The county wants to move about 50 workers back near the “Red Room” area of the building, which is drawing strong opposition from unions.
Tag: Eckhoff Building
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Judge Denies Request to Stop Work at County’s Social Services Building
The county may continue installing solar panels on the building. Some workers claim dirt removed is evidence in their contamination lawsuit.
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County, Workers Remain at Odds Over Safety of Office Building
County officials say tests show the air inside the Eckhoff building to be safe and cancelled evacuation plans.
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Air Deemed Safe in County Building
County social workers at the building, located in an industrial section of Orange, allege that working in the building has made them sick.
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County Looking Into Previous Owners of Eckhoff Building
The Social Services building, under which potentially cancer-causing chemicals were found, was once owned by an oil drilling company.
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Tests Reveal Likely Carcinogen Under County Building
Finding comes after years of complaints by employees who said working in the Social Services Agency building has made them sick.
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Judge Orders County to Do Toxic Tests at Social Services Building
The order comes after two years of complaints by employees that
the building on Eckhoff Street in Orange was making them sick.
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Judge to Hear Worker Claims of Toxic County Building
County social workers say cases of cancer and a variety of
autoimmune disorders could be the result of toxic fumes that have
emanated from a county-owned building in Orange.
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County Agrees to Test Soils at Social Services Building
After hearing testimony by the mother of disabled child, the
county CEO asks for testing at a county building in Orange that
workers say is making them sick.
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Retiree Confronting Cancer Pleads for Testing of County Building
Luisa Fernandez Vasquez, who suffers from a rare bone cancer,
says officials are wrong to fight testing at a Social Services
Agency building in an industrial zone.
