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July 31, 2004

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Robert A. Taft Laboratories
4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-45
Cinemnati, OH 45226-1998 Also Via Fax to $13 533-6840 and
_ §13 533-8285 (MS C-34)
Please respond by U.S. Mail to address below
Re: Energy Employee: Mr.
NIOSH Tracking Number

‘And: Public Docket Number 021—Comments for the Y-12 National Security Complex Documents

Dear NIOSH Representative:

Tam a claimant under the EEOICPA. I have received your most recent report, dated July 2004, on the
status of my claim, Please make the following correction to my file.

My liusband, , worked for Union Carbide at the Y-12 Plant from : and again from
‘. From he was forced to return to active duty in the military because of

circumstances arising out of his employment at Y-12, as outlined below. He died of primary

pancreatic cancer in ~ ‘These facts are detailed in my original written claim, submitted July 31,

200), and confirmed by a later telephone interview.

I corapleted the telephone interview segment of my application 11/9/03, in which I told the interviewer
that ‘ had been involved in a contamination incident sometime in late or early I
do not know the specific date because he took his security clearance very seriously and did not discuss
his work with me. However, it became very apparent in that he had experienced some sort of
sevece health-threatening event, because he suffered rapid and traumatic physical deterioration,
including losing his hair and most of his teeth, He had ongoing health problems from that time for the
rest of his life. As a military reserve officer, he was advised by a senior officer that it would be wise to

_retuyn to the military to secure a future for himself and our family and to provide for what he knew
wouid be ongoing medical care. During this difficult time for our family, he admitted fo me that fie noe
had been in a contamination accident at Y-12. In his condition, he was unable to take a physical
examination, and was forced to start over in the military as an enlisted man, | am very sure about these
facts. because of the critical lifelong consequences for our entire family.

‘The telephone interviewer did not correctly transcribe my answer about this incident, and wrote that I
said the incident happened in I caught this when I reviewed the transcript that was sent to me. I
atternpted to correct the error by phone several times, but was unable to contact anyone.

The researchers at Y-12 were unable to confirm that such an incident occurred in . [believe this
may be because they did not investigate a broad enough time frame.



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NIOSH Tracking Number
July 31, 2004, Page 2

Lhave referred to the Site Profile Documents page on the website to attempt to verify that such an
even, may have been reported by others sometime during the times I have indicated. The links to Y-12
Documents have been removed at this time because they are under review.

Please advise me how I may correct the record of my telephone interview so that my completed claim
file will be accurate and consistent with the earlier written claim that | submitted. I would also like for
my report of the contamination incident to be added to the comments to the site documents for

Y-12.

Tharik you for your assistance in this matter. Please respond to me by mail, at my address below.

Sincurely,

To Whom It May Concern:

{have assisted my mother with the compilation of information and completion of applications
throughout this claim process. We have reconstructed dates based on verifiable family mi'estones,
such as the family move that was required when my father went back into the military. We are certain
that chat occurred in the summer of because it was between my kindergarten and first grade years
in school. The timeline of the events as she has submitted them coincides with my memories of those
year i, and | am very familiar with the ongoing health problems that my father suffered.

We .ippreciate your consideration of this request.