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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 in.
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.
It is redirecting its asbestos training and information to include all its employees, Louis J. DiBerardinis, Industrial Hygienist for the University Health Services (UHS), said last week.
B & G has also distributed asbestos training information and plans to lecture all its employees on asbestos hazards at the suggestion of the OSHA inspector.
Untrained workers "very infrequently" worked with asbestos material, Kevin McManus, Industrial Hygienist for OSHA, said last week.
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