Interesting bit from Michelle......
Please Beware:
This story on How Trucking Companies are trying to help their Drivers get fit and healthier? on July 10,2007 in the Tampa Tribune(Business section on page2.) caught my eyes. I have a few comment that I would like share with you.
Are you aware of these things:
How some of these trucking companies are covering up about drivers with breathing problems from mold and other things?
How they are refusing to pay for their drivers' medicial treatment ?
Some of these trucking companies are just cover everything up and mold infected trucks as the driver are being lied to and saying that its from smoking even if they don't smoke and molds kills. They are refusing to pay for medical for these drivers.
You may be wondering how I know about this matter? I have a friend and he told me and has proof that he has molds in his lungs and serious breathing problems. John Hopkins is the only true mold hospital in this country in Baltimore, Maryland.
Someone who worked for this trucking company told my friend about the flood trucks from Katrina and how a few of those trucks had slipped passed them but they had cleaned most of them and put back on the road some of these will have mold if not all of them. There are a lot of drivers who have complained about breathing problems from driving their company trucks. Most of these drivers are fathers and mothers also there are lady drivers some with little children who may lose a parent due to the molds.
I am very upset & very concern for my friend as he is not getting better and being without any treatments,tests and medicines, his lungs are breathing only with 1/3 of air as the lungs are on fire and is very painful. He has told me that everything that he eats and drinks taste like MOLDS!! YUCK!! This is scaring me. This matter needs to be look into as there are many other drivers having this kind of health issue and not knowing its. How would you feel if this was happening to your Dad, Uncle, brother or your own son? Maybe Your Mom, Aunt, sister or your little girl? What would you do?
We hope that you will help by bringing this to the public's eyes as someone might know a driver having these problems and it might be caught early enough for them to be treated. Most doctor are shying away from this because these trucking companies don't want to pay and they can't give the treatments for free as its cost too much.
For example:
Its costs over $5000 for 8 hours of treatment not counting tests, xrays or ct scans and shots and IV's as this can be very dangerous.
These companies thinks that the driver should go back to driving and if he gets in a wreck and they aren't at fault but they stop their workers comp but these drivers has to eat and pay bills even doctor bills and meds as no one wants to help so the driver go back to work and maybe get killed or hurt someone. Most professional drivers with over 10 years driving wouldn't put the public in danger but the companies think not being able to breath isn't a risk, so either way you go back to work or you dont have a job.
This driver has had 30 years driving a truck and trailer and the company is out of Omaha, Neb. I haven't named the company but they are very big and have blue trailers in their dry van fleet with the company name on its. Also Neb. workers comp filings are public records and lawyers have contacted injured workers every day about their cases.
I would like to thank you for your time and understanding.I hope you will please look into this matter.
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