A Florida woman who says she was raped by a colleague while working for Halliburton Co. in Iraq has sued the mega-government contractor, claiming the firm did not do enough to protect female employees from such attacks.

The Tampa woman, 41, states in her complaint that an intoxicated male co-worker obtained a key to her living quarters from an unlocked storage box on the night of the rape.

According to the suit pending in Palm Beach federal court, Halliburton failed to screen employees for violent tendencies, did not provide adequate security at the installation and did not enforce policies barring the possession of alcohol.

“It’s rather shocking, given the billions of dollars Halliburton has been paid for contracts in Iraq, that they did such a shoddy job of protecting this particular woman employee,” said Miami attorney John Spiegel, who filed the suit.

The complaint, which seeks unspecified financial damages, was filed in South Florida because Halliburton subsidiary KBR Inc. has a Miami office, he said. Halliburton moved the case to Palm Beach federal court Jan. 25.

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