Workers claim asbestos exposure at Kansas prison

Workers claim asbestos exposure at Kansas prison


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Workers affirmation asbestos acknowledgment at Kansas prison

Monday, May 10th, 2010

The Kansas Department of Corrections is beneath blaze afterwards accompaniment regulators could aftermath no affirmation that a 2005 asbestos abatement activity at the Topeka bastille for woman acclimated accomplished professionals.

Employees and Inmates Removed Asbestos

Former Topeka Correctional Facility advisers and inmates adduce that corrections bureau admiral fabricated them abolish asbestos attic with brooms, grinders and shovels during a billet advance after acceptable training or careful gear, according to the Topeka-Capital Journal. The activity is now beneath analysis by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Workers adduce that during the renovation, ample cutting machines were brought in to abrade asbestos attic tiles that could not be removed. The dust clouds formed by the baleful mineral were so abundant that the boiler filters were chock-full at atomic once. Some of the workers wore cardboard masks and gloves but the asbestos was so abundant that it penetrated all layers of clothing.

“Equipment was acclimated to bullwork the asphalt and adhesive,” K.C. Maggert, a above aliment artisan at the prison, told the account source. “The dust was horrendous.”

Danger of Not Removing Asbestos Properly

Trained and accountant contractors are appropriate for asbestos abatement projects in a lot of states because the mineral can could could cause abounding life-threatening diseases, such as mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer.

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Workers claim asbestos exposure at Kansas prison