Department of Energy Support to the
 

Energy Employees Occupational Illness
 

Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA)
 

Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security
 

August 2017
 
 

 

 

DOE’s Core Mandate
 

Work on behalf of the program claimants to ensure 

that all available worker and facility records and 

data are provided to DOL, NIOSH, and the Advisory 

Board. 

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DOE Responsibilities
 

• Respond via the SERT system to DOL and NIOSH 

requests for information related to individual claims 

(employment verification, exposure records). 

• Provide support and assistance to DOL, NIOSH, and 

Advisory Board on large-scale research and site 

characterization projects through records research and 

retrieval efforts at various DOE sites. 

• Conduct research, in coordination with DOL and NIOSH, 

on issues related to covered facilities designations. 

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Individual Records
 

Fund and coordinate records retrieval activities at DOE 

sites in support of individual claims. 

• Employment verifications for DOL (~7,000/year) 

• Dose records for NIOSH (~4,000/year) 

•	 Document Acquisition Requests (DAR) employee work 

history/exposures for DOL (~7,000/year) 

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Individual Records
 

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• Claimants often worked at multiple DOE sites, for multiple 

contractors and subcontractors, and in different jobs or 

divisions over a career. 

• For a typical request for a worker’s records, DOE may have to 

go to many different site departments and within those 

departments many different records sources or databases. 

• For example, one DOE site routinely checks approximately 40 

different sources for responsive records, including hardcopy 

paper records, microfilm, microfiche, databases, and scanned 

electronic records. 

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Volume of records
 

• In FY16, responded to 18,621 records from over 25 different 

DOE locations. 

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Size of Records Packages
 

• Average # of pages per Employment verification 

– 14 pages 

• Average # of pages per NIOSH Request 

– 50 Pages 

• Average # of pages per DAR 

– 150 pages 

• Overall average # pages 

– 214 

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Response – 60 Day Goal
 

• In FY 16 DOE responded in under 60 days to 17,674 out 

of 18,621 records requests from DOL and NIOSH. 

• 95% on time response rate. 

• Many sites have a near perfect record 

K-25: 6 late out of 2,112 

Richland: 6 late out of 1,564 

Savannah River: 1,316 on time 

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Large-Scale

Research Projects
 

• Large-scale research projects are driven by the needs of DOL 

and NIOSH. 

• DOE accommodates all requests. 

• These projects can take years. 

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Large Scale
 

Research Projects
 

(cont.) 

• Hanford • Sandia National Lab 

• Savannah River Site • Idaho National Lab 

• Lawrence Livermore 

National Lab 

• Nevada Test Site 

(Nevada National

Security Site) • Oak Ridge National Lab 

• Area IV Santa Susanna

Field Lab • Los Alamos National 

Lab 

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Document Reviews
 

•	 DOE committed to providing documents to NIOSH, 

DOL, and the Advisory Board, but must do so in a 

responsible manner. 

•	 The average turnaround time for review and 

released documents is typically about 8 work days. 

•	 In certain cases where an expedited review is

necessary, DOE has returned documents in 1-2 days. 

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Facility Research 

Research and maintain the Covered Facilities Database 

•	 Database of over 300 facilities covered under EEOICPA. This 

includes DOE facilities, AWEs and Beryllium Vendors whose 

employees are eligible for benefits under EEOICP. 

•	 Full listing can be found at: 

https://ehss.energy.gov/Search/Facility/findfacility.aspx 

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Outreach
 

•	 Continued to participate in all Joint Outreach Task Group 

meetings that include DOE, DOL, and NIOSH, along with the

DOL Ombudsman and the DOE Former Worker Medical 

Screening Programs. 

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Former Worker Medical
 

Screening Program
 

•	 Mission: To identify and notify former workers at risk for

occupational disease and offer them medical screening that 

can lead to treatment. 

•	 Program now serves all former workers from all DOE sites in 

locations close to their residences. 

•	 Published an annual report. 

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Former Worker Program
 

FWP website: 

• http://energy.gov/ehss/services/worker-health-andsafety/former-worker-medical-screening-program
 

FWP brochure: 

•	 http://energy.gov/ehss/downloads/former-worker-medicalscreening-program-brochure 

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