[ RadSafe ] Radiation Phobia

[John Jacobus]

When I worked in the Naval Shipyard in Charleston, SC,
there was a worker that refused to work aboard the
nuclear powered submarines.  As they opened up more
jobs with higher pay, he overcame his fear of
radiation.

--- Roy Parker <radmail at cox.net> wrote:

> COURT AWARDS WORKER'S COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEE FOR
> FEAR OF EXPOSURE TO
> HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
> 
> On November 29, 2005, the Supreme Court of Tennessee
> upheld a worker's
> compensation claim for mental injuries stemming from
> driver's belief that he
> had been exposed to radioactive material.
> 
> This case arose out of a truck driver's contact with
> a leaking container
> that was labeled as radioactive waste.  Although the
> driver suffered no
> physical injuries and was not actually exposed to
> radiation, the court
> determined that the driver's post traumatic stress
> disorder, depression,
> fatigue and anxiety were rationally connected to his
> contact with the
> hazardous material.
> 
> . . .

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"Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an email."  - Eliot Spitzer, New York state attorney general

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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