National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to Evaluate Petition for Special Exposure Cohort at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Summary

The Department of Health and Human Services has decided to evaluate a petition to include employees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, which covers those who worked at the facility from 1942 to 1963, including those in the Hood Building from 1946 to 1963.