Re: [Sky-1] Remarkable Haz Mat Incident

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WOW! What a coincidence, I heard that a cow got loose from a local
slaughter house and wandered on the airport grounds. It then got chopped
up by a taxing prop plane. Then due to the hot MEM sun on the tarmac,
there was prime rib everywhere!

On the serious side. Here in EWR UAL was unloading 55 Gal drums of
concentrated garlic. One of the drums ruptured and all over the
canloader and the ground it spilled.

For years after, the smell lingered at gate B65 or when the UAL
canloader would go by you.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lanier [mailto:alanie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 7:19 PM
To: hazmat101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Skyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Sky-1] Remarkable Haz Mat Incident


We had a remarkable "haz mat" incident at Memphis International Airport
on
Sunday. At 10:30Am as I was about to go out the door to church, the
communications center called me. The airport fire unit had been called
to
respond to a "haz mat incident" at local hometown mega-huge express
airline's international section in their hub. A number of employees had
to
evacuate the area having burning eyes, watery noses, and difficulty in
breathing. This could be representative of a number of substances.

After Rescue One, the haz mat unit responded, the "haz mat" substance
was
determined to be a leak with two five gallon containers of concentrated
horseradish from an Asian country. No one was hurt and cleanup was
expedited
by use of SCBA's [Self Contained Breathing Apparatus].

When the communications unit called me the second time and told me what
the
substance was and asked what we should do, I replied, "Well, I guess you
ought to get them to order 1500 pounds of prime rib, medium-well." A
check
of the shipping papers and container revealed no violations of laws and
regulations - just a case of bad luck.

Alton Lanier
Environmental Manager
Memphis International Airport
Arlington, Tennessee



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