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(Site Profile/Docket Number 51)
Location: Lockport, New York
Also known as: Simonds Saw and Steel Div., Guterl Special Steel Corp., Simonds Steel Division, Wallace-Murray Corporation
Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information
The Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) is a unique category of employees established by the Act (42 CFR Part 83). Claims compensated under the SEC do not have to go through the dose reconstruction process. To qualify for compensation under the SEC, a covered employee must meet specific requirements (e.g., must have at least one of 22 “specified cancers,” and have worked for a specified time period at one of the SEC sites). Classes of employees and work sites can be considered for addition to the SEC through a NIOSH petition process. More information about the Special Exposure Cohort can be found on our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Open/Active SEC Petitions
There are currently no open/active SEC petitions from Simonds Saw and Steel Co.
Class(es) Added to the SEC
All Atomic Weapons Employer employees who worked at Simonds Saw and Steel Co. from January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957, 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.
**Note:** This class was established by Petition 157.Classes Not Added to the SEC
All Atomic Weapons Employer employees who worked at Simonds Saw and Steel Co. in Lockport, New York, from January 1, 1958, through December 31, 2006.
**Note:** This class was established by Petition 157.Petitions Qualified for Evaluation
Below is a list of the petitions that qualified for evaluation. Select a petition on the list to view the table for that particular petition.
Petition 157 (Jan 1, 1951 to Dec 31, 2006)
	Petition 157 Information
Steps in Petition Process:
Petition Details:Date Received
December 4, 2009Date Qualified for Evaluation
March 8, 2010Summary of Information in Petition
**Job Titles and/or Job Duties:** All employees who worked in any area during the applicable covered thorium operational and residual periods.
**Period of Employment:** January 1, 1951 through December 31, 2006
**Note:** The information above is what qualified for evaluation. During our evaluation of whether dose reconstructions can adequately be completed for the above job titles and period of employment, information may cause NIOSH to change some the dates or job titles/duties. Therefore, as this petition proceeds through the SEC petition process and if an SEC class is proposed, the proposed class may not exactly match the above information.Copy of the Petition Received
December 4, 2009 [452 KB (7 pages)](January 1, 1948 to December 31, 2006)Federal Register Notice Announcing that a Simonds Saw and Steel Co. SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation
March 22, 2010 [42 KB (1 page)](January 1, 1951 to December 31, 2006)SEC Petition Evaluation Report
October 29, 2010 [984 KB (151 pages)]
(January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957)Evaluation Report Sent to the Advisory Board
November 2, 2010
(January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957)Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board
The Advisory Board discussed this petition (residual period; 1958-2006) on July 29, 2014, and November 16, 2010, during its regular meetings.
**Note:** Agendas and transcripts for Board meetings will be posted on the Advisory Board and Public Meetings page as soon as they become available.Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition
December 8, 2010 [34 KB (2 pages)]
(January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957)
August 28, 2014 [31 KB (1 page)]
(January 1, 1958, through December 31, 2006)HHS Letters to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition
January 6, 2011 [79 KB (10 pages)]
(January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957)
October 9, 2014 [67 KB (9 pages)]
(January 1, 1958, through December 31, 2006)HHS Designation/Determination of Additional Members to the SEC
**Designation:**
January 6, 2011 [36 KB (5 pages)]
(January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957)
**Determination:**
October 9, 2014 [36 KB (4 pages)]
(January 1, 1958, through December 31, 2006)
**Note:** A “designation” means that HHS is recommending a class be added to the SEC. A “determination” means that HHS is recommending a class **not** be added to the SEC.Federal Register Notice: Designation/Determination of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
**Designation:**
January 21, 2011 [41 KB (1 page)]
(January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957)
**Determination:**
November 6, 2014 [161 KB (1 page)]
(January 1, 1958, through December 31, 2006)
**Note:** A “designation” will be published if there is a recommendation to add a class to the SEC. A “determination” will be published if there is a recommendation **not** to add a class to the SEC.Effective Date for the SEC Class
February 5, 2011
(January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957)
**Note:** This only applies if the class is added to the SEC.Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
February 11, 2011 [39 KB (1 page)]
(January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957)
**Note:** This only applies if the class is added to the SEC.Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC
February 7, 2011 [18 KB (1 page)]
(January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1957)
**Note:** This only applies if the class is added to the SEC.
SEC Petitions Not Qualifying for Evaluation
There was one additional petition received that did not qualify for evaluation.
Worker Outreach Activities
Based on a recommendation from the Advisory Board to provide workers and site experts with opportunities to participate in developing the technical documents used in dose reconstruction, NIOSH established a Worker Outreach Program.
At Worker Outreach Meetings, current and former DOE and AWE employees have opportunities to obtain information about Site Profiles, Technical Basis Documents, and Technical Information Bulletins, and to provide information for consideration and possible use in dose reconstruction. This process is valuable to ensure that the technical documents used in dose reconstruction contain correct and useful information.
Below are the Worker Outreach Activities for Simonds Saw and Steel Co.:
**May 5, 2010**
            Meeting with Former Workers from Simonds Saw and Steel Company, Lockport, New YorkFinal Minutes [262 KB (19 pages)]Advisory Board Work Group on TBD 6000
This Work Group is responsible for the review of the specified TBDs and the Appendices that apply to specific work sites. The Work Group will also review reports developed by the Board’s contractor (SC&A) pertaining to these TBDs and the Appendices. They will assist NIOSH and SC&A in resolving issues that arise through the review process. The Work Group will make recommendations to the Board in cases where Appendices involve sites with SEC petitions.
Sites currently being considered by the Work Group include:
General Steel Industries (GSI)
Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co.
Superior Steel Co.***Note:** Baker Brothers, Bliss & Laughlin Steel, and Simonds Saw and Steel Company work sites were previously discussed by the TBD 6000 Work Group, but are not currently under discussion.*
Meeting information (including agendas and transcripts) for this Work Group are on the individual work site pages listed above and the Advisory Board and Public Meetings pages.
**Work Group Members:**
Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D. (Chair)
Henry A. Anderson, M.D.
Josie Beach
Meeting Information:
**June 16, 2014**
            Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000
Time/Location:
10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
            Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period
Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
            Participant Code: 9933701
Pre-Decisional Document Policy
Available Meeting Items:
Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]
Transcript [168 KB (58 pages)]Discussion Papers:
SC&A Memo: Position on Findings 6 and 7 of the Simonds Saw and Steel TBD Review [935 KB (13 pages)]
                    June 3, 2014
NIOSH/DCAS: Review of Simonds Saw and Steel Plant Residual Internal Dose [241 KB (19 pages)]
                    February 4, 2014
NIOSH/DCAS: Review of Simonds Saw and Steel Plant Residual External Dose [175 KB (7 pages)]
                    September 30, 2013
**June 20, 2013**
            Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000
Time/Location:
11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
            Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period
Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
            Participant Code: 9933701
Pre-Decisional Document Policy
Available Meeting Items:
Agenda [29 KB (1 page)]
Transcript [521 KB (202 pages)]Discussion Papers:
Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Annotated Personal Transcript of GSI Portion of TBD-6000 Work Group 6/20/13 Teleconference Meeting” [1 MB (17 pages)]
                    June 23, 2013
Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Goals for the TBD-6000 Work Group” [1 MB (17 pages)]
                    June 21, 2013
Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Critique of “NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Square Function Approximation to Estimating Inhalation Intakes” [396 KB (15 pages)]
                    May 2013
SC&A Memo: Commentary on “White Paper – Square Function Approximation to Estimating Inhalation Intakes,” Prepared by David Allen, DCAS, June 2013 [396 KB (15 pages)]
                    June 11, 2013
NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Square Function Approximation to Estimating Inhalation Intakes [285 KB (11 pages)]
                    June 2013
Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Analysis of the Adley et. al. 1952 Hanford Melt Plant Technical Report [782 KB (23 pages)]
                    June 7, 2013
Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Analysis of GSI Administrative Personnel Dose Estimates [292 KB (9 pages)]
                    June 5, 2013
SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH Approach to Estimating Doses to GSI Employees Not Routinely Working in Production Areas at GSI [102 KB (1 page)]
                    June 4, 2013
SC&A Draft: Supplementary Comments on Revision 01 of Battelle-TBD-6000, Rev. 0 [428 KB (34 pages)]
                    May 13, 2013
NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: GSI – Dose Estimate from Radium Radiographer to Employees not Routinely Working in Production Areas [75 KB (3 pages)]
                    May 2013
**April 26, 2013–CHANGED TO A TELECONFERENCE MEETING, TIME CHANGED**
            Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000
Time/Location:
10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
            Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period
Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
            Participant Code: 9933701
Pre-Decisional Document Policy
Available Meeting Items:
Agenda [22 KB (1 page)]
Transcript [794 KB (263 page)]Discussion Papers:
SC&A Presentation: Comparison of Updated NIOSH and SC&A Exposure Assessments at GSI [641 KB (13 pages)]
                    April 26, 2013
NIOSH/DCAS: Simonds Saw and Steel Site Profile Review Issues Matrix [81 KB (12 pages)]
                    April 23, 2013
NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Issues Raised in February 21, 2013 Work Group Meeting [95 KB (9 pages)]
                    April 2013
SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH Estimates of External Exposures at GSI [35 KB (3 pages)]
                    April 24, 2013
SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH Estimates of External Exposures at GSI [785 KB (24 pages)]
                    April 23, 2013
Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the NIOSH/DCAS White Paper “Issues Raised in February 21, 2013, Work Group Meeting” [785 KB (24 pages)]
                    April 5, 2013
Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., General Steel Industries Radium Era: 1952-1962 New Co-petitioner and Site Expert Information on the Building 6 Inner Radiography Facility [444 KB (13 pages)]
                    April 22, 2013
NIOSH/DCAS: Cleanup after Uranium Operations at Baker Brothers, Toledo, Ohio [95 KB (4 pages)]
                    April 2, 2013
SC&A Memo: Baker Brothers Follow-Up – Review of NIOSH/DCAS paper “Cleanup after Uranium Operations at Baker Brothers, Toledo, Ohio” from April 2, 2013 [41 KB (4 pages)]
                    April 23, 2013
SC&A Draft: Review of the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company Petition Evaluation Report for Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition 00200 [235 KB (39 pages)]
                    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
                    SCA-TR-SEC 2013-0069
                    March 28, 2013
Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding new information on a stolen radium plumb bob source at GSI in 1953 [200 KB (6 pages)]
                    March 12, 2013
**February 21, 2013**
            Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000
Time/Location:
9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
            Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment Period
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
            2395 Progress Dr.
            Hebron, KY 41048
Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
            Participant Code: 9933701
Pre-Decisional Document Policy
Available Meeting Items:
Agenda [11 KB (1 page)]
Transcript [830 KB (303 pages)]Discussion Papers:
SC&A Presentation: Comparison of NIOSH and SC&A External Exposure Assessments at GSI [55 KB (10 pages)]
                    February 21, 2013
SC&A: Simonds Saw and Steel Site Profile Review Issues Matrix [291 KB (13 pages)]
                    February 13, 2013
NIOSH/DCAS: GSI Dose Estimation Comparison [128 KB (7 pages)]
                    January 2013
SC&A Memo: Response to NIOSH Report “GSI Dose Estimation Comparison” [221 KB (11 pages)]
                    February 12, 2013Pre-Decisional Document Policy
Please note that as part of the procedures and processes of the Advisory Board’s Work Groups, several kinds of pre-decisional documents may be developed. These pre-decisional documents, such as white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. Although discussion during a public meeting may cover pre-decisional documents, these documents often are not further revised or finalized, and thus do not reflect the final determination or evaluation of the Advisory Board and its Work Groups. Additionally, some pre-decisional documents not otherwise posted on the website may contain sensitive information, which would require an interested party to obtain such documents by filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the CDC/ATSDR FOIA office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
Technical Documents
If the energy employee’s personal radiation information is incomplete, NIOSH will use other sources to estimate the radiation dose. This may involve using technical documents called Site Profiles, Technical Basis Documents, and Technical Information Bulletins.
Site Profile
ORAUT-TKBS-0032 Rev. 02: Site Profile for Simonds Saw and Steel [854 KB (59 pages)]
            Revised October 21, 2014
**Revision Includes:** Incorporates Advisory Board comments as directed by NIOSH. Intake rates in Table 3-13 (formerly Table 17) of Section 3.3 were recalculated, and intake rates for the 95th percentile were added. Dose rates in Table 4-3 (formerly Table 20) of Section 4.4 were recalculated for 1948, and dose rates for the 95th percentile were added. Residual approach in Section 5.0 for internal and external was completely revised. Updated table and figure numbering to current format. Incorporates formal internal and NIOSH review comments. Constitutes a total rewrite of the document.Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Simonds Saw and Steel Co.
The Simonds Saw and Steel Co. discussion papers listed below are working documents prepared by NIOSH or its contractor for use in discussions with the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health or its Working Groups or Subcommittees. Draft, preliminary, interim, and white paper documents are not final NIOSH or Advisory Board (or their technical support and review contractors) positions unless specifically marked as such. These documents represent preliminary positions taken on technical issues prepared by NIOSH or its contractor.
The discussion papers have been reviewed to identify and redact any information that is protected by the Privacy Act 5 USC §552a and have been cleared for distribution.
SC&A Presentation: Summary of Five Document Reviews Approved by the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews [1 MB (95 pages)]
            Presentation at the April 19-20, 2023, Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
NIOSH/DCAS: Simonds Saw and Steel SEC Petition (residual period; 1958-2006), Lockport, NY (Presentation for the July 29, 2014, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health) [138 KB (22 pages)]
SC&A Evaluation of Residual Dose Reconstruction Methods at Simonds Saw and Steel (Presentation for the July 29, 2014, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health) [382 KB (16 pages)]
SC&A Memo: Position on Findings 6 and 7 of the Simonds Saw and Steel TBD Review [935 KB (13 pages)]
            June 3, 2014
NIOSH/DCAS: Review of Simonds Saw and Steel Plant Residual Internal Dose [241 KB (19 pages)]
            February 4, 2014
NIOSH/DCAS: Review of Simonds Saw and Steel Plant Residual External Dose [175 KB (7 pages)]
            September 30, 2013
SC&A Draft: Supplementary Comments on Revision 01 of Battelle-TBD-6000, Rev. 0 [428 KB (34 pages)]
            May 13, 2013
NIOSH/DCAS: Simonds Saw and Steel Site Profile Review Issues Matrix [81 KB (12 pages)]
            April 23, 2013SC&A: Simonds Saw and Steel Site Profile Review Issues Matrix [55 KB (10 pages)]
            February 13, 2013
SC&A Draft: Review of the Site Profile for the Simonds Saw and Steel Plant [616 KB (61 pages)]
            Contract No. 200-2009-28555
            SCA-TR-SP2012-0013
            June 13, 2012Program Evaluation Plans (PEPs) and Program Evaluation Reports (PERs)
DCAS-PER-077: Simonds Saw and Steel Program Evaluation Report (PER), Rev. 0 [53 KB (2 pages)]
            February 28, 2017
**About this Document:** Determines the effect of issuing DCAS-TKBS-0032, Revision 2, (Simonds Saw and Steel) on previously completed claims.
**Summary:** A new dose estimate was performed for 105 effected claims using the TBD, as well as all other applicable approved dose reconstruction methods. The resulting probability of causation (POC) was below 45% for 73 claims and greater than 52% for 24 claims. Rework of the eight remaining claims resulted in a POC between 45% and 52%. For those claims, IREP was run 30 times at 10,000 iterations per NIOSH procedures. The resulting POC was greater than 50% for 3 of the 8 claims and below 50% for the remaining 5 claims. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all claims evaluated under this PER. NIOSH will request the return of the 27 claims that would now have a probability of causation greater than 50%.Public Comments on Simonds Saw and Steel Co. Documents
How to Submit Comments
Comments on Simonds Saw and Steel Co. Documents can be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Officer electronically by email at nioshdocket@cdc.gov or printed comments can be mailed to:
NIOSH Docket Office
Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS-C34
1090 Tusculum Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45226
Please include the Site Profile/Docket Number (51) on all comments.
Comments Received
Comments from private person [77 KB (1 page)]
            December 18, 2006Document Archive for Simonds Saw and Steel Co.
ORAUT-TKBS-0032: Site Profile for Simonds Saw and Steel Co.
Rev. 01: Revised April 18, 2011 [854 KB (57 pages)]
**Page Change Revision Includes:** Revision initiated to incorporate SEC-00157 information as directed by NIOSH. Includes information on the SEC class. Section 3.4 was revised to reflect the inability to reconstruct thorium exposure during the operational period and the associated tabulation of internal exposure values (Table 20). The description of the derivation of the external exposure dose estimates along with the associated dose tabulation (Table 20) was revised to remove consideration of external exposure from thorium during the operational period. Additional changes include the following: The calculation of intake quantities from plutonium (Table 20) was revised to maintain consistency between trace radionuclides and those in which they are mixed. Deleted options of associating class S plutonium with class M uranium and vice versa. The site description and the associated dose calculations tabulated in Sections 3 and 4 (Tables 12 and 15) were revised to reflect the change in the end of the operational period and the concurrent change to the start of the residual period. The medical X-ray examinations section was revised. The tabulation in Table 20 was updated. Revised the methodology for assessment of internal exposure which includes the reconstruction exposure from thoron. Table 3 was added to show the number of rolling days for each year. Tables 8, 9, 10, and 11 were modified to include 1957 in the assessment of internal intake using air monitoring data. Information was added to section 3.1.2 detailing air sampling results for rolling activities on the 10 inch mill and for uranium forging activities (Tables 12, 13, 14 and 15 added). Intake rates in Table 17 were revised to account for the reduced use of engineering controls during the post 1952 time period (i.e., intake rates calculated for the initial operations period, 1948, were assigned from 1953 through 1957). Constitutes a total rewrite of the document.
Rev. 00 PC-1: Page Change Revision July 8, 2005 [560 KB (45 pages)]
**Page Change Revision Includes:** Page change to correct error in Pu-239 and Np-239 end dates on Table 15, page 27.
Rev. 00: Approved May 31, 2005 [556 KB (45 pages)]
							
					
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