Army to Check Safety at Incinerator Site
The Army said Friday it will send a team from its safety center to investigate charges of unsafe conditions at its new chemical weapons incinerator in Toole, Utah.
The Army said the move was being taken in the wake of allegations by Steve Jones, a former senior safety inspector at the site. Jones charged that the safety programs were so deficient that they pose a risk of “catastrophic release” of nerve gas into the atmosphere.
Jones said in an interview with the Washington Post that he was dismissed because he refused to sign a paper saying the risks of safety problems at the site were acceptable.
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