National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to Evaluate Petition for Special Exposure Cohort at Hanford Site

Summary

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has announced its decision to evaluate a petition to include a class of employees at the Hanford site in Richland, Washington, in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The proposed definition includes all employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the site from October 1, 1943, to June 30, 1972.