Ex-demolition boss: I warned of safety lapses (Deutsche Bank)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: NY Daily News

Workers at the toxic former Deutsche Bank tower drank, smoked and ignored basic safety rules on the job - and the company doing the $177 million demolition project never reined them in, a whistleblower told the Daily News.

"The firefighters - they didn't stand a chance. They walked into a deathtrap, a booby trap a year or more in the making," said the 52-year-old asbestos-removal supervisor, who worked at the Ground Zero job site for a year.

The supervisor met with FDNY marshals Tuesday, telling them he saw a slew of safety violations in the toxic tower.

He said the 29th floor was casually known as "Teddy's Tavern" because of the vodka and other booze regularly consumed in that floor's decontamination unit, where men cleaned up and ate meals. The 29th floor has since been demolished.

The whistleblower also said work crews smoked heavily and ran live power lines along floors where asbestos removal was being done - a dangerous lapse.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/08/23/2007-08-23_exdemolition_boss_i_warned_of_safety_lap.html

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If Bloomberg had any thoughts of running I think his chances went up in flames with the Deutsche Bank! Ton of screwups by NYC in hiring this outfit and the FDNY and city inspectors for allowing this shoddy and unsafe crap to take place. Shame 2 firefighters paid with their lives. And there were more injuries at the site today.

Falling debris from the Deutsche Bank Building injured two firefighters this afternoon, the Fire Department said.

The incident comes six days after two firefighters died battling a blaze in the condemned building next to Ground Zero.

Fire Department spokesman Frank Gribbon said the incident occurred on the north side of the building facing the World Trade Center site just before 2 p.m. Gibbons also said the firefighters were hospitalized in stable condition, one with a head injury.

City officials said a piece of equipment fell from a high floor on the north side of the building through a sidewalk shed, injuring the firefighters who were standing underneath the shed.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/08/23/2007-08-23_falling_debris_at_deutsche_bank_bldg.html

[PDJane]

1. Is there any adult able to oversee this disaster?

Can we hire baby sitters for the current powers in charge? How the hell did these folks get into power in the first place?

It's scary,and outrageous and dangerous.

[Kagemusha]

2. Hey, I heard speculation that the "John Galt Corp" is a mob front.

Just gets better and better, doesn't it?

[Fierce]

3. If this unnamed guy's a job supe,

why the hell didn't he do anything about it THEN?