Asbestos cleanup worker burned in chemical fire
Bigfork resident Ken Williams is recovering from chemical fire burns. He was injured while working on a job site in the Polson area in September. (Photo courtesy of GoFundMe)
Bigfork native Ken Williams left for work Sept. 6 with his dog in his truck, headed down to Polson. Williams had been employed by an asbestos removal company for about two months, a job he enjoyed. He left work that day in an ambulance, burnt by chemical fire.
As part of the asbestos removal process, workers were applying chemical to an adhesive used to hold the old tiles in place at a commercial building in Polson. A buffer was used to break up the black goo.
Williams is unsure whether the chemicals or the buffer caused the spark, but in an instant, the buffer was on fire.
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