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Trumbull County commissioners order staff sent home after sewer-maintenance fumes enter county buildings
Summary
County commissioners held an emergency meeting and voted unanimously to send employees home after chemical fumes from sewer maintenance in Warren permeated county offices, prompted reports of nausea and led to air monitoring at the county jail; maintenance shut down air intake and Servpro was contracted to assess air quality.
The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners voted in an emergency session to send county employees home after strong fumes from sewer maintenance work in nearby Warren entered county buildings and caused reported nausea among staff.
An unnamed commissioner who moved the action said workers were experiencing "some nausea and people with chemical reactions not feeling well," and proposed evacuating staff immediately "for the safety of them to evacuate this building." The motion, seconded by another unidentified attendee, was approved with commissioners indicating assent on a roll-call-style response.
The board directed that the county coordinate with the city of Warren and engage Servpro, a…
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