NIOSH Advisory Board 

Presentation

Jeff Kotsch, CHP

Division of Energy Employees

Occupational Illness Compensation

Department of Labor

December 11, 2012
Enactment of EEOICPA 

• Enacted October 2000 

– Part B, mandatory federal entitlement, by DO– Part D, state workers comp. assistance, by D

• Amendments October 2004 

– Abolished Part D, created federal Part E, tran

to DOL 

• 158,856 cases filed, over $8.7 billion total 

compensation paid to date 

• Agencies: Labor, Energy, HHS, Justice • DOL locations 

– DC, Jacksonville, Cleveland, Denver, and Se

Data as of December 2, 2012 
NIOSH Referral Case Statu

• 38,843 Cases Referred to NIOSH for Do

Reconstruction 

• 35,959 Cases Returned by NIOSH 

– 30,452 with Dose Reconstruction – 5,507 without Dose Reconstruction 

• 2,884 Cases that are Currently at NIOS

– 1,576 Initial Referrals to NIOSH – 1,308 Reworks or Returns to NIOSH 

Data as of December 2, 2012 
NIOSH Dose Reconstruction C

Status

• 30,452 Cases returned by 

NIOSH w/ a Dose Reconstruction (DR) 

• 25,287 Cases w/ DR and a 

Final Decision 

– 9,002 Final Approvals 

(POC 50% or Greater) 

– 16,285 Final Denials 

(POC less than 50%) 

Data as of December 2, 2012 
Part B Cancer Cases with 

Final Decision to Accept

• Accepted DR Cases – 8,414 

– 11,864 Payees – $ 1.25 Billion in Compensation 

• Accepted SEC Cases – 17,696 

– 29,130 Payees – $2.6 Billion in Compensation 

• Cases Accepted Based on SEC Status and POC > 50% - 

– 717 Payees – $87.9 Million in Compensation 

• Totals: All Accepted SEC and DR Cases – 26,698 

– 41,711 Payees – $3.9 Billion in Compensation 

Data as of December 2, 2012 
EEOICPA Part B Cases 

Final Decisions – Covered Applicat

Data as of December 2, 2012 
DEEOIC SEC Outreach Events: FY 

Facility Date Attendance Ne

Sandia National 

Laboratories 

*SEC effective 09/09/2011 

11/1/2011 385 

GE Evendale 11/2/2011 80 

Y-12 Plant 01/18/2012 133 

Pantex Plant 03/14/2012 283 
DEEOIC SEC Outreach Events: FY 

Facility Date Attendance Ne

Savannah River Site 04/17/2012 500 

Linde Ceramics Plant 04/25/2012 19 

Brookhaven National 

Laboratory 

*JOTG EVENT 

07/17/2012 200 

Sandia National 

Laboratories 

*SEC effective 06/10/2012 

08/22/2012 60 
DEEOIC SEC Outreach Events: FY 

Facility Date Attendance Ne

Feeds Materials 

Production Center 

9/25/2012 12 

Hanford 10/23/2012 187 

Clarksville 

Modification Center 

11/8/2012 53 
Other DEEOIC Outreach Event

• Informational Meetings regarding medical be

provided under the EEOICPA: 

– Farmington, New Mexico - December 4, 2012 – Kayenta, Arizona – December 5, 2012 

• In cases of small SECs – press releases are 
Joint Outreach Task Group

• Joint Outreach Task Group (JOTG) me

• DEEOIC • NIOSH • DOE • Ombudsman to NIOSH for the EEOICPA • Office of the Ombudsman for the EEOICP• DOE – Former Worker Medical Screening 

(FWP) 

• Monthly conference calls with all mem
SEC Petition Site Discussion

ABRWH Agenda December 20

Baker Brothers Battelle 

Laboratories 

King Avenue 

Genera

Indus

(G

Cases (Claims) Part B & E 8 (10) 208 (256) 682 (1

Cases Returned by NIOSH w/ DR 4 54 25

Final Decisions (Part B) 5 77 30

Part B Approvals 1 

32 

7

Part E Approvals 1 

32 3 

Total Comp. & Medical Bills Paid $277,100 $7.1 million $10.9 

Data as of December 2, 2012 
SEC Petition Site Discussion

ABRWH Agenda December 20

Hanford Joslyn 

Manufacturing 

Savanna

Si

Cases (Claims) Part B & E 13,958 (23,529) 105 (220) 

Part B Only 

14,098 

Cases Returned by NIOSH w/ DR 3,442 37 4,0

Final Decisions (Part B) 5,778 38 5,0

Part B Approvals 3,513 21 2,5

Part E Approvals 3,208 Part B only 2,7Total Comp. & Medical Bills Paid $791.9 million $2.9 million $669.6 

Data as of December 2, 2012 
SEC Petition Site Discussion

ABRWH Agenda December 20

K-25 Y-12 X-

Cases (Claims) Part B & E 14,367 (23,345) 16,494 (26,624) 7,666 (Cases Returned by NIOSH w/ DR 

2,314 3,632 2,0

Final Decisions (Part B) 

5,869 6,707 3,1

Part B Approvals 

4,165 4,460 1,8

Part E Approvals 

4,066 4,549 1,9

Total Comp. & Medical Bills Paid 

$1.1 Billion $1.1 Billion $490.9 

Data as of December 2, 2012 
Top Four Worksites

• The top 4 worksites generating new 

EEOICPA cases are: 

– Savannah River Site – Hanford – Y-12 Plant – Sandia National Laboratories Data as of December 3, 2012 
NIOSH Advisory Board 

Presentation

Handout Slides

December 2012
Employee Eligibility

Employed By Part B Pa

DOE Contractors and Subcontractors 

Yes Y

DOE Federal Employees 

Yes N

AWE Employees Yes NBeryllium Vendors Yes NRECA Yes Y
Covered Conditions

Condition Part B Par

CBD Yes Ye

Beryllium Sensitivity 

Medical 

Monitoring Only 

Ye

Chronic Silicosis Yes YeCancer Yes Ye

Any condition related to toxic exposure 

No Ye
Survivor Definition

Type Part B Pa

Spouse at time of death 

Yes Y

Children - under age 18; under age 23 if full-time student; or any age if medically incapable of selfsupport 

Yes Y

Adult Children Yes N
Benefits

Part B Part E 

$150,000 Employee + Survivor 

Impairment $2,500 (Employee) 

$50,000 RECA Employee + Survivor 

Wage Loss $10,000$15,000 per year (Employee) $125,000 Survivor 

$400,000 CAP for B+E combined