Current and former nuclear weapons workers can learn about federal occupational illness compensation during a Department of Labor information meeting Wednesday in Portsmouth, Ohio.
The meeting at the Morris University Center is designed to inform nuclear workers and their families about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, according to an April 4 press release from the Department of Labor.
A presentation on the program, which provides lump sum compensation and medical benefits to those who became sick working in the nuclear-weapons industry, will take place at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, according to the release. The Labor Department will also have staff availability at both 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
“The U.S. Department of Labor encourages all former nuclear weapons workers and their families in the southeast Ohio-area to attend this event to learn more about eligibility for benefits,” under the program, Rachel Pond, director of Labor’s Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation, in the release. “Event attendees can file their claims or obtain information about existing claims.”
Another such session is scheduled for May 8 in Overland Park, Kansas.
So far, the program has paid upwards of $1.6 billion in compensation and medical benefits to Ohio claimants, and more than $25.5 billion nationwide.
