L&I cites King County landfill, calls for arsenic safeguards in worker safety plans

After a KING 5 investigation about worker arsenic concerns prompted a state probe at the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill, L&I issued three violations.

KING COUNTY, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) is requiring King County to improve worker safeguards at the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill, which has come under scrutiny for elevated levels of arsenic and worker health concerns. 

After completing a health and safety inspection prompted by a KING 5 investigation, L&I cited the King County Solid Waste Division on Feb. 23 for three violations at the Maple Valley facility. Two of the violations involve the absence of arsenic protections

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