Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_351221958.html" target="_blank">http://cbs2.com/local/local_st ory_351221958.html</a> >> A Disneyland employee was hospitalized Saturday after he was exposed to smoke caused by chemicals mixed in a maintenance area, authorities said. Firefighters and a hazardous materials team responded to the amusement park's back lot location, 1440 Disneyland Dr., the location of a preventive maintenance shop for vehicles made of fiberglass just before 2:30 p.m. Eight employees were evaluated after a mixture of resin with a catalyst unexpectedly produced smoke, said Maria Sabol of the Anaheim Fire Department. One of the employees had a history of asthma and was taken to a hospital. One park attraction, the steam train, was closed for about three hours as a precautionary measure, but was put back into service as of 6:30 p.m., she said. No one was evacuated from the park. << FYI, there was another, seperate Chemical safety problem a DCA yesterday morning.
Originally Posted By Elderp Must be a rash of chemical explosions. I just read about another incident at TVHS in Temecula, CA. Poor kids had to go home in hazmat suits.
Originally Posted By cmpaley This is why the EEEEEEVIL government agency Cal-OSHA exists. To require things like Material Safety Data Sheets be available to employees, that employees are TRAINED in use of chemicals and that chemicals are LABELED. I bet there's a training and labeling issue here.
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland Those sheets are available (incidentally, the spill was right next to the tram route and adjacent to Winston Gate, a Cast Member entry point that actually has those sheets on a bulletin board). Chances are those Cast Members were highly trained - you pretty much have to be to work in that building. It screwed up the backstage operation for awhile...
Originally Posted By belle42 Yeah...a LONG while!! Lots of people had trouble getting to work because of everything that happened!!
Originally Posted By iluvdisneyland I was one of them... For awhile, the only was for company vehicles to get from the West Side to the East Side was to exit the West Service Road altogether and drive right behind (of all things!) a tram. We got to drive backstage vehicles on the tram route. From there you made the first right into Winston Gate and had to go straight and left. Those Cast Members who knows that street between the Service Garage and the Cycle Shop know that you usually can go right too...
