Sorry Art , it's called the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The state's named there's the Department of Social Services. You are correct that worker's comp should pay but they only pay 80% while you're out of work & if it's longer than 2 yrs or it's a permanent disability you fight for what you can get or settle for & long term coverage is dicy once you've settled. OSHA should've been on the job, monitering air quality control as well as means & methods, they were asleep. Workers comp is correctly state controlled & paid not by city taxes but by taxes of all companies operating within the state, there should've been federal money for aid also & there was, where did it go?

There are to many that were neglected & that's shamefull.

Barry