Lawsuit claims workers hurt by toxic dust

[Zomby Woof]

LAS VEGAS -- A former tunnel worker at the nation's nuclear waste dump in the Nevada desert sued government contractors Thursday, claiming the companies deliberately exposed employees to toxic dust at the Yucca Mountain project.
The civil lawsuit, filed in state court in Las Vegas, seeks class-action status and unspecified damages.

It claims the companies knew workers and visitors were exposed to dangerous levels of silica and other toxic dust during tunneling from 1992 to 1996.

"This lawsuit will expose an outrageous fraud against the work force and even the visitors at Yucca Mountain, one that's already killing people," said plaintiff Gene Griego, who worked as a tunnel supervisor at the Yucca Mountain site.

Griego, a nonsmoker who lives in Las Vegas, was diagnosed last year with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The lawsuit names Bechtel Corp. and its Nevada subsidiaries on the Yucca Mountain project, as well as Bechtel SAIC Corp. of Delaware.

Link: http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=83620

[Nashyra]

1. Yucca Mountain will put Nevada in the Blue

if it is handled correctly.

[baby_bear]

2. Thanks for the post, ZombyWoof

Worker safety is at rock bottom in this country these days.

And by theh way, hi!:hi: How's Flagstaff?

s_m