[CPEO-BIF] Construction Workers and TCE

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Worker's comp claims being rejected
TCE expose claims lead to rejections Workers had 1 year to file 

By FRANK JULIANO
Connecticut Post
December 13, 2004 - 

MILFORD - Construction workers exposed to toxic chemicals while building
the Milford Power Co. plant in 1999 are seeing their workers'
compensation claims rejected because they aren't getting sick fast enough.

A blasting superintendent died this spring after battling a rare blood
cancer that he believed was caused by trichloroethylene and benzene
exposure at the site.

A woman who worked as a laborer at the site is also seriously ill, said
Ronald Nobili, president of Laborers International Local 665.

"The statute says that a person has one year from the date of the
incident to file a claim," Nobili said. "The problem is that this kind
of cancer has a five-year latency period."

Nobili, whose union had 40 workers at the site, and Glen Marshall,
president of Carpenters Local 210, urged their members to file
"preemptive" claims with the state Workers' Compensation Commission when
the contamination became public in August 2003.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.connpost.com/Stories/0,1413,96~3750~2594599,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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