Epidemiologic Studies

Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education

Lost Time Accident Records, ca. 1944-1947

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORISE, CER Vault, Room 129

Originating Office: Tennessee Eastman Corporation

Finding Aids: Vault Inventory Database

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description: This series contains various types of records pertaining to accidents among employees of the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant. Included are correspondence regarding injured employees; claim information and adjustment memoranda; legal documents regarding residences or petitions; medical records pertaining to physical examinations conducted at time of hire and later; laboratory and return-to-work reports; Safety Inspector General Reports; Reports of Occupational Injury; surgeons' reports; and forms titled Employer's First Report of Injury, Occupational Accident Reports, Closing Advice, CEW-TEC Department Safety Inspector's Report of Accident, and War Department Individual Injury Report. These reports provide employee name; address; age; sex; badge, building, group, department, and telephone numbers; marital status; race; citizenship; occupation when injured; and length of employment. Also included are folders labeled Special Accidents. These folders contain documents of accidents with extenuating circumstances and containing extensive claim correspondence.

Data Elements: 8, 11, 16, 20-21, 23, 28, 31, 35, 38, 41-42, 51