LAS VEGAS A former clerk at the Nevada Test Site says she thinks the government literally buried records that would help workers get compensation for work-related illnesses.
An official with the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration says documents that were destroyed didn't contain information about health, safety or exposure to radiation.
He says industrial hygiene records would have been warehoused for archiving.
Sandie Medina is now a union project manager for the Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trade Council's test site medical surveillance project.
She says records were removed from test site storage in late 1997 or early 1998 and buried in a landfill.
She says she thinks the documents could help workers prove compensation claims under the Labor Department's Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.
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An official with the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration says documents that were destroyed didn't contain information about health, safety or exposure to radiation.
He says industrial hygiene records would have been warehoused for archiving.
Sandie Medina is now a union project manager for the Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trade Council's test site medical surveillance project.
She says records were removed from test site storage in late 1997 or early 1998 and buried in a landfill.
She says she thinks the documents could help workers prove compensation claims under the Labor Department's Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.
Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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