Friday, October 12, 2007

 

Escaped gas sickens workers

BY Malcolm Hall
The Canton Repository

ALLIANCE - Regional health and safety officials are awaiting lab test results to determine what was in the gas that escaped from the Central Waste landfill earlier this week that made workers sick.

A construction crew from Beaver Excavating of Perry Township was excavating buried sludge and waste at the site and preparing to dispose of it in new burial cells when they became ill.

"There were some odors from the waste that made them feel dizzy," said Steve Roberts, project manager for the company. "As a precaution, we had them go to the hospital. We stopped work to do some investigation to determine the cause. We need to be certain we can proceed safely."...Read more.

Sunday, October 07, 2007

 

Excavation done at old dump

By Bob Downing
The Akron Beacon Journal

AKRON - A major milestone has been reached in the $60 million cleanup of a toxic-waste dump in northern Summit County.

The contractor, EQ Industrial Services Inc. of Wayne, Mich., has hauled away in excess of 225,000 tons of contaminated soil and debris from two parcels off Hines Hill Road in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

The work to stabilize the dump that was owned and operated by the Krejci family took two years to complete.

The two tracts, together covering 47 acres, are on opposite sites off Hines Hill Road in Boston and Northfield Center townships. The sites are separated by Interstate 271....Read more.