Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Atomic workers ridiculed in training manual


Dayton Daily News

A training manual for a federal compensation program refers to a hypothetical claimant as “Freddy Krueger,” the name of a horror movie character whose face was badly burned.

By Tom Beyerlein
, Staff Writer September 25, 2011

DAYTON — Advocates for atomic workers sickened by on-the-job radiation exposure at places like the Miamisburg Mound Plant say they’re outraged by a training manual for a federal compensation program that refers to a hypothetical claimant as “Freddy Krueger,” the name of a horror movie character whose face was badly burned.

The undated Labor Department manual, used in training people who screen applicants for possible compensation and medical benefits, also refers to the pathologist in a hypothetical dead worker’s case as the fictitious serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

The manual’s jocular attitude toward workers who have suffered from cancers and other serious illnesses is “indicative of the disrespect that’s shown to claimants” by Labor Department officials, said worker advocate Deb Jerison of Yellow Springs, who heads a nonprofit that helps sick atomic workers and their survivors obtain federal benefits. Some of the workers have died from their illnesses.

Labor officials did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment.

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