Burleson v. Glass.U.S. District Court WORK CONDITIONS Burleson v. Glass, 268 F.Supp.2d 699 (W.D.Tex. 2003). A prisoner brought a civil rights action alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his health when they allowed him to weld with thoriated tungsten tungsten (tŭng`stən) [Swed.,=heavy stone], metallic chemical element; symbol W; at. no. 74; at. wt. 183.85; m.p. about 3,410°C;; b.p. 5,660°C;; sp. gr. 19.3 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, +4, +5, or +6. electrodes Electrodes Tiny wires in adhesive pads that are applied to the body for ECG measurement. Mentioned in: Electrocardiography during the two years he worked as a welder at the prison's stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. plant. The district court held that a physician's opinion that exposure to thoriated tungsten welding welding, process for joining separate pieces of metal in a continuous metallic bond. Cold-pressure welding is accomplished by the application of high pressure at room temperature; forge welding (forging) is done by means of hammering, with the addition of heat. rods causes lung and/or throat cancer was not reliable or relevant because it had never been tested nor submitted for peer review. The court concluded that a reasonable jury could only conclude that the prisoner's cancers were caused from cigarette smoking, given the prisoner's history of heavy smoking, and the abundance of scientific evidence linking smoking to lung and throat cancer. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Boyd Unit, and Texas Correctional Industries) |
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