Electro Metallurgical
(Site Profile/Docket Number 163)
Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Also known as: ElectroMet Corp., Umetco Minerals Corp., Union Carbide Corp., Electro-Metallurgical Corp.
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
To date, there are no open/active SEC petitions from Electro Metallurgical.
Class(es) Added to the SEC
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All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Electro Metallurgical site in Niagara Falls, New York, from August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1947, 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 from Petition 136
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 132 (Sep 29, 1952 to Aug 31, 1959)
Steps in Petition Process: | Petition Details: |
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Date Received
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November 1, 2008
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Date Qualified for Evaluation
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March 12, 2009
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Summary of Information in Petition |
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers who worked in the Electro-Metallurgical Corporation facility (one 50×219 building) Period of Employment: August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1953 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 |
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Federal Register Notice Announcing that a Electro Metallurgical SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation |
Please see Petition 136. |
SEC Petition Evaluation Report |
Please see Petition 136. |
Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board |
Please see Petition 136. |
Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition |
Please see Petition 136. |
HHS Letters to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition |
Please see Petition 136. |
HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC |
Please see Petition 136. |
Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort |
Please see Petition 136. |
Effective Date for the SEC Class |
Please see Petition 136. |
Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort |
Please see Petition 136. |
Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC |
Please see Petition 136. |
Petition 136 (Aug 13, 1942 to Dec 31, 1947)
Steps in Petition Process: | Petition Details: |
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Date Received
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December 5, 2008
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Date Qualified for Evaluation
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March 12, 2009
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Summary of Information in Petition |
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees Period of Employment: August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1953 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 |
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Federal Register Notice Announcing that a Electro Metallurgical SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation |
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SEC Petition Evaluation Report |
February 7, 2012 [652 KB (51 pages)] (revised) |
Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board |
The petition was discussed by the Advisory Board on October 21, 2009, and February 28, 2012, during its regular meeting. Note: the agenda and transcripts from this meeting are available on the Advisory Board and Public Meetings page. |
Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition |
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HHS Letters to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition |
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HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC |
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Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort |
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Effective Date for the SEC Class |
June 10, 2012 |
Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort |
June 29, 2012 [83 KB (1 page)] |
Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC |
June 18, 2012 [35 KB (1 page)] |
Advisory Board Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs)–formerly TBD 6001 Work Group
This Work Group reviews technical documents and Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) petitions for uranium refining AWEs assigned to it by the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. The Work Group makes recommendations to the Board on SEC petitions, reviews reports developed by the Board’s contractor (SC&A), and assists NIOSH and SC&A in resolving issues that arise through the review process.
Sites currently being considered by the Work Group include: General Atomics, Hooker Electrochemical, and Westinghouse Electric Corp. (New Jersey).
Meeting information (including agendas and transcripts) for this Work Group can be found on either the individual work site pages or on the Advisory Board and Public Meetings page.
Note: Baker-Perkins Co., Du Pont Deepwater Works, Electro Metallurgical Company, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp. (NUMEC) – Apollo, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp. (NUMEC) – Parks Township, United Nuclear Corp., and W.R. Grace (Erwin, TN) were previously discussed by this Work Group, but are not currently under discussion.
Work Group Members
- Henry A. Anderson, M.D.-Chair
- R. William Field, Ph.D., M.S.
- David Kotelchuck, PhD, MPH
Meeting Information
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February 14, 2012
Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs)Time/Location:
2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment PeriodTeleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
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November 21, 2011
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs)Time/Location:
8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
Discussion Papers:
- NIOSH/DCAS: United Nuclear Corporation Air Concentration Data for 1961 and 1962 [79 KB (7 pages)]
November 2011 - Supplemental Graph Comparing Intakes Calculated from United Nuclear Air Data and Values Assigned Based on Bioassay for 1960-1963 [50 KB (1 page)]
- NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Representativeness and Applicability of United Nuclear Corporation Air Sampling for Reconstructing Thorium Intakes [390 KB (9 pages)]
November 14, 2011 - NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: SEC-00116 United Nuclear Corporation Petitioner Issues [92 KB (8 pages)]
November 3, 2011 - SC&A Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for Baker-Perkins, Saginaw, Michigan (DCAS-TKBS-0005) [159 KB (15 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
SCA-TR-SP2011-0036, Revision 1
November 2, 2011 - SC&A Draft Memo: Use of Surrogate Air Sampling Data at Hooker Electrochemical Company: Comparison of DCAS and SC&A Approaches [83 KB (7 pages)]
September 22, 2011
- NIOSH/DCAS: United Nuclear Corporation Air Concentration Data for 1961 and 1962 [79 KB (7 pages)]
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August 16, 2011–MEETING TYPE CHANGED TO TELECONFERENCE
Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work GroupTime/Location:
9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
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May 16, 2011
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6001Time/Location:
9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
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March 15–POSTPONED
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6001Time/Location:
9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701No Available Meeting Items
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November 4, 2010
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6001Time/Location:
9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
Phone: (859) 586-0166Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
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July 7, 2010
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6001Time/Location:
9:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
Phone: (859) 586-0166Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
Pre-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.
Technical Basis Documents
- Technical Basis Document for the Electro Metallurgical Company Rev. 1 [568 KB (37 pages)]
Revised September 24, 2015
About this Document: Incorporates Special Exposure Cohort designation information, corrects the start date for MED work, re-analyzes the external and internal dosimetry data, adds an additional figure, and incorporates a GSD of 3 uncertainty for external and internal dose. Constitutes a total rewrite of the document.
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Electro Metallurgical
The Electro Metallurgical 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 has been cleared for distribution.
- Advisory Board Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work Group Presentation: Electro Metallurgical, Deepwater, New Jersey Technical Basis Document (TBD) Review [74 KB (12 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
SCA-TR-SEC2012-0010, Revision 0 (Addendum to SCA-TR-SEC2010-0010)
February 21, 2012 - SC&A Draft: Response to NIOSH’s Commentary on Findings Regarding the Site Profile for Electro Metallurgical, Rev. 0 [805 KB (67 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
SCA-TR-SEC2010-0010, Rev. 1
May 2011
Program Evaluation Plans (PEPs) and Program Evaluation Reports (PERs)
NIOSH is committed to applying the best available science in dose reconstructions. In keeping with this commitment, completed cases with probabilities of causation less than 50% are reviewed as relevant new information becomes available. The results of these reviews are described in a Program Evaluation Report (PER). The PER details the effect, if any, of the new information on the completed dose reconstruction. If it appears that the new information may result in an increase in dose for a completed dose reconstruction with a probability of causation of less than 50%, NIOSH is committed to working with the Department of Labor to reopen and rework the dose reconstruction, as appropriate. A Program Evaluation Plan (PEP) describes plans for evaluating specific program details or issues.
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DCAS-PER-068: Electro Metallurgical Company Program Evaluation Report, Rev. 0 [46 KB (2 pages)]
April 5, 2016About this Document: Determines the effect of the revision to DCAS-TKBS-0007, (Electro Metallurgical Company) on previously completed claims.
Summary: The resulting probability of causation (POC) was below 45% for 19 claims. The 20 remaining claims resulted in a POC greater than 52%. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all claims evaluated under this PER and request the return of those that would result in a POC greater than 50%.
Public Comments on Electro Metallurgical Documents
How to Submit Comments
Comments on Electro Metallurgical 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 (163) on all comments.
Comments Received
No comments on Electro Metallurgical documents have been received at this time.
Document Archive for Electro Metallurgical
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Documents
- SEC Petition Evaluation Report for Electro Metallurgical, Petition 136 [264 KB (60 pages)]
July 23, 2009
Technical Documents
- Technical Basis Document for the Electro Metallurgical Company [140 KB (8 pages)]
Approved February 15, 2011
About this Document: Changes Battelle-TBD-6001 Appendix to a standalone document. Change is primarily format only. Does not incorporate review comments.
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Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Refined Uranium and Thorium [3.6 MB (75 pages)]
Approved December 13, 2006About this Document: This technical basis is established for the reconstruction of radiation doses of workers at AWE sites which refined uranium under contract to the United States government from 1942 to 1958. This document covers the generic aspects of uranium refining and the data are useful where no other dosimetry data exist. Site specific appendices are included that provide information that apply to only the identified site (Appendix C is the site specific Appendix for Electro Metallurgical).
Appendix:
- Site Profile: Appendix C — Electro Metallurgical Company [134 KB (8 pages)]
Approved December 21, 2007
- Site Profile: Appendix C — Electro Metallurgical Company [134 KB (8 pages)]
- Page last reviewed: September 28, 2015
- Page last updated: April 20, 2016
- Content source:
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Division of Compensation Analysis and Support