OSHA Crane Inspection Report and Analysis Oct 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

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CIVIL SSRVICe BAR ASSOCIATION AFFILIATSD \.MTH LOCAL 237 irNTBRlNATONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, AFL-CIO 216 WEST 14m STRSST, 7th FLOOR. NEW YORK. N.Y. 19011 *7296 212-47S-CS19 212-676-0417 M Gloria Johnson Woawent October 3,2001

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Ms. Syivift Pryce Uirectcr, Citywide OflSce of Ssfet* & Health {.COSH) Department of Citywide Adnainistntive Services (DC AS) Municipal Building. 1 Centre Street, 16" Floor South Kew York, W10007 .

Dear Ms. Pryce:

This letter is a foUow-up to the Lafcor-Macagemeci meeting held this past Monday morning et 33 Beaver Street, wherein Bernard McSorlej' I respectively represented Loci 237 and its aflUiatethe Civil Service Bar Association, Dennis Sullivan and Lee Clarke, among others, represented Dierdct Counsel 37, Richard Yates repreaested rhe Cisy’s Office of l abor ReiStif^ns, Vincent D'Otazio represented Cotporailon Counsel, and Eltzabci TnuoGut, Joseph Wagner, Lori Fiexsteiu, Mitchell Paluszek and yourself wprerented OCAS aadZor COSH,

At that time, Joseph Wagner, PE, represented that all occupied city owned or leased bidldlngs in lower Manhattan have been inspected subsequent to the September 11World Trade Center tragedy, end have been eerdfied as structuraliy sound. Richard Yates and yourself rated that tie air qual tv was tested and deemed safe within all these facilities. You distrihuled a two page '’Status of Owaed/Loased City Frqrerties as of 10/01/01’* spread sheet punioning to show, among other dtings. which buildings have been reopeced. have been eertified as strucmrally sound, have been cleaned, have had their interior surfaces tested for eootamiaants. the ahbome asbestos testing results.

Despite die above assurances, thia union and its membcisldp remain concerned about both foe shon and long-tenn health and safey consequences ofbeing in thb environment. For example, both the airborne end surfiice lesiing, upon iuformstion and belief, WM conducted solely on one occasion per location. As foe icMvery operstion coatiaues at "Ground Z<o'‘, terrible odors ate often smelled both inside and outside of many* buildings downtown. Since winds and air currents shift it may well be foa; "negative'’ or “safe'* test results taken on a particular day and time could change. We fcspcctfullv demand Sequent onapne testing! Air and surface testing should be

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