Workers claim they suffered radiation poisoning during Texas cleanup

ROCHESTER, N.Y. A Rochester man is among a group of nuclear-industry workers who are suing their Louisiana-based employer for failing to provide adequate safeguards. <snip>

The lawyer says her client suffered health problems that may be linked to acute radiation exposure.

Eighteen people employed by subcontractors allege that the Baton Rouge-based Smith Group created such unsafe working conditions at the former Gulf Nuclear site in suburban Houston in 2002. Many workers ended up walking off the job.

In the lawsuit filed in Rochester, the workers accuse Shaw Group of violating federal regulations and industry standards and ignoring their complaints about safety. <snip>

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Radiation poisoning claimed in lawsuit
City man, 17 others say job in Texas violated federal safety law

March 10, 2005) — In the fearful days after the September 2001 terrorist attacks, Texas authorities told their counterparts in Washington, D.C., about a building in suburban Houston that could be used as a terrorist's workshop.

The abandoned industrial site was filled with radioactive cesium and americium — just the sort of material that someone bent on terror could use to make radiological "dirty bombs." <snip>

She said the working conditions were so unsafe that many workers left the job because of it. <snip>

In some cases, the plaintiffs' attorney said, radioactive contamination was found on workers' clothing and in their vehicles and homes. <snip>

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