NIOSH Program Update

Stuart Hinnefeld

Director

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Division of Compensation Analysis and Support

January 28, 2014

Kansas City, MO
Program News

 Budget – sequester for EEOICPA for FY2014

 NIOSH, DOL Ombudsmen held public meeting 

in Kansas City, MO January 14

 Joint Outreach Task Group to meet in Denver 

February 19, 2014 (Rocky Flats Plant)

 NIOSH, DOL, and DOE scheduled to meet with 

program advocates in Denver on February 20

 Data encryption
Overall Initial Claim Information

(as of January 21, 2014)

 40,885 cases have been referred to NIOSH for Dose 

Reconstruction (DR)

 38,855 cases have been returned to DOL

• Cases submitted with a DR report 34,177

• Cases currently pulled from DR by DOL 1,348

• Cases currently pulled from DR for SEC 3,330

 1,356 cases remained at NIOSH for dose 

reconstruction 

 674 cases were administratively closed
Overview of Active Cases

(as of January 21, 2014)

 Of the 1,356 cases remaining at NIOSH for DR

• 341 cases in the dose reconstruction process

• 263 initial draft dose reconstruction reports with 

claimants, NIOSH is awaiting the return of the OCAS-1 

form

• 752 cases in development for dose reconstruction
Probability of Causation (PoC)

Summary for Completed DRs

(as of January 21, 2014)

 Of the 34,177 DRs sent back to DOL for final 

adjudication:

• 9,703 cases had a PoC ≥ 50%

• 24,474 cases had a PoC < 50%
Submittals vs. Production

(as of December 31, 2013)

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Q1-2002Q1-2003Q1-2004Q1-2005Q1-2006Q1-2007Q1-2008Q1-2009Q1-2010Q1-2011Q1-2012Q1-2013Q1-2014

Cases Received from

DOL

Draft DR Reports to

Claimants

Final DR Reports to

DOL
Status of First 5,000 Claims

(as of January 21, 2014) 

 4,889 claims at DOL

• 265 pulled for DOL issues

• 392 pulled for SEC

• 4,232 submitted with DR

 92 claims at NIOSH

• 80 administratively closed

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

year)

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

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

(as of January 21, 2014) 

 9,806 claims at DOL

• 444 pulled for DOL issues

• 1,023 pulled for SEC

• 8,339 submitted with DR

 164 claims at NIOSH

• 145 administratively closed

• 8 DRs with claimants (3 initial; 5 DOL reworks within past year)

• 11 DRs in process (1 initial; 10 DOL reworks within past year)

 30 claim numbers deleted
DOE Response to Requests 

for Exposure Records

(as of January 21, 2014) 

 Number of outstanding requests 151

 Outstanding requests > 60 days 21
SEC Summary Table

(January 21, 2014)

 Petitions received 215

 Petitions in qualification process 1 

 Petitions qualified for evaluation 130

• NIOSH evaluation in progress 0

• NIOSH evaluation completed 130

– SEC Evaluation Reports 

 with the Advisory Board 

 for recommendation 8 

 Petitions not qualifying for evaluation 84

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

becoming final and Petition SEC-00034, which the site was de-listed. 
Special Exposure Cohort Summary

(January 2014)

 107 classes added since May 2005

• 62 (58%) 83.13 process

• 45 (42%) 83.14 process

 23 classes denied since May 2005

 4 petitions under HHS administrative review

(Pantex Plant, General Steel Industries, Hooker Electrochemical, Weldon 

Spring Plamt)

 Represents classes of workers from 74 sites