Nevada Test Site Workers Win OSHA Ruling

Former Nevada Test Site employees seeking compensation for exposure to radioactive and toxic materials might not have to estimate their exposure through costly and time-consuming dose reconstructions.

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health is recommending special status for more than 500 workers the benefit of the doubt in their quest for compensation under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.

The former workers are seeking at least $150,000 each and medical expenses for work-related illnesses.

Approving the special status would mean the workers would only have to show only they worked at the test site between 1963 and 1992 for 250 days and were afflicted by one of the more than 20 cancers covered by the program.

Latest Comments

• December 7, 2009 at 3:31 am

  Alan Kelly says:

  Melanie: You can find a claim form on the internet at http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/claimsforms.htm. The website also has the phone numbers and addresses for ... read more
• December 7, 2009 at 3:20 am

  Melanie Slone says:

  How would someone go about filing a claim for compensation. My father worked underground at the test site for about 3 years from 1981 to 1985 he died when he was 50 years old... read more
• November 30, 2009 at 12:07 pm

  Alan Kelly says:

  The ruling described in this article was not made under OSHA as the title states; rather, the relevant federal act is the EEOICPA (Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compen... read more