Workplace uranium exposure

ST. LOUIS — A former lab technician has lost her workplace injury lawsuit against pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt, which processed uranium for the Manhattan Project that the technician says caused her radiation exposure. The court lacks subject matter jurisdiction because the Missouri Workers’ Compensation Act gives the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission exclusive jurisdiction over workplace injury claims. The Price-Anderson Act, which gives federal courts authority over public liability actions involving nuclear incidents, excludes workplace injuries.