Is the Tooele, Utah Incinerator Safe?
Is The Tooele, Utah Chemical Weapons Incinerator Safe? Prepared by Kentucky Environmental Foundation On September 13, 1994, Steve Jones, the chief safety officer at the Tooele, Utah chemical weapons incinerator was fired from his job because he refused to give the incinerator facility his safety seal of approval. Mr. Jones had been working at the Tooele facility for three months under EG&G Defense Materials, Inc., a corporation which was contracted by the Army to oversee facility operations. When he found the Tooele facility to be severely lacking in safety standards, EG&G terminated his employment, and confiscated documents and databases relevant to his safety allegations. Instead of keeping quiet about the incident, Mr. Jones took his story to local Tooele newspapers, and contacted Chemical Weapons Working Group (CWWG) members in Utah. At this point, Mr. Jones acquired the title of “whistleblower,” or someone who tells the truth about an institution or event, acting in the best inter
