Regulation & law · 07/09/2006

Bethlehem Steel Corporation Employees to be Evaluated for Special Exposure Cohort

The Department of Health and Human Services has decided to evaluate a petition to include a class of employees at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation's 10 inch Bar Mill and blooming Mill in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, which covers employees who worked at the facility from 1949 to 1952, including millwrights, welders, electricians, and other maintenance personnel.