Capitol Architect Agrees to Fix Asbestos Problem
posted 5:27 am Thu May 10, 2007 - WASHINGTON
The Office of Compliance says it has complained about the tunnels since 2000, but the architect hasn't addressed them. Under the settlement, the architect must fix safety and health hazards within five years. The Office of Compliance will have someone monitoring the agreement full-time and can to go to court to enforce the terms.
Ten tunnel workers have been complaining for years about conditions in the utility tunnels, including falling concrete and temperatures as high as 160 degrees. Nine of them say they've been told by doctors that their lungs show evidence of exposure to asbestos.
One man who's worked in the tunnels for 23 years says the settlement lets the Architect of the Capitol off easy.
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Information from: The Washington Post
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