S.UBjECT

Date, 8/21/05

MESSAGE

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L. ! .or'

AU8uat 20, 2005

Mr. Larry EllIott, ~

National Is.atIIte b ~JP8tk111a1 Saf8y and u.lG1

00.:0 otCaDpCDI8t b1 A!81y8is 81M! ~

4676 C~~i& P81k8Y, Ms-c.47

CinclDDati. OR 45226

Deer Mr. Elliott:

If further iof~on is required ~ IDsure tbatna1--p oCJductioD worms are inotuded in 'die class.

please -00 Dot hesJtatO to ~~ mo. .

I Featly appreoiate yOdr assis13nce in this ma.tt#.

Sil..erely,
~-,

restlmOny

August 9. 2005

us Sa-.retary of H~ &; Human Serviccs

omce of CompCDSation ADaIyIt. ami Support

Natk>Dal Instit1JtO of Occupational Seky and Ht1alth

4676 CoIu~ia Parkway. MSooC-47

Cincinnati, OH 45226

To ~ It ConccrM:

I am a. claimant unda the Ena'gy £mployoes Occupatioua111lDflSR CompeJL1aDon Program Aot

(EEOICP A). as I cOIItIBcted breast canca- (1nU1tifc~ ductal carcinoma in situ) ~g a

modified radical masteotomy in fwo aDd ol1ePba1fycatS latm't aft=' DD11tiple tQm(1C

alpitations or cxcision biopsies to ~ prQa1QO tJC aba~ of canc~U8 ocJ1s in 1 Y2 mn.

tumma srowiJJs at ~ rate of CVay 3 wceb to 3 morabs, aI¥I whcn one of ~ biopsi~ iDdicqtcd

prc.cancerous h)'pC1'plasia of the ductal celk. 'I UIKlerwent a prophy18"-tic modified ra~

mastcctomy of~ otha brtaat in <X'd« to rmuce the ehanca offull-blown caro{Doma or

mcRQ8ta'tio bn1aAt CImC«. I was an mDploy= at R~ky FJaw Environmental Toohnology Site

(RFJ!rS) at the dmc

Aldlough the Nauoaa1 TtMtit\lW for QoC\&patiooal,<;a&ty and Health c.NIOSH) r~tructed a

radiation ~e for my claim (as J bad not been issued a d~eter at Rodc.y Flats per maDagClncnt

policy at'dlC timo) I do JtQt believe that my ~~ Clill t;e estimated with sufficim accuracy

aDd therGftx'e my ~m ¥hould bo conaid.'ed undor tho Special Exposurc Cohmt (SEC) p~on ()f

the Act. I undastand that Rcpt~e Matt Udall (ak\n8 with R(t'rescntaiive Beaupre.z ) of

.CoJOI:ado ~ SU~~ ~ ~ U.~..Housc o~~entativ~, H.R. 428 ,The 'Rocky ~

Special Exposu~ CohOn Act' ...M In c.-da 10... .. .

"".better provide tbr compmlsadon fm certain pa'S(}BS injUIed an thc course of anpJoym~t at 1bc

Rorky PlaU site in CoIDlado.-" and. to emend..."lli GeD~l. SedJou 362.1(14) of1he Enerr;y

Empl()yees ~patiODa1 t11ness COOlpen$a1iaD Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.c. 73841(14» ~. by

adding at the ~d of paragraph (14) the ml~owlng:

'(D) Tho ClDp1O)"'e was 80 emplo)'ec!.. . Departmlmt ofBDa'11' OIlplo)'ee or a DepartmOlt of

F.ttcrgy con1l'actor Gnplo" fOr a number oCwmk da)'5 ~a\hlg .least 250 ~k da,ys before

.January 1.2006. at. the Rocky Fiats site In CoJorado-.

The United Stcclwork.crs and SrJ;Urity Guards at RFErS ~e Qubmitted ~ own SEC. h is not

clQr in this lata' SEC iftbe class ofworkers to be oovered is exclasively f~ the Steelworkus ~

GuatW or if, in faot, otbcrIi who w~ in high iQi1i7ing radiation ~ or boildingll and whobave contmclod ODe ofd1C ImOICPA covered ~ arc also to bc im1udcd. I ltronaJ)'

ra1OmIneDd tbat NIOSB eICpand tbo c1asa for the RFETS :facility to iDCJudoth~ ~~ such as

myself' as a ~ ~ -.ork.-. I be8c tbi8 r<:commeDdatiat upon 'dIc fo11owins. spcci8.c to

my ca&c:
-I-- . ;.;.. ...;.

Den3Ore8t- TeRbmny

MY (tide" during the timdrame ~ to (and duriJ\a) my ~ diagnosis and ~eDtS was

I did ~ 'manalO' anyono-tt was

simply a title given to !DC because tbcro was a ~ DOE Order (4330.4B), Mah(~

Program b DOE F~IJi~~, wbloh requircd se..~smaIt of maiDt~~.P. op=atk)Ds at DOE

nt1Ol8r <aI1d D.oJ\..uuclesr) &~itm~ and implemeutadon of.DOE "shall" stafl:mcnt

reql1ii"~.v: ~ . TbJs Ot'dcr was dcrivm as an aft ~~1! of m!,l~ iS8ucs -ultins in the

1'e&r-mdt. down at rI'hree Mllc Islas¥1 to cnsure that ~ sDdl CYR did not ooeur due to &

~k ofquolity maJDt~ ofJRlOkar ~Uties, ofwblcb.~'TS was one.

. My job rUlUiral that I accompany the maintcnanec crews (who also ~ my "~"

s.tnce I bad DO dOIiIDct~ aDd bid 13Ot bGon taakud b RadJOoa Worker ~ pa-

-~). These ae.ws. which Iaccompanied were dectriciaDS, ~ ~

~ pipcfitttlt, mdrolosy tmbnicians (tQ check caUbratlOJ\ ofins tnBnQ1IS) 8D1OD8

otbm. We -went 1DtO ALL the bulldinss: (mac than 400 at b time) on ~ rc.Qtino basis up to

the time of my ~ I 11IC buiidinp which I worked in included 'cold'

(assUD\ed) such as Btdldina 060, 111, 112. 115, 130, 131. 331, 334.460,1tai1crs. medical aDd

metroi<)gy ~din8 ttc.) aJKi 'not' bul14inas (BulldJnp 371, 441. 443, 'S4. 771n76. 881,

707 etc.)

- My main "office" (c.g. ~ arca) was }.,used in .wl\ich a1¥o housed me

- Brca.. This was a "cold" building" and kef~ didn't require

~imctry to be W(XD. The maInt~ crcwa ~ ~ however, as 1hcy might have to

80 into an area to work on a buUdiDg or vehicle in a "hotft a~ I rccaU that tb«c was a

~~ that tho crew. d~imctty ~ w~ acessi'Ve. (This W8S a1so the ~ in tt\e

maintoaaace "88f8F" arm inBldg. 331 \¥hac vehicles with SitG.soUs (oontamiD,amcd?) and

1a=- WlPP truck staain8 took place durlna i~emcnt weathcr). Tho dosimctry "board"

where the crcws Imua their dosim«er¥ was In the open area. It was d..~~ to !DOve the

board into ~ ars in an attempt to lowO' the potaJtial CX,PCJ8ure &om unknown sources.

Sb1Ce the vcnnJauon systCD15 in tho cold buUdb1gs w«e usually not separait.d (aDd were not

HErA vaJdlated). dte air oircuIatedtbrou gbout such buildiDp-from -prochIdion" (m this

caao-111c ~~ Dbop) slde W "noQ1'roduotion" (oftlcc arees). No "prodnctJonn

activiti~ were aoiDG on in this buildbts. but were in other building$ I visited for mcetinp so

the ~~~p~ty ex~ ~ ve}ltDation ~~ "~~ .

- S<meDec QDtamiftation and ~mlssioning (D&D) actlvitira had already begun at that

timc so some of the crews work assiQItmeDf5 rclatcd to D&D as well as routine "mailltenaoce

activititS" such 88 pipcfitters and wc14crs replaclDg and 1ixIng pjp~ (somo which dtou8i'l

~ to be "cold" WCC'o, infact 'hot' aIKi hence pel'SOnnel in the vicinity (including) myself

(mc with 00 dosimetcr}-wQ"e probably exp~~ to ionizing radiJ1ion when "stuft" spewed

out unexpectedly ftoJn D. pipe during routine D'~nanoc proccdur~-

-We would coDtimJously walk by tUlcd drums while "fIWip~" W(2'C bclng takm and loaded

onto ~ f« transp(31ation to ancth« arc:&.

- w c would s~~~ be "caua}rt» in a ra4 building dUfiDg a "sb\WdQwu" due to a crit alarm

and ~ to an area. sometimes for sev«a1 hours. &posurc'l Most Jikcly I

-Tho 8J"O\mda t1wnae1v~ Wm'e contaDtinated--<biving 1)a8t thc satcs from the Bast gate one

had to drive past ~- posted. f~iD. open soll areas with sprinkler heads and hoses

visible. When I asked why they WCJ'C trying to kecp the cagI:brt1sh end mmbleweeds "ar="

I was inforomed that that was not 1!ie purposo-f'atha. d1at afta ~ ~ in Bk1g. 771, 707 etc.

.,
D~rest-- TestiJnony

the water to pUt out tbo files was so ~1vc. 1hILt it ovcorfiowcd the burma and so ~ of the

ways tba1 it was docid~ to -. rid of tho "hotM watO', was to Splay it on tt\c soU usitJg Ii

comJ1\OIl sprlnk]« sy*rD-wbm of ~ c(X\ta~ the .oU and coold blow around

wben the fi~ winds hit, Aa1bcr ~(tiDg "~~i~" ~ one of t1Xi Je&SOtIS f« 1bc

air monitOIB aro\md the p~ of d\c Sitc). An«1IJ;I; method was thcn dcvclopcd to

0<JJtain the contaminated wata" by bu11diDg solar ponds, w~ were areas aDp~

J'OttiDely walkcd by. 1 was told when ( first arrlvr4 at RFETS in to ~ detfS:

aJimals ftODt driDkift8 out of the8o poads as we ~"t to disbltb thc wi1d1if8 paenvir~m~~ protec&1on IaWL E1a:u-k:i8I1S oQDtiD11OtJIly WU'C baffled ~ RCTs wou1d

find '"W' spots at the btSe of the ela:tric wJte pola which dcctrioiam bad to maintain \DItil

unc day tbGy fuU1\d.. ~oto roUcvhts himself onto the baae ofthc pole! The anima1s were

drinkiDg from the solar pc:IIds! 1'be4e ponds WQ'e then "oODtai~~ by making them into

ooncrde and brcaking tbc concrete up and pac~~~ it into dnUI1S f« disposal as part ofD&D

aotiviti~ I didn"t drbJk :ftoom . solar Pood. but I drmc « wa1kgd by them routinely _1 went

ftom one area to another-as did any e.mPloyCC at die Sitc-whctbCJ' a production workez or ..

non-production w£WkO". We all bad the pot(:I1tial to ~eiye ionizi°8 radiation!

PaiD1crs reported to me oflD8tar!0C8 (though I was ~ in the arca at ~thne) in which they

were preparing a wall m a. "'cold" arm only tD find tbr. mark~ fcx rad~"1JUrP1c paint"

bcncath 1a.yers ofn<X'mal paiDt-in areas what w<wkcrs}\ad 1hoir d~ aDd coo4uCta1

papo-w(Kk: bdteving (an4 &om all j~D8 they WCfC right} that they wac in a oon-rad

ana-the "purple" I'Iim indicated tmt radiation of some type bad warranted tbc "wamlna"

which had mistakcoJy becn painted ovc:r at somc point b\ ~ H~ any Waku-prodDctton

or ~~productlon ~ would have becn ~poscd to some type of radiation aI1d most likely

Mt be wariDa a TLD when in that designa.tcd "o~" W\oc.Itrolled area.

Some other so~: - S~rio One: 1 misht need to ~ a ~8 CUTYiI'i papa:work bark !tom. an office in

aJ\O~ building (often held in Bonding 771-"thc most dangeroue buildiJls in tho world" per

fOnt\a" Secretary of~. Mr. Pcna). Mcdings wtte peraI1y held in the ~ ~a

"cold" otfloc u-ca. Thc:8o meetings in suoh bui1~ were ~ (daiiy/wl:ekiy). It was

not UDtU afta' my canca: idCPtifica~on when I dC!DaI1d~ that I be issued a dosimeter that I

r<x:cive.d arecorded dosc )-whcre bad I bem? rods. 771- in a meeting in thc

~i It' was .-it uridl yC2.rs ~ t1IAt rfot1nd out dlAt 1iquid plutoDiDm processiftSuaks

(which weco now lcakiIIg badly post the infamous FD1 raid) and bad to bo drained were on

thc otha- side of the cafctaia waD. Did MY rnaDa8Q"/~or evcr go into th(8e arcas?

AU I 'know, is I ncva saw o~ ofthcll\ In my orthe buildinp-tnoy sca:1t mo ~d

(Including going to mcctings at other SitCB c.g. SavaJUJah Riva'. ~ (right afta" a "U'itium"

rdl2&e--.and P ANT6X made ~'OIe to issue me a dosimeter!), OaJaidge (y -12) (multiple

times) (tho lata' included a t<RJf ofthc site in whiCh ( notc4 a ""pad" 1'1104 with cyaytftiug

D-om tir~ to dcsb-in the opeo-UltCOvercd- When I asked what that ftB-the reply'l...it

was comaminated stuff ~ bad bem mmed in a'documartary by a major tclevision propm

the week bef«e as being cLconccrn to the safety of the workers (Bud visitors) and the

public)! Possible coDtarn;ttat!on exposure"sans dOIimCtrY" even wben visiting othcr DOE

&ciUtia as part of my job (pre and ~ Q8rXJa:" diagnosis).

-Sccoarlo 1'wo: Sounx:c were ~ in many afthc bnildlnga -somc of which 1 was awart;

of 8uch 88 ~ low level snurces used by the tnetroloaists in calibratiCJ1 of ins~

otlas, which ~ much 1aracrIbi1ha" rid s~ which, at ~ timc, I had no knowledae of

the close proximity to which I was worldng as '"I bad DO need to know". F~ cx.ample. there

was &pparontlyt aft eKtremOly 1arss ~ (the .= of. a roorn-which room. 1 do not know)

~
De!mrsC;.; Testimony

which ycara later. during D&.D actIviti~ had to be cxciscd fi'om ~ "hot"' buWing by cutting

out ~ floc-.- 8Dl haviftg a ~ Iowa- it intO a vCDdclr 1n\ck (~ source ~pying tbc cntito

~ oftbc truck). 'l~e activities were ~ tn me (thai. ~tgbt tor.

aaivitiC8, ba1CC my ~ to know" at tbat ~ p(.t~t that die ~ W88 c:vtaiuaUy

-20,000 Curb (Cqiuml). I1ow many amra hid I (and ~) walkI:d by d1at "c.z" aM tbe

~ wouJd warn me to _KcJon't tQuchany ~-"h\UI'y". Was tba:c sufficient

Pfu~on'/ I hope SO ~ all tho workeni' ~u. But what I do know is that b workcrs

whom I ~~cd WQ'C ~.

. Scmarlo Tbreo: I was ~g at my d(:8k bt (I don"t ~ the date-but I include

it u it ~ unfortunatBiy the ha2ards of daily work at RFETS) when an QmloonemneDt

wa n:88rdIns an ~ that bad fuJany bCtll rqJO11cd (somd.bh1a like 6 days paRt b

'~idaJtj In wbIoh, liquid plutonium tanka had been successfully drainecI-a D1ajor teatlthG first 0I10)led &ODe 80 woU. that ~ 1ba ~ at 1M w~ c.'dao W8I to &aiD only ODe

taJic. a SG)ond bad been draincd as wcll-witbout taking time to assay the cU1ttl1t.s of the

tiecond tank. This aUowrAi clase proximity of two different ~~ ofPu (a potaItial

"\2itioalii)'" sitaatioD)-whioh WaI not idOJ1tined UQI" reported untt1 afta: tha 88&&Y wae

QOmpletcd. i\tI iUVQtigation was C()r.dr~~, an occurrcncc ~t filed and two high level

suporvis~ 1O$t their j. as a. ~cqucnce. Whel'e bad I ~ that week-<hu'lDi the

~ ot1ilc tank dralnb\8to the dmc ofnotlflOM.tinn-m that SaIne buUdilJgl Exposure'}

InshlY likely (but ~ JDeasurm-no ~metryt)

- Scenario Pour (BJds. iTl): I bad to alSUIe maiDtenaJtec crew O(JCI"&1iODS SUpJK)l't W tbc

buildi"8. Whm not escorted, 1 could cntcr the 8fQ but not d1e ""building" pcr ~o J would

stand ootside and <Derve the work ou18ide. Ifmaintcn~ m'CW5 didn"t K8hcJw» on time or

tha'e \\'as a problem, I migbt make a phOI1e can ft'om the tunnel adjaocnt to the dock area. It

~'t till aftO" I ~d R.ad Workcr tfaiDins yeaI1 lata- dJa.t I fOIm4 o\It that this turmel

was pm nfthe tl'ansfe1' of drums of liquid plutonium. (and Othao?) and was an ~ I defmitely

should not haye been inl. Daeimetaoy? No. PmoI1al protcctioo cquipmatt? No. I also WJS

notawarc &t~timc that ducto the fires in Bldg. 771 (andotha-s) in J957.1965, 1969 and

~ that t8np~Q had causod the phltonium to become oxidized into high fired nxide.\

also knowtt as super gJas.q y mat;erials. Duo to 1bjs unique f«J1\ of plutonium attd IiDCc tbJs is

the Building which I laiC' (post carIom' diagnosis) was In when I had a bimeta aDd r~vcd

a be (I" d only'been in the--cafcteriat) it could-wen have bec2I. due to Pu~Ufe as ~11 as

to Supa Y particles ofhigh fired oxide plutonium 'whk.h CaDn()t be detected at the same

levels as normal Pu due to their ex,tromcly 8mall si=. Rb\Ce I was bt various buildings ()n a

daily/w~y be8i8 for over three and ODO-J,alfy~ overall, I could well ha'ge 1wd tb£

potda1 for a ~c low d~ =:p~ to ionlzins radiation including Super Y particb. I

may welt havo ~ ~~ likowbe to any numba: of 5ul'VeDtK, PCBs ~d wata in

maI1holes (durJDg "accidc:nt invcstigu.uom'" of clcctrical problcma) as wen as aabeAt08 (a

Krclcase" during ~ne Jnain~~ in the metrology buUdJng when I was sgDdiDs in d\C

hall "post meeting") ot even bcryUium during my sojomm a~ the site. It is difticuh to

dac.\ribe. in retrospect. the "Jassrz..:8Ifre" attitude we as wm'kers (BInC to ~ about our

working c;onditiOD8. We would go ab<RIt (:JJr w~ aId mORt of the w<rkcrs "pooh-pooM,d"

the idea of any ~ Kdanga" to any of it~ they cou1dn't "see ~ -1hey were ~ to

it, and. nOtbJDg had happened to ~ so far-roWCY«, I believe It was also bcc:.a\8C tbey

:really didn'~ b\Ow how truly datJ8a"OQS it wa$f-nOt in fA. i~~ to tbe disco'iau's of the eotire

nucl~ bomb procesl-l1ei'tba' did they! Would J wcB. tberc ifl bad known tIx: level of

~.-1nation and not believed in wba1 I was told, 'Dot to worry' -absolutely not!!

"
DeP1Orest- Testimony

- p~~. my ac"uvities Imd l~ti~ werecl8nge d-l was moved to

pard)t for my iDacaacd ~n as ~ 'fIQ'O still

having trouble ideotifying the actual cxpcsurc levcIA for fhc ~ ~ tboush tbc dosim£tIy

boards ~~ moved into aD hwcrlor 'pace .. wd1 as due to a obBDgc in ~

res(JOD8ibllitim (1995 a cbanac &om EGII:.G to K~) and tborc£o:e my rClpOJISibilitica.

I w.- tari:&ed of ~ canct2' aaam-but bad to raIIaln ~ at RFETS beoausc as a

cano=' patiCDt iIt - I WBI ~da:ed "\u1insurabk!' . I was ~sue(! . d!:!8.Jm~O" am was

~~-do bytbeRPBTS _..~ t affica'. to l00DB'em/year. Likewise, I ~~~ my visits to

otbtI: h1"!I~p drutJt:aJ1y hy having ~ tcaxn maDba" be aMigDed to cond\1Ot the

majority of evaluatioD/assQ8meDtl with dIC maiDtaJanoo ~ .~ of myself. Ya-oue

vjaft alone to 771 (I ~ that tbJa k whaoo I received d1e ~ ~)-em 1 pickcd up

I readiDg quartaly Bxtcmal ~imetty TLD Iq)ort), I

novcr Walt back to 771 aftm' thatl

I ot\e1\ woDda' if d1C c1~ in my closet « tho p&pG'S I carried back. hm mcetiIIgI in

Bw-!i1di!l~ 771/776. 371, 881. em otheI'» canied cnntamiDatitm back to Jne. my pccrs. ami my

family. Is it still h«e7 ~ (an4 when?) d)d 1 gct tbo uraDium aDd p)\JtOIIium fouDd in In)'

exit (and only!) uriDalysia / \ none (}fwhioh wcrc fOUl¥! to bc ~abovc ~iSiQD

It.ovc1s". In light of1t\e BBIR. vn rq1oJt (I1.DJC 29, 2OOS) and others. surely. ANY ~

(this OM mms~) should now be comida'ed to bc a causlltve BgCDto a C8!1Ca'. As Low

As ~~~bly As:ooptabte (ALARA) Icyels were conItaIKly being cbangod at RFBTS IS

D&D (arid co$minatl~) t1JCl'cased-yct a ~pirator fit was donied aDd d..-iDtGtJy was ooco

~ daJicd D\C (JDY TLD badge taken oay) durinS my ~1 few In()JJtb9 at RFETS -so

asabt. there was no way to blOw if I was bcing cxp<)Scd Of J1ot-even whcn I might 80 into

the -wudJouse"' (coId-Bldg. 130) ooiy to discover (~tc4 "iDCidd) filled drums of

Low Lcvol W IStc (IL W) or come aa'O8S the vend~ truck row 1oadcd with the on~-e upon a

time 20. 000 Curie (Ieduccd to <10.000 Curies for 1raDSportati~ and ~Cf requiremerltR)

siaautic Im1I'~ DJd 1 receive contamination in those ~aDCeS-witbout a dOilbtll But was it

measured? No. No dosimetry. Just ~ It wasn't m~ured, ~'t mean in Act d1at it

WBSD~ prtSeGt. Might I oncc again, 8« Canca'7 I cannot allow myl;e1f to think ttI&t. but it 1s,

unfM\matoIy a rw poilibtlity.

111m &five today a&'.r surpi~ over a period---! RttU suffd' debUitating side

~ £rOm tflo ti'Qtinerit8. ~ &.mity suffered .i~bly 'right alonpix1e me. " I"am on-a

routinC"-Hfdimc ~crtt of oncologist visits, medicati~. OOZGDS of prostbescs (to appear

"normal" CX-cept to lay iDtimate mmily), CQlunoscfIPi~" banco scans eto. 8.$ a comequencc:.

CaPC#' sits on my shOulder q on~ of tho JllAjor l~som ofmy life. I l~ Uom it cvuyday

and value its' gift of the appreciation oflifc.

ll~y bope tbat NIOSH aDd other powm-s that be, wnt a~t tbc S~~ and

~y Guards SBC. I ral.ucst that you cxpand tho "olass" to clarify ixstaI¥:es of exp~'Ufe to

"non-produotion" workers or use the wring of the pr~~ 1LR. 428 SU~~ to

Congt'CSS by Representative Udall. Tho Steelworkers and Sa;urity O1!ards have risked so

much-I bavc ~bed too many ofthcm cu:ffcr -some 1~ anns (K' ie&' to canc~omc

to dic. They arcfwa'e my ftJ=d.--my pcer I worked riQbt aiOD81idc tbcnt wbi1c they

risked tbdr n~. I didn"t know that I, too. as their co-worker (despite a diff«CIJt "title; was

also risking my life. It was they who pve me ~dous ~ whilc I struag1ed with my

bau1c &pinst CBDCa' for whjoh I am ctcn:JaUy gra1Cfi.11.

Pl~ eolJSider that othao .Offlce w~"-"fJOn-'Prodact1~ ~.. -even "managers- (tbougb ( believc J was the oaly , at 1he Site at t11.e time)-

<
Demo'test - T estimouy

have bccn CItpOScd to ionizing radiadonhwl udiDg die extremely daDgero.JSqpa- Y pardo1~

~ may havc bcon the cause Mat kast as 1ikdy as oot" to have be4m a ootmilRsti!18 &dmo in

pot..many tcrmIDa1 diIeaIm s&1Ch &R bfQst cancer. PJoaaa ~c such 'Ww~ II part of the

"dass" ofwO1kO'S 10 be compeosatcd 1mda the SHC ~Is.

1k above testimony Is aD ~rcpres entation to thc b~t of my. ~llecdon. ~ .

timC8? rec«ds of tho ~7 No-~1 did not keep~. oftbcsc evtJItS because they

Wa'O ~ ~~a-! didJLtt have any idca t1at I may well bave been exposed to

ra(tiati~ let akmc to JAY DUmba' <-A aolvOai$, ~ (r ba:ylHum dqrlng my sojoums

around d1e site. I bad no ~~ to bclievo I would ncc4 to keep rccords, by date for any

rco.OD. I wu kc'1)jJIg iraok of 01-c!iJIAI)' eveDt8 on."dailJ ~leDdaT' - ~

correspo~ mectIns notQ dC.-nOPO of which I haw any "rccord" of and with JUlBTS

nrariog DaD Complct~~ts and ~k are lODe. ~ must bcHcve in the

WO1~WC w«kcd 1-d-1)dl~ in what ~ Wa'e doing with aU OQI' beart8--uxl w~

may die ( C6 bavo e}rQdy died) ROODrJ: than otJa8 our age b~U$e we ~ SO d~".At~-d 88

"Cold War Warri<X'R~ ami were UftkDOwingly exposed to deadly radiation am IXhcr t~

Sub8~. .

Thank you for YQIJf consideration.

S~lv10
August 1, 2005

us S~etaIy ofHeaith &-. Human Services

Oft1ce of Compensation AnalyIiB and Support

N atiooal Institllte oro ccupation&l Safety and Health

4676 Columbia Palkway, Ms-c.47

Cincinnati, OR 45226

To Whom It May Conca-n:

The following are how becamexposed to various toxins q,nd

radiation while wortcing at the Rocky Plats Plant.

My late husband started at Rooky Flats on ~ in

Bunding He worked in this position until During this time period

became hot and was sent home fully saubbed and raw. The

caniod. the boxee of produot very low OD their a.bdom~ and uaed tho abdomen to help

alppott the boxes.

,as exposed to various toxins as well as the metal dust he was

during the long strike in 1910.

He perftXmed studies on job operations in order to

the various jobs. He worked 88 a

He hcJpcd prioritizc woIkloada, ova'8ee

in1«plant movement ofprodua, ond coordinate shipmenta of,

to end.uscra. Hc intafaced with other.fiJnctional groups to.p1an,-expedite, and execute

Due to theso various duties he was always out on the produc1ion floor.

He also helped pel'fofnt on a part time basil. while as a

I would appreciate you adding the non-produCtion workers to the Rocky F1at"s Union

SEC Petition.

Smcerely,