Earth Watch Report - Hazmat
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chemical leak at Intel Corp's manufacturing complex in Arizona has been
contained and two workers were taken to hospital for observation, a
spokesman for the chipmaker said on Monday. During a tool installation
in a basement at the sprawling plant southeast of Phoenix a tube was
severed, leading to a spill of around 100 gallons (379 liters) of
ammonium hydroxide, said Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy. Ten workers near
the spill reported to the facility's medical station and two of those
people were sent to hospital for observation, Mulloy said. The spill was
in a confined area and no chemicals have been exposed to the public, he
said. "The leak has ended. It has been contained. Right now they're
making plans for the cleanup," Mulloy said. Chandler police spokesman
Seth Tyler said fire department crews were called to the scene at about
1:30 p.m. local time after a report that there was "an incident with
multiple injuries." He said a construction crew working inside one of
the buildings accidentally cut into a pipe. "During the construction
process, a pipe was cut that feeds ammonium into a room in the
basement," he said. "The leak was immediately isolated." |
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UPDATE 2-Workers exposed to chemical leak at Intel plant in Arizona
Mon May 5, 2014 7:33pm EDT
(Adds police statement, paragraphs 6-8)
May
5 (Reuters) - A chemical leak at Intel Corp's manufacturing complex in
Arizona has been contained and two workers were taken to hospital for
observation, a spokesman for the chipmaker said on Monday.
During
a tool installation in a basement at the sprawling plant southeast of
Phoenix a tube was severed, leading to a spill of around 100 gallons
(379 liters) of ammonium hydroxide, said Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy.
Ten
workers near the spill reported to the facility's medical station and
two of those people were sent to hospital for observation, Mulloy said.
The spill was in a confined area and no chemicals have been exposed to the public, he said.
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