Sick Building: News Releases

November 24, 2009  INTERIOR TO HQ EMPLOYEES: LET THEM BREATHE FUMES — Interior Saw No Legal Obligation to Shield Workers from Years of Noxious Vapors

April 9, 2008  AUDIT FINDS MAJOR HAZARDS IN INTERIOR DEPARTMENT — 28% of HQ Workers Cite Health Threat – Modernization “Pause” for Evaluation

June 26, 2007  BAD AIR AT INTERIOR HQ RECONSTRUCTION ADMITTED — Previous Assurances of Safe Conditions to Employees, Congress and Media Untrue

May 31, 2007  NEW HEALTH REPORT CONFIRMS SICK INTERIOR HEADQUARTERS — Workers “Intentionally” Exposed to Chemical Vapors, Smoke and Debris Dust

March 5, 2007  OSHA THREATENS SAFETY INSPECTIONS AT INTERIOR HQ — Interior Must Prove That Hazards Have Been Abated or Face OSHA Intervention

February 21, 2007  INTERIOR HQ IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE TO WORK — Scathing Building Audit Finds Major Safety, Health and Environmental Violations

May 23, 2006  HOUSE CHIDES INTERIOR FOR INACTION ON SICK HEADQUARTERS — Budget Asks for “Corrective Action Plan” and an Employee Grievance Process

February 22, 2006  INTERIOR IGNORING HUNDREDS OF HQ WORKER HEALTH COMPLAINTS — “Good Practices Are Not Being Followed” in Building Makeover, Says NIOSH Report

December 21, 2005  OSHA TO INTERIOR WORKERS – DROP DEAD — OSHA Refuses to Inspect Despite Mounting Health Complaints

December 6, 2005  INTERIOR HQ MODERNIZATION MAKING WORKERS SICK — Fumes and Smoke Entering Offices; Employee Health Complaints Ignored