UPDATE 3/27/06
Earlier Friday Morning, a worker employed by a Bovis subcontractor fell from a platform at the 130 Liberty St. site. The worker was transported to a local hospital by ambulance, where he is undergoing care. LMDC personnel were notified immediately by the site safety managers, and work was suspended for the remainder of the day. A thorough investigation of the incident is underway but there was no impact on the surrounding community.
We were also notified today that one of our off-site air monitors detected an elevated level of silica on Monday. Although regulatory agencies were notified and work stopped while the problem was evaluated, we determined that the increase was not due to work at the site. This determination was made based on the following factors:
* No work was taking place at the site that could have caused silica emissions.
* Construction unrelated to 130 Liberty St. was underway on Monday immediately in front of the 1010 Fire House on Liberty St. The air monitor that detected the silica is located on the roof of the firehouse.
* A very low level of silica was found at only one other air monitor – the air monitor located on our site immediately across the street from the fire house and in the area where the non 130Liberty St. work was taking place. All of the other air monitors on and off the site did not detect any silica.
The EPA has reviewed our findings regarding the silica and has determined that work may proceed
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