Summary: DOL Advisory Board teleconference 09/04/19
The Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health held a meeting via teleconference on September 4, 2019. The Department of Labor announced that a new version of the Procedure…
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Advisory Board Votes to Expand SEC Class for…
The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health held their 130th meeting in Oak Ridge, TN on August 21, 2019. The Board advised the National Institute for Occupational Safety and…
Advisory Board to hold teleconference meeting September 4,…
The Advisory Board will hold a meeting via teleconference on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The meeting is open to the public but…
Advisory Board to discuss expanding coverage for Y-12…
The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health will have an in-person meeting in Oak Ridge on August 21, 2019. The meeting begins at 9 am and will end at…
Money available for qualifying 1950s Edgemont workers
People who worked at a uranium ore-buying station in the 1950s in Edgemont may have been exposed to materials that made them sick, and the government wants them and…
Expansion for RECA: Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A compensation program for those exposed to radiation from years of nuclear weapons testing and uranium mining would be expanded under legislation that seeks to address fallout across…
DOL advises public that Site Exposure Matrix has…
From DOL’s website, “The Site Exposure Matrices (SEM) website has been updated! This update makes the website current through May 10, 2019. New information is now available for 21…
How Y-12 helped Apollo 11 during the moon…
Y-12 had a role in man’s first landing on the moon. They fabricated the “moon boxes” — lunar sample return containers — for the Apollo Program. Fifty years ago, the…
Recap: Office of the Ombudsman for EEOICPA Town…
The DOL Office of the Ombudsman for EEOICPA held Town Hall meetings in Ohio on June 19th and 20th. Kim Holt provided useful information to attendees on the claims process. …
Update: Advisory Board Plans for In-Person Meeting in…
The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health held a teleconference on June 25, 2019 in preparation for the in-person meeting in Oak Ridge, TN. The date of the meeting…