I'm working at O'Reilly Auto Parts today

"XJDano" (xjdano)
03/09/2015 at 12:34 • Filed to: None

Just outside Ferguson, MO

St. Louis County air pollution considers the whole building Asbestos contaminated. So everything metal will be hosed off, and scrapped, everything else will be thrown away as contaminated waste. The biggest challenge will be containing the water to reclaim & filter. But we just have to suck it up into the semi trailer tank.

DISCUSSION (21)

Michael Maguire > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 12:38

If you need a snack there is a really great Walgreens in the area, or you can stop for lunch at the local Little Casesars... :)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 12:38

That's weird. I can't even recall having seen an O'Reilly move into a preexisting building once - is the asbestos contamination theoretically based on older brake/etc. disposal and the like, or was this an old building?

Rico > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 12:40

How do you suck up water that is absorbed into the floor/concrete/dirt?!

XJDano > Michael Maguire
03/09/2015 at 12:41

Yeah, I guess the Walgreens is fixed up, I blew up their bathroom at lunch.

Michael Maguire > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 12:42

Huh, they must move fast...I never drove by the area to see the damages left from the looting, but maybe I should drive around sometime and take a look.

E92M3 > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 12:43

Was this a freak fire or protesters set it ablaze?

XJDano > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/09/2015 at 12:44

I really don't know. The building was built in 2004, theoretically after they stopped using asbestos in building products.

But across the street, crews are tearing stuff down with out any kind of containment or anything.

XJDano > E92M3
03/09/2015 at 12:45

Protesters.

ttyymmnn > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 12:46

You're doing hazmat removal? My brother in law did that for many years. Worked at the Fernald Superfund site classifying waste. Now he manages the recycling department for GM in Fort Wayne.

XJDano > Rico
03/09/2015 at 12:48

They kind of build a trench around the exterior to push it out. Or we have 4 brand new shop vacuums

CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/09/2015 at 12:49

All our VIPs turned into O'Riellys so there's that.

XJDano > ttyymmnn
03/09/2015 at 12:50

Been abating asbestos for 16 years. Just got HAZWOPER trained, haven't done any of that stuff yet.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 12:51

The only asbestos that should have been there, then, is from brake pads and possibly a pipe wrap or two. The overall content from brake pads has to have been tiny, though. Like, maybe tens or at most hundreds of grams. Not even among the more dangerous kinds, either. Silly.

nermal > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 12:52

Be careful!

What type of personal safety measures do you need to take? I assume wearing a respirator and hazmat suit are part of the deal.

XJDano > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/09/2015 at 12:54

The county is waiving their dick around on this one. Also insurance is paying for 24 hour security guard.

Kind of stupid, but screw it. It's work.

WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 12:56

At least the temperature is decent in STL today, erm right now.

XJDano > nermal
03/09/2015 at 12:56

Yeah, just tyvek suits, nothing like E.T. or movie stuff you see.

I'll be grabbing my rain suit and wearing that tomorrow. Going to be a lot of water.

XJDano > WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot
03/09/2015 at 12:57

Yeah I had been working norh in Hannibal, MO in an abandoned hospital, and was cold as shit inside and outside.

ttyymmnn > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 13:15

My BIL actually got to go on a meth house raid once. Full-on hazmat suit, respirators, the works. And to think people live in and breathe around that stuff. Well, they get pretty screwed up doing it.

Sweet Trav > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 13:42

HAZWOPER is the best acronym ever.

Textured Soy Protein > XJDano
03/09/2015 at 13:58

Can't believe nobody has asked yet if you're a master abater (of asbestos—get your mind out of the gutter).