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When Buildings and Grounds (B&G) workers complained in November they were assigned work on asbestos-insulated pipes without proper training, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) stepped...
Last month OSHA inspectors investigated the complaints and cited B&G for one violation--the lack of signs posted in areas of steam tunnels where asbestos insulation was uncovered. But B&G is doing more than just posting signs...
...also distributed asbestos training information and plans to lecture all its employees on asbestos hazards at the suggestion of the OSHA inspector...
...Caution signs were not used while the asbestos work was being performed," the citation stated. The violation was observed in the Harvard steam tunnels during an OSHA inspection November...
Kevin P. McManus, industrial hygienist for OSHA, said Buildings and Grounds was "very cooperative" with the OSHA inspectors. "They've gone above and beyond what they have to do," McManus said...