Zonolite Company And Asbestos Violation

The area of greatest concern and threat is Illinois Beach State Park which boarders the contamination site to the North. This is a concern as asbestos can cause cancer if the fibers are inhaled. Asbestos is less dangerous in water supplies although the site run-off at one point was 3 times the EPA’s limit. The EPA continues to monitor and improve the site. After the main site contamination were remediated, secondary excavation and capping projects have taken place over the years to continue to clean the site for future re-development as shown in the image below.

The Movie taught us a lot. I learned really what was causing all the people in Libby to Get sick. asbestos refers to a set of six naturally occurring fibrous minerals. Asbestos has six primary sub-classifications: chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite. Among these, chrysotile and amosite asbestos are the most common.Although asbestos fibers are microscopic in nature, they are extremely durable and resistant to fire and most chemical reactions and breakdowns. These properties of asbestos were the reasons that supported its use for many years in a number of different commercial and industrial capacities. The strength of asbestos, combined with its resistance to heat, allowed it to become the material of choice in a variety of products, including, but not limited to, roofing shingles, floor tiles, ceiling materials, cement compounds, textile products, and automotive parts. Asbestos is now strictly regulated as exposure to this toxic mineral can now be directly and scientifically linked to a number of lung and respiratory health conditions.Its really a very bad thing. It wasn't only around back in that time period of the Libby tradgedy. It is still around to this day and we have no way of controlling it. In my old high school we had it in every room and the teacher use to kid around about it but now i really know how serious it is. It is honestly nothing to joke about and there should be laws patient play for schools making them get checked and passed to be function atlas every 5 years to keep the kids safe and keep them healthy.

However, in this case, the plaintiff did claim that defendants be held strictly liable and negligent because the dangers of the asbestos through maintenance was foreseeable when used in conjunction with their products. But the Corrigan explains in his opinion that by recognizing such claims by the plaintiff would provide an unprecedented expansion of strict products liability. While in California manufacturers are held strictly liable for a defect in the product. Yet, it has never been held that this responsibility extends to preventing injuries that would be used in conjunction with the defendants product. The dangerous features in question were not an integral part of the product’s design. Therefore through this fact, Corrigan had asserted that to decide for the plaintiff would not further the purposes of strict liability, nor would it serve public policy by requiring manufacturers to warn about the dangerous propensities of products they do not design, make or sell.

In June 2015 Elizabeth Ann was affected with pneumonia and a cat scan confirmed that she had been contaminated with asbestos in her lungs. Her neighbor at the time while she resided at 3805 Paprika Way, in the City of Oceanside California decided to take down the ceiling referred to as popcorn ceiling from his residence. As it is known, such popcorn ceiling contains asbestos and must be removed professionally. When the owner took down the popcorn ceiling, he placed the debris between both his property and Elizabeth Ann’s rental property. It was the airborne particles that entered through her open window that infected her respiratory system.

Harris and Blanck didn’t have fire drills cause if they did the workers would have known what to do and they amount of death of triangle fire would have been less than it is now thanks to Harris and Blanck some one last their mother, father, best friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, son and daughter. they know it wasn’t save Harris and Blanck were frequently notified by the fire department of the fire danger in their building and ignored it. Same might say it’s the government fault for not shutting down the factory after the many violations by the owner and the many “nonfatal fair” that happened over the years. Some Workers died trying to open the doors their owners Harris and Blanck locked cause they were afraid the women might steal a few pennies worth of leftover cloth. Other exits were blocked with boxes of scrap fabric that have been there for nearly six

In the video documentary on Libby, Montana, there was a lot of family oriented relationships seen throughout the film. This close knit community was based around the family. We learn a lot about its effects on everyone in the town and associated with the people of the town. It has a major effect on the families in Libby. The video is from November of 2002, and almost every man in Libby worked as either a logger or on the asbestos site. They manufactured the asbestos for usage for insulation, roofing, and soil. The asbestos was found everywhere. The men who worked on these sites didn’t know the effects of the asbestos on not only them, but also

Since, 1988 there have been many failed attempts to pass asbestos-related acts. ("Asbestos Information Act of 1988,") By evaluating the structure provided by the core competencies, we can understand the reasons why the Acts died in congress. One reason, the law makers are not considered the stakeholder in the process. Another reason, every act has lacked a comprehensive plan for the removal of asbestos. Abatement of asbestos after the ASHARA act was determined to be very expensive.

The first problem that was raised was the negligence. If no evidence was found LLC would have been cleared, but the fact that there was evidence that LLC has communicated with KK Glass with safety procedures proves negligence by not providing proper approval of the safety gear. It could have been avoided by not assigning a LLC superintendent. The second problem that arose was the general contractor’s responsibility to ensure safety. The responsibility shifted in the indemnification process from the subcontractor to the general contractor because LLC proposed their own method of safety when using a bosun. This could have been avoided by allowing KK Glass maintain their own safety procedures. Since witnesses were not present, it breaks down that LLC was considered to a proximate cause of Harrison’s death. Overall, a lot of damage could have been avoided with either avoiding the problem in the beginning by stating things similar to that LLC will not be conducting personal safety precautions and it will be the sub-contractor’s

Just under two years ago, my middle school, Cache la Poudre Middle School (CLPMS), started replacing the hallway carpets. During the last month of school, one half of the building had stone floors. Just replacing carpets could easily have been done completely over the summer, but renovations had to start sooner because of what was underneath. In accordance with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, CLPMS had to remove any asbestos that may have been damaged by the renovations as well. The reasoning for the presence of asbestos underneath the carpets of CLPMS is because of the fire-resistant properties of asbestos. Yet asbestos wasn’t originally used in buildings. The fire-retardant

Another explanation behind the expansion in these Mesothelioma litigation cases could be on account of numerous individuals who have been determined to have Mesothelioma or lung cancer because of asbestos introduction don't understand when or where they were presented to this unsafe synthetic, making it troublesome and to a great degree tedious to locate the definite guilty party of the

Asbestos is a natural occurring airborne dust that can be extremely dangerous when inhaled. Found in high concentrations, sometimes as much as twelve percent, in vermiculite ore, asbestos is very apparent in this refining process. This all being said there were not many precautions in place to prevent such a catastrophe from occurring. One interesting yet devastating fact about asbestos is once it is inhaled into the lungs it can never be expelled other than by means or surgery. Once inhaled it becomes trapped in your lungs, at which point your lungs begin to cover over the asbestos, leaving it permanently trapped in the capillaries of your lungs. An extreme build up of this can result in asbestosis, a hardening of the lungs due to inhaled asbestos. This is what many of the workers contracted and were never able to fully recover. The surgery to help undo this damage was both costly and often unsuccessful. One of the executives at the plant is filmed in the deposition saying he had in fact had asbestos removed from his lungs after learning about the dangers of the mill. This is a perfect example of the sociological term Two-Tier system of Medical Care. This system makes it possible for these wealthier high up executives to receive the proper medical treatment they needed in order to remove the extremely deadly asbestos from their lungs, while the average mill worker who needed the surgrery much more could not afford such a procedure.

On August 26, 2015 two workers, employees of Mortenson Construction’s subcontractor St. Paul-based Berwald Roofing Co. were working on a conventional installation of a solid roof on the roof of the Vikings Stadium in Minesota when both of them fell and slid down the roof. One hit one elevated platform about 50 feet below from the edge of the roof and died. The other struck a post and stopped he was seriously injured. He received 48 stitches for a deep cut to his leg. Details weren’t given about whether the workers were wearing safety harnesses or whether there was supervision. The company already had received several worksite citations for serious violations during inspections in the past five

It may be tempting to go the attic and inspect Bulk Insulation your self. Anyway, insulation inspection, removal, and installation better left to professionals. Across the Internet, you will find many articles on this topic. It is a hot topic. Still, some people try to do it themselves, and then; mess it up. Why do you want to tackle it yourself? Well, you think it is cheaper to do it yourself. But you are wrong in this case. Dealing with Bulk Insulation is a risky job. In this article, I am explaining good reasons to leave it to professionals. Let's get started!

Having already established the basis of a theoretical outlook as well as the social history of asbestos, which is still produced and used in American manufacturing, we will now move on to explain the methods we are using to collect our data. For our subject area, we have selected Oneida-Herkimer, Jefferson, Oswego, and Onondaga County Solid Waste Facilities located in Upstate New York, and we will be exploring the differences in how asbestos is disposed of in each of these counties. We chose these counties because our insider has had direct contact with the solid waste management bosses of these counties and can easily obtain asbestos information. We believe this is best because it limits under reporting of asbestos amounts in fear of public exposure. Furthermore, he has a case study we hope to analysis on the differences in the removal of asbestos from Jefferson and Oswego. We plan to find this out by using an interview process to collect our data. We will gather information by way of interviews with leaders from the New York State Department of Labor as well as landfill operators in each of the five counties listed above. We hope to analyze the discrepancies and pitfalls regarding disposal of asbestos

This is an informative research report. With the purpose of educating students of APFM, the changes made to the construction industry because of negative effects asbestos. By informing students about the properties, history, consequences, and solutions of the material, it will allow for complete comprehension of the alternative steps taken by the industry