LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON [Utah] — A suspicious white powdery substance shipped to the LDS Church’s granite storage vaults Wednesday turned out to be harmless ground-up fiberglass, hazmat crews determined.
Two employees discovered the substance about noon at the Granite Mountain Storage Vault, located near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. Unified Fire Authority Capt. Clint Smith said the pair were unloading a shipment of film used in genealogy work when they discovered a white powder they were unfamiliar with.
The two employees were isolated while the 43 other employees at the facility were held in a break room at the site until it could be determined what the powder was.
When it was discovered the substance wasn’t dangerous, the employees were allowed to go home without requiring further decontamination, Smith said. He said those at the facility did a “fantastic job following the procedures.”
Read the full article in the October 7, 2009 edition of the Deseret News Online.
