Fukushima workers 'told to ignore radiation alerts'
"It was eerie. And although I was scared, I couldn't leave," Shinichi said.
"But it was worse for the men down in the water. The feet of two workers wearing the short rubber boots were soon soaked."
The pair suffered beta-ray burns to their feet and legs, although their injuries were not life threatening.
Most of the men complained to their team leader that their radiation readers were sending out warnings that radiation limits had been reached.
But the team leader, who was a manager with a large subcontractor to TEPCO, dismissed their concerns, saying the radiation readers must be broken.
Three of the team were exposed to 180 millisieverts of radiation, or nearly four times the annual safe limit.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-07/worker-reveals-treatment-on-day-of-fukushima-meltdown/4558132