Epidemiologic Studies

Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education

Research Subject Files, ca. 1943-1981

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORISE, CER Vault, Room 129

Originating Office: Office of the Chief of Industrial Hygiene, Y-12 Plant

Finding Aids: Vault Inventory Database

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description:This series consists of research materials belonging to the former Chief of Industrial Hygiene at Y-12. Included are Union Carbide organizational charts for the Y-12 Plant; technical and engineering organizational charts; a computer-generated report of contaminants from the K-25 urinalysis file; minutes of Epidemiology Advisory Committee meetings; and progress reports for studies relating to occupational exposures. This series also includes information documenting chemical hazards at the Y-12 Plant from 1943 to 1947, notes concerning welders at Y-12 and K-25, and publications concerning lung radiation doses received by uranium-processing workers and mortality among welders. Mortality studies of workers exposed to metallic nickel and nickel oxides also comprise a part of this series, as does a list of report titles concerning occupational exposure.

For related records, see series listed under IV. Analysis Files, Oak Ridge, Y-12 Facility and Analysis Files, Uranium Dust Lung Cancer Study Exposure Data: Oak Ridge, Y-12 Facility, 1948-1982.

Data Elements: 1, 88, 122