Conducting a surprise visit to the Cherry Hill Solid Waste Yard this morning, Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming found employees exposed to hazardous working conditions, including no functioning air conditioning, broken thermostats, inoperable water fountains and no ice.
Cumming said about eight crews had already left the facility without access to cold water, ice or Gatorade to start their shift when she arrived.
The thermostat in a makeshift “cooling” trailer read 83°F and then 85°F during her hour-long inspection that ended at 7 a.m.
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