Dose Reconstruction Program Status 

Report and Update of Program News

Stuart Hinnefeld

Director

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Division of Compensation Analysis and Support

August 2011

Richland, WA
Program News

 DCAS staff assignments (Dave Sundin/Chris Ellison)

 Budget news

 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

• Comment period on proposed rule closed on July 20

• NIOSH received 7 comments; all were in agreement with NIOSH’s 

position

• Final rule has been drafted and is currently undergoing internal 

review

• The revision to add CLL as a radiogenic cancer under EEOICPA will be 

effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register

—Please note that CLL is not being added to the list of eligible 

cancers for compensation under the SEC 
Program News–cont. 

 DCAS Web site redesign
Overall Initial Claim Information

(as of July 30, 2011)

 35,006 cases have been referred to NIOSH for 

dose reconstruction

 32,779 (94%) cases have been returned to DOL

• Cases submitted with a DR report 28,694

• Cases currently pulled from DR by DOL 1,225

• Cases currently pulled from DR for SEC 2,860

 1,551 (4%) cases remained at NIOSH for dose 

reconstruction 

 676 (2%) cases were administratively closed
Current Case Status

(as of July 30, 2011)

Cases Completed 28,694 82.0%

Cases Pulled 1,225 3.5%

SEC Pulled Cases 2,860 8.2%

Cases Admin Closed 676 1.9%

Cases Active 1,330 3.8%

Cases Pending 221 0.6%

Total: 35,006 100.0%
Overview of Active Cases

(as of July 30, 2011)

 Of the 1,551 cases remaining at NIOSH for 

dose reconstruction:

• 304 cases in the dose reconstruction process

• 381 initial draft dose reconstruction reports in 

the hands of claimants, and NIOSH awaiting the 

return of the OCAS-1 form

• 866 cases in development to begin the dose 

reconstruction
Summary of PoCs for Completed 

Dose Reconstructions

(as of July 30, 2011)

 Of the 28,694 dose reconstructions sent back 

to DOL for final adjudication:

• 8,493 (30%) cases had a PoC ≥ 50%

• 20,201 (70%) cases had a PoC < 50%
Distribution of PoC

for Cases Sent to DOL

(as of July 30, 2011)

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

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0-10% 11-20% 21-30% 31-40% 41-49% >= 50%

7795

3708

3126 3390

2182

8493

Probability of Causation

Number of Cases
Submittals vs. Production

(as of June 30, 2011)

0

400

800

1200

1600

2000

2400

Q1-2002Q1-2003Q1-2004Q1-2005Q1-2006Q1-2007Q1-2008Q1-2009Q1-2010Q1-2011

Cases Received from

DOL

Draft DR Reports to

Claimants

Final DR Reports to

DOL
Status of First 5,000 Claims

(as of July 30, 2011) 

 4,862 claims at DOL

• 289 pulled for DOL issues

• 370 pulled for SEC

• 4,203 submitted with DR

 119 claims at NIOSH

• 104 admin closed

• 4 DRs with claimants (DOL reworks/reinstated within past 

year)

• 11 DRs in process (DOL reworks/reinstated within past year)

• 0 gathering information

 19 claim numbers deleted
Status of First 10,000 Claims

(as of July 30, 2011) 

 9,742 claims at DOL

• 468 pulled for DOL issues

• 982 pulled for SEC

• 8,292 submitted with DR

 228 claims at NIOSH

• 190 admin closed

• 10 DRs with claimants (2 initial; 8 DOL reworks within past 

year)

• 25 DRs in process (3 initial; 22 DOL reworks within past year)

• 3 gathering information

 30 claim numbers deleted
DOE Response to Requests 

for Exposure Records

(as of August 3, 2011) 

 Number of outstanding requests 236

 Outstanding requests > 60 days 67
Special Exposure Cohort 

(as of August 3, 2011)

 190 petitions have been received

5 undergoing qualification review

• 113 qualified

– 1 is currently being evaluated

– 3 evaluations completed to be presented to the Board

– 15 have been presented and are with the Board

– 2 petitions are with the Secretary awaiting final decision

– 0 petitions are awaiting final effect

– 84 petitions resulted in the addition of a class, representing 

76 SEC classes

– 10 classes have been denied

• 67 did not qualify for evaluation

• 5 received prior to the rule becoming final
Special Exposure Cohort—cont. 

(as of August 3, 2011)

 76 SEC classes have been added since May 2005

• 42 (55%) through the 83.13 process

• 34 (45%) through the 83.14 process

 Represents classes of workers from 56 sites

 Represents 4,679 potential claims