Westinghouse Electric Corp. (New Jersey)

(Site Profile/Docket Number 197)

Location: Bloomfield, New Jersey

Also known as: North American Phillips Lighting

Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information

The Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) is a unique category of employees established by the Act (42 CFR Part 83). Claims compensated under the SEC do not have to go through the dose reconstruction process. To qualify for compensation under the SEC, a covered employee must meet specific requirements (e.g., must have at least one of 22 “specified cancers,” and have worked for a specified time period at one of the SEC sites). Classes of employees and work sites can be considered for addition to the SEC through a NIOSH petition process. More information about the Special Exposure Cohort can be found on our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Open/Active SEC Petitions

There is currently one open/active SEC petitions from Westinghouse Electric Corp.–New Jersey (Petition 217)

Class(es) Added to the SEC

• All Atomic Weapons Employer employees who worked at Westinghouse Electric Corp., Bloomfield, New Jersey, from August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1949, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the Special Exposure Cohort

  Note: This class was established by Petition 159

• All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the facility owned by Westinghouse Electric Corp., in Bloomfield, New Jersey, during the period from February 1, 1958, through May 31, 1958, or during the period from June 1, 1959, through June 30, 1959, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the Special Exposure Cohort

  Note: This class was established by Petition 217

Classes Not Added to the SEC

• All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked in any area at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Bloomfield, New Jersey, during the time periods from January 1, 1950, through January 31, 1958; June 1, 1958, through May 31, 1959; and July 1, 1959, through April 30, 2000.

  Note: This class was established by Petition 217

Petitions Qualified for Evaluation

Below is a list of the petitions that qualified for evaluation. Select a petition on the list to view the table for that particular petition.

SEC Petitions Not Qualifying for Evaluation

In addition to the petitions listed above, two additional petitions were received but did not qualify for evaluation. One did not meet the minimum petition requirements and the class defined in the other petition was already included in the SEC.

Advisory Board’s Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs)–formerly TBD 6001 Work Group

This Work Group reviews technical documents and Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) petitions for uranium refining AWEs assigned to it by the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. The Work Group makes recommendations to the Board on SEC petitions, reviews reports developed by the Board’s contractor (SC&A), and assists NIOSH and SC&A in resolving issues that arise through the review process.

Sites currently being considered by the Work Group include: General Atomics, Hooker Electrochemical, and Westinghouse Electric Corp. (New Jersey).

Meeting information (including agendas and transcripts) for this Work Group can be found on either the individual work site pages or on the Advisory Board and Public Meetings page.

Note: Baker-Perkins Co., Du Pont Deepwater Works, Electro Metallurgical Company, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp. (NUMEC) – Apollo, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp. (NUMEC) – Parks Township, United Nuclear Corp., and W.R. Grace (Erwin, TN) were previously discussed by this Work Group, but are not currently under discussion.

Work Group Members:

• Henry A. Anderson, M.D. (Chair)
• R. William Field, Ph.D., M.S.
• David Kotelchuck, Ph.D, M.P.H.

Meeting Information:

• July 19, 2016 Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work Group

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  Phone: 859-586-0166
  Toll-Free: 1-877-222-7570
  Fax: 859-586-0266

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [75 KB (2 pages)]

  • Transcript [664 KB (207 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Review of Special Exposure Cohort Evaluation Report for Westinghouse Electric Corp. SEC-00217, Rev. 0 [401 KB (20 pages)]
    July 30, 2015

  • SC&A Draft: SC&A Review of DCAS-TKBS-0009, Rev. 2 for Hooker Electrochemical Company [159 KB (11 pages)]
    June 28, 2016

  • NIOSH White Paper: NUMEC Issues and Feasibility of Coworker Model, Rev. 0 [748 KB (19 pages)]
    June 23, 2016

  • SC&A Memo: SC&A’s Review of NIOSH’s White Paper Addressing Issues on the Coworker Model for United Nuclear Corporation [79 KB (3 pages)]
    June 3, 2016

  • NIOSH/DCAS Memo: Response to SC&A’s Comments on SEC Evaluation Report for Westinghouse Electric Corp.SEC-00217 [225 KB (2 pages)
    May 24, 2016

  • SC&A Draft: SC&A Assessment of Selected NIOSH Responses to SC&A NUMEC Site Profile Findings [352 KB (14 pages)]
    August 14, 2015

  • SC&A Draft: Review of Special Exposure Cohort Evaluation Report for Westinghouse Electric Corp. SEC-00217, Rev. 0 [401 KB (20 pages)]
    July 30, 2015

Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Westinghouse Electric Corp.

The Westinghouse Electric Corp. discussion papers listed below are working documents prepared by NIOSH or its contractor for use in discussions with the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health or its Working Groups or Subcommittees. Draft, preliminary, interim, and white paper documents are not final NIOSH or Advisory Board (or their technical support and review contractors) positions unless specifically marked as such. These documents represent preliminary positions taken on technical issues prepared by NIOSH or its contractor.

The discussion papers have been reviewed to identify and redact any information that is protected by the Privacy Act 5 USC §552a and have been cleared for distribution.

• Advisory Board Presentation: Review of Special Exposure Cohort Evaluation Report for SEC-00217 – Westinghouse Electric Corporation[126 KB (11 pages)]
  Presentation from the August 9-10, 2016, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
• NIOSH/DCAS Memo: Response to SC&A’s Comments on SEC Evaluation Report for SEC-00217 [225 KB (2 pages)
  May 24, 2016
• SC&A Draft: Review of Special Exposure Cohort Evaluation Report for SEC-00217, Rev. 0 [401 KB (20 pages)]
  Contract No. 211-2014-58081
  July 30, 2015
• NIOSH/DCAS Presentation at the June 9, 2015, Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health: Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Bloomfield, New Jersey Special Exposure Cohort Petition SEC-00217 [600 KB (31 pages)]

Public Comments on Westinghouse Electric Corp. (New Jersey) Documents

How to Submit Comments

Comments on Westinghouse Electric Corp. (New Jersey) Documents can be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Officer electronically by email at nioshdocket@cdc.gov or printed comments can be mailed to:

NIOSH Docket Office
Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS-C34
1090 Tusculum Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45226
Please include the Site Profile/Docket Number (197) on all comments.

Comments Received

At this time, no comments have been submitted on Westinghouse Electric Corp. (New Jersey) documents.