OF WATER WAS USED. AS THE OIL SHEEN WOULD ACCUMULATE INSIDE THE CONTAINMENT BOOM, THE EMULSIFIER WAS SPRAYED ONTO THE SHEEN.
|
900240
|
1/23/1990
|
1225 FERRY ST SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
GASOLINE
|
100 GALLONS
|
ACCIDENTAL SPILL OF GASOLINE DURING REMOVAL OF TWO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. ACCIDENTAL SPILL OF GASOLINE DURING REMOVAL OF
|
900241
|
1/23/1990
|
3740 MARKET ST NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
NATURAL GAS
|
0
|
SMELL OF NATURAL GAS TRACED TO FAILURE OF ROOF MOUNTED APPLIANCE. SOME EMPLOYEES REPORTEDLY FEELING ILL AFTER EXPOSURE TO VAPORS BUT NONE WERE TREATED BY FD AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. SMELL OF NATURAL GAS TRACED TO FAILURE OF ROOF
|
900457
|
1/25/1990
|
1012 SW L ST
|
GRANTS PASS
|
JOSEPHINE
|
2,4-D
|
2 GALLONS
|
FOREST SERVICE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED ROTTING, LEAKING DRUM OF 2-4-D. F S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SEALED BUILDING & NOTIFIED G.P.F.R. ON ARRIVAL WRITER FOUND FS EMPLOYEES, BILL MILLER, STEVE WEDEKIND OVERPAKING LEAKING DRUM. THEY HAD SOAKED UP MATERIAL WITH ABSORBANT & OVERPACKED IT ALSO. THEY WERE FOUND WORKING WITH ONLY NEO. GLOVES AS PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. WRJITER CONTACTED THEIR SUPERVISOR, MEL GREENUP AND ADVISED HIM OF THE SITE PROBLEMS. HE STATED THAT THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING INVENTORUY OF THEIR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WOULD BE MOVING ALL OF THEIR STORAGE OUT OF THE BUILDING. ALL OF THE SPILLED MATERIAL WAS CONFINED ON A CONCRETE FLOOR & PICKED UP WITH ABSORBANT. WRITER WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THIS FACILITY TO IMPROVE THEIR HANDLING & STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
|
900001
|
1/26/1990
|
777 PEARL
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
STRONG CHEMICAL SMELL THROUGHOUT STATION EMANATING FROM STEAM PIPE SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN ONLY WATER. STRONG CHEMICAL SMELL THROUGHOUT STATION EMANATING
|
900078
|
1/31/1990
|
14000 SW KARL BRAUN
|
BEAVERTON
|
WASHINGTON
|
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
|
0
|
CHEMICALS WERE BEING MIXED BY TECHNICIAN WHEN REACTION OCCURRED. CHEMICALS WERE BEING MIXED BY TECHNICIAN WHEN
|
900020
|
2/2/1990
|
443 NE RIFLE RANGE
|
ROSEBURG
|
DOUGLAS
|
GASOLINE
|
0
|
ACCIDENTAL SPILL DURING PRODUCT DELIVERY. FUEL ENTERED STORM DRAINS LEADING TO DRAINAGE DITCH THAT FLOWS INTO THE SOUTH UMPQUA RIVER. ACCIDENTAL SPILL DURING PRODUCT DELIVERY. FUEL
|
900243
|
2/7/1990
|
525 FERRY ST SE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
(SEE COMMENTS AND ATTACHED CASUALTY REPORT). (SEE COMMENTS AND ATTACHED CASUALTY REPORT).
|
900022
|
2/8/1990
|
28827 DOUGLAS DR
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
JET A AVIATION FUEL
|
0
|
INCIDENT OCCURRED AT FIRE SERVICE TRAINING AREA AND INVOLVED LEAK/SPILL OF JET A FUEL AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS STORED ON-SITE AND USED IN TRAINING EXERCISES. INCIDENT OCCURRED AT FIRE SERVICE TRAINING AREA
|
900047
|
2/20/1990
|
21575 SE RAINBOW HILL
|
SANDY
|
CLACKAMAS
|
UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
|
0
|
1 GALLON JAR WITH ENCRUSTED TOP "DISCOVERED" BY PROPERTY OWNER. JAR HAD "BEEN AROUND" FOR 1 1/2 YEARS. WIFE DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF CONTENTS. FIRE DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTED CONTAINER TO THEIR FACILITY TO ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THE SUBSTANCE. (THE SUBSTANCE MAY BE A HERBICIDE).
|
900032
|
2/21/1990
|
510 W 1ST ST
|
PHOENIX
|
JACKSON
|
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
|
500 GALLONS
|
|
900244
|
2/23/1990
|
3011 SILVERTON RD NE
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
PROPANE
|
0
|
PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE ON PROPANE TANK FAILED CAUSING RELEASE. PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE ON PROPANE TANK FAILED
|
900348
|
2/26/1990
|
1635 CANDLEWOOD DR N
|
SALEM
|
MARION
|
RUBBER TREAD
|
0
|
RESPONDED TO REPORT OF FIELD FIRE. FIRE ORIGINATED FROM ILLEGAL BURN EVENTUALLY SPREADING TO TIRES. BURNING TIRES PUT-OFF HEAVY, NOXIOUS AND TOXIC SMOKE CONTAMINATING THE AREA.
|
900215
|
2/27/1990
|
2801 N GANTENBEIN
|
PORTLAND
|
MULTNOMAH
|
ETHYL ETHER
|
0
|
SMALL SPILL IN LABORATORY AT EMANUEL HOSPITAL. MOST HAD EVAPORATED PRIOR TO FD ARRIVAL. HOSPITAL STAFF PERFORMED ADDITIONAL CLEAN-UP. SMALL SPILL IN LABORATORY AT EMANUEL HOSPITAL.
|
900046
|
3/5/1990
|
SW 6TH @ CAVEMAN
|
GRANTS PASS
|
JOSEPHINE
|
TEXACO RANDO HD 68
|
200 GALLONS
|
APPROX. 200 GALLONS LEAKED FROM AN ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANK. THE MATERIAL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FILL HOSE. THE OIL SEEPED TO A DRAINAGE DITCH WHICH FED INTO SKUNK CREEK. FROM THERE IT FLOWED INTO THE ROGUE RIVER. ABSORBANT DIKES WERE PLACED ABOVE M STREET IN SKUNK CREEK. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 90% OF THE OIL FLOWED INTO THE ROGUE. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEQ & THIS DEPARTMENT CONTACTED THE MILL. THE MILL THEN CLEANED THE REMAINING OIL FROM SKUNK CREEK. SCENE RESPONSIBILITY WAS GIVEN TO THE DEQ @ 1145 HRS ON 03-06-90.
|
900029
|
3/5/1990
|
1508 EXCHANGE ST
|
ASTORIA
|
CLATSOP
|
FUEL OIL
|
100 GALLONS
|
PUBLIC WORKS CREW OPENED MANHOLE IN 300 BLOCK OF 15TH ST (DOWNSTREAM OF SUSPECT'S TANKS) AND DISCOVERED HEAVY FUEL OIL SMELL. FIRE DEPT NOTIFIED AND AC HANSEN AND MYSELF INVESTIGATED INCIDENT. UPON ENTERING BASEMENT OF OWENS-ADAIR OF 1508 EXCHANGE STREET, A STRONG FUEL OIL ODOR WAS DETECTED. ODOR WAS TRACED TO OPEN DRAIN IN BASEMENT WHICH IS CONNECTED TO SEWERLINE RUNNING PAST SUSPECT'S TANKS. DEQ WAS NOTIFIED OF PROBLEM AS WELL AS OWNERS (NOHA INC) OF UNDERGROUND TANKS. NO ATTEMPT OF CONTAINMENT HAS BEEN MADE AT THIS POINT.
|
900048
|
3/6/1990
|
29476 AIRPORT RD
|
EUGENE
|
LANE
|
AMMONIA ANHYDROUS
|
10 GALLONS
|
AMMONIA LEAK. AMMONIA LEAK.
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900052
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3/18/1990
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1831 SW PARK
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PORTLAND
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MULTNOMAH
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UNKNOWN CHEMICAL
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0
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SMALL SPILL OF UNKNOWN MATERIAL FOUND OUTSIDE TENANTS DOOR AND THOUGHT TO BE DELIBERATE HARRASSMENT. SMALL SPILL OF UNKNOWN MATERIAL FOUND OUTSIDE
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900042
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3/20/1990
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2424 N INTERSTATE
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PORTLAND
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MULTNOMAH
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METHYLENE CHLORIDE
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1 GALLONS
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NO COMMENTS GIVEN.
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900199
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3/21/1990
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6825 NW CARDINAL DR
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CORVALLIS
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BENTON
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PROPANE
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0
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133 RESPONDED TO A POSSIBLE PROPANE LEAK. UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND FILL VALVE TO BE LEAKING. AN EXPANDABLE RUBBER PLUG WAS USED TO PLUG LEAK.
(OSFM NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ARE THE COMMENTS FROM THE ATTACHED FORM 10)
133 RESPONDED @119'S REQUEST FOR A LEAKING PROPANE TANK. INITIAL OBSERVATION REVEALED NO MECHANICAL DAMAGE TO TANK OR PIPING. FILL CAP APPEARED TO BE CAUSE. CAP WAS REMOVED AND A RUBBER "T" PLUG INSERTED, LEAK STOPPED. OWNERS AGENT ENROUTE TO CHECK ON PROBLEM.
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900247
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3/24/1990
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3220 PRINGLE RD SE
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SALEM
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MARION
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METHYL ETHYL KETONE PEROXIDE
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5 GALLONS
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CHEMICAL FIRE AT CAL CUSTOM INC. THEY HAVE A METAL OUT BUILDING THAT HAS A CONTAINER OF CATYLIST CHEMICALS BURNING. THERE ARE ACETONE BARRELLS NEAR THE FIRE.
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900087
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3/27/1990
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21015 SE STARK
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GRESHAM
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MULTNOMAH
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AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE
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5 CF
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PRODUCT WAS RELEASED FROM PRESSURE LINE THAT WAS NOT ADEQUATELY PERGED. CABINET CONTAINING LINES WAS VENTILATED BY SAFETY VENTILATION SYSTEM. TWO WORKERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO MT. HOOD MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.
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900053
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3/28/1990
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240 N HILL
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ALBANY
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LINN
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AMMONIA
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0
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MAINTENANCE CREWS WORKING ON REFRIGERATION LINES WHICH WERE TO HAVE BEEN BLED DOWN STILL HAD SOME CONTENT WHEN PIPING SEPARATED. BUILDING EVACUATED AND NO INJURIES.
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900049
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3/30/1990
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6100 THURSTON RD
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SPRINGFIELD
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LANE
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CHLORINE
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0
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A CHLORINE DETECTION SYSTEM SOUNDED AN ALARM WHEN THE VALVE ON THE CHLORINE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED
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