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ADVISORY BOARD ON RADIATION AND WORKER HEALTH

4676 Columbia Parkway, MS: C-46

Cincinnati, Ohio 45226

(513) 533-6825

CHAIRMAN

James M. Melius, M.D., Dr. PH.

 Albany, New York

MEMBERS

Henry Anderson, M.D.

 Madison, Wisconsin

Josie Beach

 Kennewick, Washington 

Bradley P. Clawson

 Rexburg, Idaho

R. William Field, Ph.D. 

 Iowa City, Iowa

Michael H. Gibson

 Franklin, Ohio

Mark A. Griffon

 Salem, New Hampshire

David Kotelchuck, Ph.D.

 New York, New York

Richard Lemen, Ph.D.

 Canton, Georgia

James E. Lockey, M.D.

 Cincinnati, Ohio

Wanda I. Munn

 Richland, Washington

John W. Poston, Sr., Ph.D.

 College Station, Texas

David B. Richardson, Ph.D.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Genevieve S. Roessler, Ph.D.

 Elysian, Minnesota

Phillip Schofield

 Bosque Farm, New Mexico

Loretta R. Valerio

 Santa Fe, New Mexico

Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D.

 Lafayette, Indiana

STAFF

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Theodore M. Katz, MPA

 Atlanta, Georgia

COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT 

Zaida Burgos

 Atlanta, Georgia

January 31, 2013

The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius

Secretary 

Department of Health and Human Services

200 Independence Avenue, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20201

Dear Madam Secretary:

The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (The Board) has 

evaluated Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition 00204 concerning 

workers at the Baker Brothers site in Toledo, Ohio, under the statutory 

requirements established by the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000 and incorporated into 42 C.F.R. § 

83.13.

The Board respectfully recommends that SEC status be accorded to:

“All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the Baker 

Brothers site in Toledo, Ohio, during the period from June 1, 1943, 

through December 31, 1944, for a number of work days 

aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under 

this employment, or in combination with work days within the 

parameters established for one or more other classes of 

employees included in the Special Exposure Cohort."

This recommendation is based on the following factors:

• Individuals employed at the Baker Brothers site in Toledo, Ohio did 

work related to the development and production of nuclear 

weapons.

• The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 

review of available monitoring data, as well as available process 

and source term information for this facility found that NIOSH 

lacked the information necessary to complete individual dose 

reconstructions with sufficient accuracy for internal radiological 

exposures from uranium to which these workers may have been 

subjected during the time period in question. The Board concurs 

with this determination.

• NIOSH determined that health may have been endangered for 

these Baker Brothers employees during the time period in 

question. The Board also concurs with this determination.
The Secretary January 31, 2013

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Based on these considerations and the discussion at the December 11 and 12, 2012, Board 

meeting held in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Board recommends that this class be added to the 

SEC.

Enclosed is the documentation from the Board meeting(s) where this SEC class was 

discussed. The documentation includes copies of the petition, the NIOSH review thereof, and 

related materials. If any of these items are unavailable at this time, they will follow shortly. 

Sincerely,

[Signature on file]

James M. Melius, M.D., Dr. PH

Chairman, ABRWH

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