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

May 2011

St. Louis, MO
Program News

 Achieved current timeliness objective by May 1: 

completing dose reconstructions within nine 

months of referral from DOL

 Established new timeliness objective for the 

six-month period ending November 1

• Complete 50% of initial dose reconstructions within 

six months

• Complete 80% of reworks within 60 days unless the 

rework referral requires additional data
Overall Initial Claim Information

(as of April 30, 2011)

 34,448 cases have been referred to NIOSH for 

dose reconstruction

 31,895 (93%) cases have been returned to DOL

• Cases submitted with a DR report 27,830

• Cases currently pulled from DR by DOL 1,219

• Cases currently pulled from DR for SEC 2,846

 1,881 (5%) cases remained at NIOSH for dose 

reconstruction 

 672 (2%) cases were administratively closed
Current Case Status

(as of April 30, 2011)

Cases Completed 27,830 80.8%

Cases Pulled 1,219 3.5%

SEC Pulled Cases 2,846 8.3%

Cases Admin Closed 672 2.0%

Cases Active 1,610 4.7%

Cases Pending 271 0.8%

Total: 34,448 100.0%
Overview of Active Cases

(as of April 30, 2011)

 Of the 1,881 cases remaining at NIOSH for 

dose reconstruction:

• 459 cases in the dose reconstruction process

• 423 initial draft dose reconstruction reports in 

the hands of claimants, and NIOSH awaiting the 

return of the OCAS-1 form

• 999 cases in development to begin the dose 

reconstruction
Summary of PoCs for Completed 

Dose Reconstructions

(as of April 30, 2011)

 Of the 27,830 dose reconstructions sent back 

to DOL for final adjudication:

• 8,322 (30%) cases had a PoC ≥ 50%

• 19,508 (70%) cases had a PoC < 50%
Distribution of PoC

for Cases Sent to DOL

(as of April 30, 2011)

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

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

7414

3599

3043 3310

2142

8322

Probability of Causation

Number of Cases
Submittals vs. Production

(as of March 31, 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 April 30, 2011) 

 4,861 claims at DOL

• 289 pulled for DOL issues

• 372 pulled for SEC

• 4,200 submitted with DR

 120 claims at NIOSH

• 105 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 April 30, 2011) 

 9,742 claims at DOL

• 467 pulled for DOL issues

• 985 pulled for SEC

• 8,290 submitted with DR

 228 claims at NIOSH

• 192 admin closed

• 14 DRs with claimants (3 initial; 31 DOL reworks within past 

year)

• 19 DRs in process (5 initial; 47 DOL reworks within past year)

• 3 gathering information

 30 claim numbers deleted
DOE Response to Requests 

for Exposure Records

(as of April 31, 2011) 

 Number of outstanding requests 239

 Outstanding requests > 60 days 71
Special Exposure Cohort 

(as of May 9, 2011)

 186 petitions have been received

1 undergoing qualification review

• 113 qualified

– 5 are currently being evaluated

– 3 evaluations completed to be presented to the Board

– 13 have been presented and are with the Board

– 5 petitions are with the Secretary awaiting final decision

– 5 petitions are awaiting final effect

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

71 SEC classes

– 5 classes have been denied

• 67 did not qualify for evaluation

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

(as of May 9, 2011)

 71 SEC classes have been added since May 

2005

• 37 (52%) through the 83.13 process

• 34 (48%) through the 83.14 process

 Represents classes of workers from 54 sites

 Represents 4,475 potential claims