Industrial Hygiene Consultant Disputes Claims, Moves for Summary Judgment

OAKLAND, Calif. - An environmental consulting firm accused of failing to warn bridge workers of injurious levels of manganese fumes during a bridge construction project has moved for summary judgment, disputing plaintiffs' characterization of its role on the project. In re Welding Product Cases, No. JCCP No. 4368 [Link v. ESAB, et al., No. RG05 242754] (Calif. Super. Ct., Alameda Cty.).

The motion by IHI Environmental Inc. was made on Aug. 12 in the coordinated Welding Product Cases pending before Alameda County Superior Court Judge Robert B. Freedman.

IHI acknowledges that it was hired by Kiewit/FCI/Manson, plaintiff's employer, to offer …