NIOSH Program Update

Stuart Hinnefeld

Director

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Division of Compensation Analysis and Support

July 2013

Idaho Falls, ID
Program News

 Existing Dose Reconstruction (DR) contract 

expires October 31, 2013

• Procurement underway 

 Site-specific Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 

(CLL) DR tools in development and utilized

 Continued participation in Outreach activities
Overall Initial Claim Information

(as of June 30, 2013)

 39,754 cases have been referred to NIOSH for dose 

reconstruction

 37,679 (95%) cases have been returned to DOL

• Cases submitted with a DR report 33,110

• Cases currently pulled from DR by DOL 1,300

• Cases currently pulled from DR for SEC 3,269

 1,413 (3%) cases remained at NIOSH for dose 

reconstruction 

 662 (2%) cases were administratively closed
Overview of Active Cases

(as of June 30, 2013)

 Of the 1,413 cases remaining at NIOSH for dose 

reconstruction:

• 275 cases in the dose reconstruction process

• 234 initial draft dose reconstruction reports in the hands 

of claimants, and NIOSH is awaiting the return of the 

OCAS-1 form

• 904 cases in development for dose reconstruction
Summary of Probability of Causation for 

Completed Dose Reconstructions

(as of June 30, 2012)

 Of the 33,110 dose reconstructions sent back to 

DOL for final adjudication:

• 9,465 cases had a PoC ≥ 50%

• 23,645 cases had a PoC < 50%
Submittals vs. Production

(as of June 30, 2013)

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Q1-2002Q1-2003Q1-2004Q1-2005Q1-2006Q1-2007Q1-2008Q1-2009Q1-2010Q1-2011Q1-2012Q1-2013

Cases Received from

DOL

Draft DR Reports to

Claimants

Final DR Reports to

DOL
Status of First 5,000 Claims

(as of June 30, 2013) 

 4,868 claims at DOL

• 262 pulled for DOL issues

• 390 pulled for SEC

• 4,216 submitted with DR

 113 claims at NIOSH

• 83 administratively closed

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

year)

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

• 7 gathering information (pended for CLL; Technical Basis Document modification)

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

(as of June 30, 2013) 

 9,772 claims at DOL

• 438 pulled for DOL issues

• 1016 pulled for SEC

• 8,318 submitted with DR

 198 claims at NIOSH

• 152 administratively closed

• 12 DRs with claimants (3 initial; 9 DOL reworks within past 

year)

• 26 DRs in process (5 initial; 21 DOL reworks within past year)

• 8 gathering information (pended for CLL; TBD modification)

 30 claim numbers deleted
DOE Response to Requests 

for Exposure Records

(as of June 30, 2013) 

 Number of outstanding requests 373

 Outstanding requests > 60 days 73
Special Exposure Cohort Summary

(as of July 2013)

 Petitions received 213

 Petitions in qualification process 2 

 Petitions qualified for evaluation 129

• NIOSH evaluation in progress 1

• NIOSH evaluation completed 128

– SEC Evaluation Reports 

 with the Advisory Board 

 for recommendation 2 

 Petitions not qualifying for evaluation 77

Note: Petitions not qualifying include five petitions received prior to the 

rule becoming final and Petition 34 where the site was de-listed. 
Special Exposure Cohort Summary

(as of July 2013)

 102 SEC classes have been added since May 2005

• 58 (57%) through the 83.13 process

• 44 (43%) through the 83.14 process

 21 SEC classes have been denied since May 2005

 5 SEC classes are under HHS administrative review

 Represents classes of workers from 73 sites

 Represents 4,251 potential claims (returned to DOL 

on final effect date)

• 3,286 claims at DOL after being pulled for SEC