LocationCanonsburg

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

Alternative Names

  • Canonsburg
  • Vitro Rare Metals Company

Type of Facility

  • Atomic Weapons Employer
  • Beryllium Vendor
  • Department of Energy

Covered by EEOICPA

  • Part B (AWE)
  • Part B (beryllium vendor)
  • Part B and Part E (DOE)

EEOICPA Covered Years

  • 1948 (beryllium vendor)
  • 1942-1959 (AWE)
  • 1960-1985 (residual radiation)
  • 1983-1985 (DOE remediation)
  • 1996 (DOE remediation)

Did work for:

  • Fernald
  • General Electric

Contract Numbers

  • EY-76-C-04-0053

DOE

DOL

NIOSH

  • Tracking your NIOSH Case Status
  • Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
  • AWE Site Wide Documents
  • NIOSH Case Statistics
  • Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
    • Petition 134: "All AWE employees who worked at Vitro Manufacturing in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, from August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1957, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort."
    • Petition 177 : "All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at Vitro Manufacturing in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, from January 1, 1960 through September 30, 1965, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort."
    • Petition 177: "All Atomic Weapons Employer employees who worked at Vitro Manufacturing in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, from January 1, 1958 through December 31, 1959, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the SEC."
  • Work Site Information

Other Resources

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