Workers taken off power station site due to concerns around lead levels

By Phoebe Moloney
September 3 2018 - 5:00pm
WALLERAWANG: The Power station circa 2015. Picture: FILE IMAGE
WALLERAWANG: The Power station circa 2015. Picture: FILE IMAGE

At least thirty contract workers, and additional EnergyAustralia employees, engaged in salvaging materials at Wallerawang Power Station have been taken off the site due to concerns surrounding elevated lead levels in dust, which EnergyAustralia says were found inside the boiler and turbine house.

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