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Students Removed From Chicago Suburb School Due to Asbestos Scare
Students Removed From Chicago Suburb School Due to Asbestos Scare
While replacing equipment at Sunny Hill Elementary School in Carpentersville, IL (outside of Chicago), workers identified asbestos in the glue that was used to mount whiteboards.
Officials say the asbestos at Sunny Hill Elementary in Carpentersville was “most likely” not airborne and students were not exposed to it.
“The good news is that the asbestos was not airborne at any time and can be completely and safely contained by putting up new drywall and repainting the four classrooms,” Superintendent Tom Leonard said in a letter to parents.
Thanks to the alert and well trained crew who identified the asbestos in time, to contain the dangerous substance before endangering the health of the students and staff at that school.
Hanford Workers Get Additional Protection from Asbestos
Hanford Workers Get Additional Protection from Asbestos
In today’s Tri-City Herald, an article reported that the Department of Energy (DOE) is taking additional measures to protect Hanford workers from asbestos. It is heartening to see that the DOE responded to the many workers’ questions and concerns about their safety in Central Hanford.
This past Thursday, union officials and top Hanford officials communicated to all Hanford staff, explaining the steps that they have taken and will take to protect workers from additional asbestos exposure. Hanford employees had expressed worries over materials that containued asbestos but were not yet demolished during the environmental cleanup.
A number of the buildings at Hanford were built with asbestos laden materials pre 1976. Workers, however, voiced concerns about breathing in asbestos fibers that could cause cancer, lung diseases, and other serious illnesses that could go undetected for decades after exposure.
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This past Thursday, union officials and top Hanford officials communicated to all Hanford staff, explaining the steps that they have taken and will take to protect workers from additional asbestos exposure. Hanford employees had express worries over materials that containued asbestos but were not yet demolished during the environmental cleanup.
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Waiting To Exhale at a Brooklyn School
Waiting To Exhale at a Brooklyn School
A public school’s plans for asbestos abatement have the parents at Cobble Hill Elementary, a public school in Brooklyn ready to occupy the school until their claims are met. Parents were upset, when the school provided little notice about the plans to remove asbestos from the school structure.
Rather than conduct the abatement while the school children are on spring or summer break, the plan is to remove the asbestos after hours each school day. The concern is that the dust produced from the abatement project will needlessly expose the children to harmful fibers known to cause cancer and other serious illnesses.
This Friday, if the school does not change its plan, parents vow to sit in and occupy the school in protest and to prevent the start of this controversial project mid-school year.
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Asbestos Epoch at the Capitol Ends $173 Million Later
Asbestos Epoch at the Capitol Ends $173 Million Later
This week, the Huffington Post reports on the official conclusion of an epoch battle related to asbestos found in the Capitol Hill underground system. Employees who had been exposed to asbsestos for years
The Office of Compliance (OOC) closed out the administrative complaint it filed six years ago. The complaint included claims against the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) for its failure to eliminate safety and health hazards found in 2000. Excessive asbestos and heat as well as falling concrete were cited as hazards that had been discovered over a decade ago in the underground tunnel that provides steam and chilled water to Capitol Hill.
After well over $100 million, the OOC is content in AOC’s fulfillment of its obligations.
However, workers who continue to suffer from the years of exposure to asbestos do not find much to be happy about with the conclusion of OOC’s complaint. They point out that it took about six years from the time when the hazards were revealed before the OOC did anything.
The OOC’s general counsel, Eveleth, said, “Filing the complaint sent a message that we will not put people’s lives at risk in circumstances when employing offices offer no viable solution for abating a very serious hazard.”
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Lockheed Shipyard – Mesothelioma & Asbestos-related cancers
Lockheed Shipyard – Mesothelioma & Asbestos-related cancers
Washington State shipyard workers were extensively exposed to asbestos. One shipyard where workers were exposed to deadly asbestos fibers was Lockheed Shipyard which was located in Seattle near the mouth of the Duwamish River. Lockheed was one of the oldest shipyards in the Pacific Northwest when it closed in 1988. Workers in the shipyard included boilermakers, pipefitters, insulators, welders and dockworkers. Mesothelioma takes decades to develop. Many older and and retired workers have developed the disease. Lockheed constructed naval frigates, transport vessels, icebreakers and various other ships during its operations. Sadly, many workers were exposed to asbestos during their work at the shipya
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Exposure in Washington – shipyards
Exposure in Washington – shipyards
I have written about the various shipyard locations in the State of Washington where many innocent workers were exposed to asbestos fibers. Too many of these hard working folks have developed mesothelioma or other asbestos-related cancers. In some cases, their family members were exposed to the fibers that they brought home in their clothing.
Mesothelioma and all asbestos-related cancers are deadly diseases that workers and their families should never have had to deal with.
For too long before shipyard exposure, manufacturers and asbestos companies knew of the dangers and disregarded these dangers. Profits over safety was all too often the case.
The asbestos containing products that shipyard workers handled or were exposed to includes, insulation, gaskets, gloves, coatings, ropes, fire protection materials, and cements. Their may be other products as well.
If you or a loved one have developed mesothelioma or any other asbestos-related disease, contact us.
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lawimage says:
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Washington Shipyard says:
That is so interesting. We leave out in Seattle and my husband and son both work in a shipyard. They have never had any problems. In fact….I don’t know anyone they work with that has problems. That is so sad for the people that do. Hopefully the regulation and stuff is better now!
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More on Exposure in Washington – The Railroad Industry
More on Exposure in Washington – The Railroad Industry
In the Pacific Northwest, the railroad industry has been strong and active. Many national Railroads, such as the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroads have had a long history in both Washington and Oregon. That history has included not only the motive of rail cars within Washington and Oregon, but, also the maintenance and repair of locomotives, as well as, rail cars, rail equipment and machinery.
Unfortunately, these activities have resulted in a great number of workers being exposed to the deadly asbestos fiber. Many of these workers have developed mesothelioma and other asbestos related cancers.
Rail workers who develop any asbestos related diseases, including mesothelioma should seek proper representation and obtain the justice they deserve.
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Key Asbestos Product Liability Case Awaits CA Supreme Court Decision
Key Asbestos Product Liability Case Awaits CA Supreme Court Decision
Earlier this month, the California Supreme Court heard oral argument in O’Neil v. Crane Co. How the CA Supreme Court decides the case will likely either expand or limit the duty of the product manufacturers to warn about the hazards of replacement parts that others made but that are then incorporated by the purchaser in the manufacturer’s original product.
O’Neil is a case about a plaintiff’s exposure to asbestos-containing gaskets and packing materials used in and around Crane Co’s valves and pumps, which the Navy incorporated into the steam propulsion system aboard the USS Oriskany. The plaintiff had served on the Oriskany while he was enlisted.
Though the pumps and valves delivered to the Navy originally incorporated asbestos-containing gaskets and packing, all parties agreed that by the time plaintiff served aboard the Oriskany, the original asbestos packing and gaskets had been removed and replaced with packing and gaskets manufactured by third parties. Nevertheless, the plaintiff argued the pump and valve manufacturers had a duty to warn him regarding the hazards of asbestos.
The Court did not appear to sit well with the proposition that the pumps and valves could be deemed defectively designed if the pumps and valves were “asbestos neutral,” and could function just as well in other systems utilizing non-asbestos containing materials.
This may be a large focus for the court with regard to assigning a duty to warn about replacement parts made by others only if the replacement part is identical to the original hazardous part, and the replacement part is essential to the function of the defendant’s product. We await the decision, which will come out in about two and a half months from today.
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Products Distributor Warns Of Asbestos Gaskets
Products Distributor Warns Of Asbestos Gaskets
According to Financial Times, Wolsely, the plumbing and heating products distributor, has warned some customers in the US and Canada that it may have inadvertently sold them asbestos gaskets.
Following two years of internal investigations, the company disclosed the problem regarding these gaskets today. The company expects legal action to result.
The problem with the parts, used as plumbing seals, was disclosed on Tuesday after two years of internal investigations. It is expected to lead to legal action.
Wolseley reported that four customers in the US and Canada found that the supposedly asbestos-free gaskets contained more than 1% asbestos, the threshold at which the products are required to have a label that it contains the dangerous substance.
The company blames the former Canadian supplier, Lortech rubber.
Ian Meakins, Wolseley CEO, says that it plans to sue Lortech. He also mentioned that he expects that several customers will file action against Wolseley.
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Asbestos Warning Signs Alarm Residents
Asbestos Warning Signs Alarm Residents
An article came out today in BuffaloNews.com about a story that could happen anywhere in this country.
Asbestos warning signs were posted recently at Marine Drive Apartments. No explanation was provided, which naturally caused a number of residents to wonder about their health and safety.
Housing Authority officials said a state mandate from the Office of Public Employee Safety and Health dictated when and where the signs were to be placed. The mandate did not allow time to inform residents before they went up.
Plans to hold a public informational meeting are in the works, they said.
“We’re not trying to inflame residents,” said Dawn E. Sanders, executive director of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority, which owns and manages the Marine Drive complex. “We didn’t have time before signs were put up to have a meeting with residents. The PESH report said we had to put up signs immediately, and that was the soonest we could have put them up. We didn’t randomly pick where to put them.”
The notices read, “Danger. Asbestos Cancer and Lung Disease Hazard. Authorized Personnel Only.” They were posted late last Friday afternoon at the elevators and the front and back doors of each of the seven buildings of the waterfront complex.
Problems began in August, when seven workers at Marine Drive removed asbestos around eight water valves to address a leaking problem. A state agency investigation determined that the employees had not followed proper rules for dealing with asbestos, and the Housing Authority was handed 17 citations. One of the required corrections involved posting asbestos-warning signs in specific areas.
The warnings also noted that confirmed or presumed asbestos- containing materials are present throughout the building, including floor tile, linoleum, plaster ceilings, heating pipes and all interior and exterior caulking.
The information had some residents worried about whether the affected areas included their individual units.
Only common areas, the boiler room and the maintenance room are affected, said Assistant Executive Director Modesto Candelario.
The good news is that most of the affected areas have already had abatement work done. Morever, residents will not have to be relocated, he added, because the abatement “won’t be done in their apartments.”
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