Business Mold Harms Employee Health and Business Finances
Nov. 11, 2011. Mesa, Arizona. Exposure to high levels of indoor mold in a
business building and air conditioning system can cause serious health
damage to employees, visitors, and customers, plus be costly to the business
itself because of increased emloyee sick days, health insurance claims, poor
morale, worker’s compensation claims, and employee mold lawsuits.
A business has a duty and obligation to employees, guests, visitors, and
customers to provide an environmentally safe work environment, and that
includes no significant mold dangers.
Knowingly tolerating and not correctly quickly and effectively elevated
levels of indoor in the business and its heating, ventilating, and air
conditioning (HVAC) equipment and ducts is a clear violation of both the
business legal requirement to provide a safe workplace and of state and
federal Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OHSA) laws and
regulations.
Business place mold is often hidden inside business furniture, fixtures, and
equipment, plus on and inside the business building walls, ceiling, floor
(especially carpeting and padding), ceiling (especially drywall and ceiling
tiles), attic, basement, crawl space, and frequently inside the HVAC system,
as well as inside window or wall air conditioners.
Business management and business managers, and employees can learn how to
find, remove, and prevent business place mold by reading the in depth
information and advice provided on these three educational websites:
www.workplacemold.com,
www.airconditionermold.com,
and
www.moldinspector.com.
In addition, businesses and workers can get free email mold advice by
writing mold expert Phillip Fry at
moldconsultant@yahoo.com.
Mr. Fry is a Certified Environmental Hygienist, Certified Mold Inspector,
and Certified Mold Remediator.
Fry is also the author of five mold advice ebooks, and he has extensive mold
inspection, testing, and remediation of business buildings since 1999
throughout the USA, Canada, mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore,
and the Philippines. |