Epidemiologic Studies

Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education

Employee and Facility Monitoring Records, ca. 1947-1969

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORISE, CER Vault, Room 129

Originating Office: Ames Laboratory; Bethlehem Steel Corporation; Brookhaven National Laboratory; Brush Beryllium Company; Electro Metallurgical Company; Harshaw Chemical Company; Lake Ontario Ordnance Works; Linde Air Products Company Ceramics Plant; National Lead of Ohio; Simonds Saw and Steel Company

Finding Aids: Vault Inventory Database

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description: This records series contains correspondence and monitoring records for Atomic Energy Commission facilities and employees in the Buffalo, New York, area. Facility monitoring records include air dust sampling records, which provide sample number, date, time, description, count time, and results in counts per minute; well sampling data; air radon surveys; reports pertaining to radon concentrations in railcars; and radiation surveys, which list average and high alpha levels in disintegrations per minute per 100 cubic centimeters. Personnel monitoring records generally include employee name and job title, sample number and date, and urinalysis results; film and pocket meter results for six week periods; and breath radon sample results. This series also includes medical records for Harshaw Chemical Company and Simonds Saw and Steel Company employees which detail employee medical and disease history, age, race, sex, marital status, and number of children. Correspondence in the series summarizes monitoring results, the disposal of radioactive materials, and decontamination criteria.

Data Elements: 8, 11, 12, 20-21, 23-25, 27-28, 35, 42, 45, 47, 62, 68, 103, 124