MC NED PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL RE pCi/gm polonium-210 pCi/gm lead-210 Rib Sternum 5080 + e 4350 t 4960 t 50 3750 + 30 miologist from the U.S. Public In offering his opinion of the case an epide Health Service stated: our estimate of marize the information on this case, both indicate that 210 leadbone the and ) Working Level Months (3220 g CASE NO. 53 while minin had quite high exposure to radiation of cancer time the at (56) young vely uranium. He was relati g to lung cancer We minin um urani of start from time The t. opmen devel nosed} epidermoid( ») 19 years. The cell type of this cancer was {diag panel which reviewe ihe by {a pathologist]. However, the pathology n of 2B and IC in he natio combi a was slides said that the cell type cell type asneutral with WHO classification. | would therefore regard the and decide causation case, this in ttes cigare and respect to both radiation . ounds.' ~v. Union Carbide Corp. Claim No. WC 2-190-100; SF 176277 ee) ae Sabon,are he ae) Type of Injury: Epidermoid Carcinoma of the Lung. Colorado Decision: Compensation Granted. Date of Decision: 1970. deciding etiolo minimize both of these items as factors in ion exposure incurred by radiat the that on ft is therefore my opini uranium was probably the cause of his lung Facts: The occupational history of the claimant showed that he began his . nee of cell types relatively light smoking habit and the mixture gy. — exposure to “radioactive dust”. t ewe ee type and cigarette smoking " ‘ilof the above facts except the cell of his lung cancer. Bie cause the ‘as ion radiat d towar ly strong point tend to Claimant's Allegation: That he becameafflicted with tung cancer as a result of mii career in 1937 at the age of 24 as a heavy equipment operator at an open pit copper mine. He workedin this capacity until 1942. From 1942 until 1950 he worked in and around copper and other hard rock mines about four years of which time was spent working underground. He then worked as an underground miner in various uranium mines until 1963. From April 4, 1962 to September 3, 1963 he worked underground for the defendant corporation. He continued working for the defendant on the surface operating heavy equipment until he left work in August 1968. An estimate of the claimant’s total cumulative radiation exposure in uranium mines was given by the medical director of a field office of the U.S. while mining cancer. an of the Division of Labor approved Colorado Findings’ The Referee n reaso The . Fund ance Insur ensation adnussion of liability by the State Comp tone sure expo s ased decre the ugh altho for accepting liability was that n Carbide was small in proportio daughters while in the employ of Unio > dered to be a of what was consi ‘es excess In was exposure elsewhere the exposure injurious exposure, cafe level? and was therefore deemed to be Public Health Service as 3,220 Working Level Months. With respect to this amount of exposure he said “this puts the claimant in a rather high risk group from the standpoint of lung cancer.” A report of working level exposures by the respondent employer indicated an exposure of 64 Working Level Months while in the employ of that company. A review of claimant's smoking habits showed that he began smoking cigarettes at age 17, that he smoked about 10 cigarettes a day for 38 years and that he occasionally smoked a pipe. On August 12, 1968, claimant underwent a thoracotumy. Surgery revealed squamous cell carcinoma (WHO 1A) (World Health Organization} of the right upper lobe. Due to the presence of extensive metastatic node involvement the prognosis was indicated by his physician as unfavorable. The claimant died on October 25, 1969. i Workkmen's in s sec Vol. V, Studiiees i tion ‘omments on cell type and causa Ee Javernick and v. nich Javer 68, No. , AEC 1969, Case an Compensation and Radiation Injury Studies in Workmen ore See also Vol. VI, 2 Javernick, p. ISI at 152. v. The Go en “yele © PO Case No. 55, Floyd A, Trone Radiation Injury, AEC 1971, ieeWLM nom oetna ve mmen reco il Counc tion Radia al 11n 1967 the Feder ! and no mo per twelve month sutive i Radiation Hazards in Medical Evidence: The death certificate indicated the cause of death to be bronchogenic carcinoma. Pertinent portions of the report of radiochemical 8, Guidance for the Controt of thee month.veriod. Report No. mel eiiiseunsion of the probiem of last injurious exposure see Vol. V, se 64,Rice tion Injury, AEC 1969, as No, Work men's Compensation and Radia a } 2. pibid Case No. 72, Dwyer v. imax Urani analysis of samples taken from deceased’s body is as follows: 43, Golden Corporation, pp. 142-1 ada ion njUry, in Workmen's Compensationan al 160. See also Vol. VI, Studies Corp. de Carbi Union r and/o r Tucke Carl ss v. E971, Case No. 51, lmer F. Andre 169 168 AL REMOVED PRIVACY ACT MATERI