Epidemiologic Studies

Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education

Houdaille-Hershey Corporation Medical Examination and Accident Reports, ca. 1944-1945

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORISE, CER Vault, Room 129

Originating Office: Houdaille-Hershey Corporation

Finding Aids: Vault Inventory Database

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description: This series consists of medical examination and accident reports. Information in these reports includes employee name, address, birthdate, marital status, number of children, sex, occupational and medical history, visual safety test results, and results of physical examinations. The series also contains Report of Doctor Case Accident to an Employee forms, insurance claim reports, correspondence from doctors with summaries of examinations and treatments, medical bills, and surgeons' reports. Also included are Introduction to Medical Department forms, which supervisors completed to permit individual employees to see a doctor in the Oak Ridge Medical Department. Information includes employee occupation, hours worked per day and week, shift, salary, marital status, and number of children under 16; cause of accident; injury diagnosis, treatment, and cost; and estimated loss of work time and extent of injury resulting from the accident.

Data Elements: 8, 11, 16-17, 20-21, 23, 28, 35, 38, 40, 42, 47, 51