2007 ORAU Annual Report - Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Worker Health Programs
“We are committed to the health and safety of our customers’
workers. Our systems not only guide former nuclear workers through
processes that address health concerns resulting from occupational
exposures, but they also provide efficient monitoring of current
workplace hazards.”
Donna Cragle, Vice President and Director of Occupational Exposure and
Worker Health Programs
When the diagnosis is illness or disease linked
to workers’ occupational radiation or other
hazardous substances exposure, workers need
a responsive and medically competent system
to address their health needs. DOE and NIOSH,
specifically, needed an effective, national system
to manage the health needs of current and former
nuclear workers in an accurate, timely, and costefficient
manner. ORAU established effective
partnerships on a national scale to provide
innovative worker health solutions and has the
experience and expertise necessary to manage
this process with the highest levels of quality
and integrity.
Contact Information
Occupational Exposure and Worker Health
Programs
(865) 576-3115
occ.health@orau.org
http://orise.orau.gov/oews
• National Supplemental Screening Program
1-866-812-6703 (www.orau.org/nssp)
• Beryllium Vendors Medical Screening Program
1-866-219-3448
• Radiation Dose Reconstruction Project
1-800-322-0111
2007 Accomplishments
• Provided free medical screenings to more than 2,500
people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada in the
second year of the National Supplemental Screening
Program for former DOE nuclear workers who worked at
49 different sites and facilities
• Completed 3,528 Lymphocyte Proliferation Tests with
an error rate of 0.03 percent
• Completed more than 6,000 dose reconstructions for
the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH)
Key Facts
• Manage Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Testing Lab
for DOE, one of only five in the United States
• Serve as data center for illness and injury surveillance
reporting of 14 DOE sites; 120,000+ workers tracked
cumulatively
• Maintain the Beryllium Registry for 18 DOE sites; 30,000
active workers tracked cumulatively
• Collect data annually for DOE’s Radiation Exposure
Monitoring System with 98 organizations reporting for
30 DOE sites; 540,000+ workers tracked cumulatively;
more than 3.2 million total radiation exposure records
• Manage the Human Subjects Research Database for DOE
with 45 sites reporting for 2007
• Completed more than 24,000 dose reconstructions in
the last five years for energy workers who developed
cancers possibly due to work-related radiation exposures
Key Customers
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
• DuPont
• U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive
Medicine (USACHPPM)
• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Y-12 National Security Complex
• L-3 Titan
• NetGain
Key Partners
• Comprehensive Health Services, Inc.
• Dade Moeller & Associates, Inc.
• MJW Corp., Inc.
• National Jewish Medical and Research Center
• Occupational HealthLink
• University of Colorado
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