OSHA Crane Inspection Report and Analysis Oct 2001

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Mr. Lcwell Peterson Meyer, Suozzi, English and Mem, P.C. Courkselors at Law 1350 Broadway, Suite 501 New York, New York, 1001S

Dear \ir Peterson:

Thank you for your October 16 letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This letter constitutes OSHA's position only on the requirements discussed 2nd may not be applicable te any issue not delineated wdtiun your original' correspondence. You presented steps that Local 78 of the Asbestos, Lead, and Hazardous Waste Laborers union thinks are imperative to protect the tvorkers and residents in the area of the World Trade Center from the settled dust produced by the collapse of tiie bvin towers. The steps the union rtccmmetids and our replies are pro^dded below ! , Step 1: All of the dust must Ite tested for asbesto-s u.smg the Transnii^sion Electron I ! Microscopy method.

Reply: In that the materials containing asbestos were used in the construction of the Twin Towers, the settled dust from their collapse must be presumed to contain asbestos. Lhsrefore, the use of Transmission Electron Microscopy is net necessary in order to establish that the applicable provisions of the Cor.stniction .Aabestes standard, 29 i I CBS 1926.1101 apply during the demolition or salvage of the affected strucnores. i ; Step 21 411 du-'t w'hich tests positive must be. removed by .licenced contractors i using certified asbestos handlers.

Reply. As you may know; contra ctor .hcensmg and asbestos handler cettincaticri are city -o.d state programs. Your cencem.- howev.^r is directed toward ensuring the appropriate handling of asbestos hazards, OShLA 5 requirements, per 29 C?R 2926,1101(o)(i}.. address the nt-ed for a "competerit pei-scr!"’and stete th,at this individual must be on the xvorksite- Tlie competent person must have the qualifications and I authonties for ensuring Worker safety and health as required by Sufcpart C, General Safete and Health Provisions for Construction (25 Crl< 1926.20 through 1926 32).

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