Workman's Compensation

A truck driver, who had been delivering radioactive waste for the local reactor begins to feel sick after a few years on the job.

He decided to seek compensation for his ailment.

Upon his arrival at the workers' compensation department, he is interviewed by an assessor . . . .

• Assessor: "I see you work with radio-active materials and wish to claim compensation."
  
  
• Trucker: "Yeah, I feel really sick."
  
  
• Assessor: "All right then, Does your employer take measures to protect you from radiation poisoning?"
  
  
• Trucker: "Yeah, he gives me a lead suit to wear on the job."
  
  
• Assessor: "And what about the truck cab in which you drive?"
  
  
• Trucker: "Oh yeah.  That's lead lined, all lead lined."
  
  
• Assessor: "What about the waste itself?  Where is that kept?"
  
  
• Trucker: "Oh, the stuff is held in a lead container, all lead."
  
  
• Assessor: "Let me see if I've got this straight.  You wear a lead suit, sit in a lead-lined truck cab and the radio-active waste is kept in a lead container."
  
  
• Trucker: "Yeah, that? s right.  All lead."
  
  
• Assessor: "Then I can’t see any justification for your claim of radiation poisoning."
  
  
• Trucker: "I'm not suing for radiation poison.  I'm claiming lead poisoning!"

[ Author Unknown -- from 'Buffalos Chips' (buffalos-g-jokes.yahoogroups.com) ]