Hooker Electrochemical Information

Alternative Names

• Hooker Chemical Company
• Occidental Chemical Corporation
• Occidental Chemical Corporation
• Specialty Chemical Division
• Hooker Chemical and Plastics Corporation
• Ashland # 1
• Ashland Oil Company

Type of Facility

• Atomic Weapons Employer

Covered by EEOICPA

• Part B

EEOICPA Covered Years

• 1943-1948 (AWE)
• 1949-1976 (residual radiation) 

Contract Number

• W-7405-ENG-26

DOE

• DOE Facility List by Name
• FUSRAP Considered Site
• Approved Special Exposure Cohorts

DOL

• Tracking your DOL Claim Status
• Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
• Ombudsman's Office
• Resource Center
• DOL Case and Claim Statistics
• Approved Special Exposure Cohorts
• Circular 16-01: Hooker Electrochemical Corporation Special Exposure Cohort Class (SEC) from July 1, 1944 through December 31, 1948

EPA

Site Narrative

Superfund

Site Narrative-102nd Street

Superfund-102nd Street

Site Narrative-S-Area

Superfund-S-Area

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 141: "All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the Hooker Electrochemical Corporation in Niagara Falls, New York, during the operational period from July 1, 1944, through December 31, 1948, 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."
• Work Site Information

Other Resources

• Waste Lands-America's Forgotten Nuclear Legacy Database