Road Salt Sparks Hazmat Situation, Shuts Down Emerson ER (VIDEO)

The emergency room at Emerson Hospital was shut down for more than three hours Saturday night after a Stow woman walked into the emergency department with a medical condition possibly caused by the substance.

A hazmat situation arose at Emerson Hospital’s emergency department on Saturday night after a Stow woman showed up there presenting an illness and was decontaminated due to a white, potentially hazardous material later identified as road salt. The ER was shut down for several hours the evening of Nov. 17 as emergency responders and a hazmat team secured the potentially contaminated areas. Eventually, six individuals—the woman, a person who showed up with the patient and four others—were decontaminated, according to a hospital spokesperson and Concord Fire Chief Mark Cotreau, who briefed media assembled at the scene. The Concord Fire and Police departments were called to the scene just after 5 p.m., and just after 8:30 p.m., Bonnie Kaplan …

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Reverend E. Raleigh Pimperton III

9:37 am on Monday, November 19, 2012

It would be nice to have the roads light up on dark snowy winter nights. Reverend E. Raleigh Pimperton III   more ›

About Town

Update: Groundhog Coming Out; Spray and Wash the Grime Off

Cleaning up with car washes pays off.

February Brings Out Phil Snow is forecast for later today, and for tomorrow, which happens to be Punxsutawney Phil’s big day. The good news that comes with the prediction of snow - for those who feel they have had enough already - is that if the skies are cloudy, Phil won’t see his shadow in the morning and the crocuses will burst through the mile-high snow banks by noon. One catch, though.   Keep in mind that it is Phil who must not see his shadow, so it is essential that it be overcast in Punxsutawney, PA. The weather in Concord has no direct bearing. Phil will be looking up at the Punxsutawney sun, where this meteorological phenomenon is carried out year after year after year. Stay tuned. Speaking at Fenn Concord resident and author Jan…

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Maureen Costello

1:09 pm on Tuesday, February 1, 2011

So true, Janet. I am now a convert, too.   more ›