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DEEOIC Webinar Series – Causation and Dose Reconstruction
July 29, 2020
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. (ET)
Click for registration: Register Here!
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC) invites you to a webinar on Causation and Dose Reconstruction.
This is your opportunity to hear representatives of DEEOIC and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) discuss how causation and dose reconstruction factor into the adjudication of DEEOIC claims. The webinar will conclude with answers to your questions. You can submit questions during the webinar or in advance at DEEOIC-Outreach@dol.gov.
- Assessing Toxic Exposure for Causation
- Health Effects
- Site Exposure Matrices (SEM) usage guidance
- Exposure evidence to make findings
- Establishing causation
- Dose Reconstruction and Special Exposure Cohort (SEC)
- Probability of causation guidance
- Evaluating SEC petitions
- Support Advisory Board
Moderators/Presenters
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John Vance
Policy Chief, DEEOIC
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Grady Calhoun
DCAS Director, NIOSH
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The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act provides lump-sum compensation and medical benefits to current and former nuclear weapons workers whose illness is a result of working in the nuclear weapons industry. Survivors of qualified workers may also be entitled to benefits. Covered illnesses include radiation-induced cancer, chronic beryllium disease, beryllium sensitivity, chronic silicosis, or any illness due to exposure to toxic substances.
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