Two Oregon contractors were recently fined by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality due to their improper removal of asbestos containing materials. The violations allegedly took place during the demolition of three mobile homes in Bend, Oregon.

Willamette Builders Group LLC and Hoviss Build Group LLC were both issued a $15, 000 civil penalty for conducting asbestos abatement projects without possessing the proper licenses to do so. The three mobile homes demolished by the two companies were located in the Sun Country Mobile Home Park located in Bend.

According to reports the owner of the Sun Country Mobile Home Park hired the two contracting firms back in April to conduct an asbestos survey in order to determine whether or not asbestos was present in the mobile homes and the dangerous toxin was in fact found in the paint on the roofs of three of the units.

Instead of then hiring a licensed contractor to conduct the removal project the employees from Hoviss and Willamette went ahead and demolished the roofs of the units themselves. Because the paint chipped during the demolition the asbestos became friable.

Exposure to friable asbestos particles can result in the development of a number of asbestos-related diseases that have lasting affects. These diseases include asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. Such diseases have a particularly long latency period which often means very few treatment options for those diagnosed.

The two companies were further cited for disposing asbestos materials at a site not approved by the Department of Environmental Quality. They have twenty days to appeal the penalty.

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