General Steel Industries Information
Location
Granite City, Illinois
From October 1952 through 1966, General Steel Castings/Industries performed quality control work for the AEC. Specifically, it x-rayed uranium ingots and betatron slices to detect metallurgical flaws for Mallinckrodt Chemical Company. This work was performed in a facility located at 1417 State Street, which was part of what was later known as the “South Plant” of Granite City Steel. This listing is intended to cover only the South Plant, identified by the State Street address, and not any other facility that may have been owned by Granite City Steel prior to or after its purchase of the General Steel Industries facility in the early 1970s. For example, this listing does not cover Granite City Steel facilities on Madison or 20th Street.
During the period of residual contamination, as designated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and as noted in the dates above, employees of subsequent owners and operators of this facility are also covered under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.
Alternative Names
- Old Betatron Building
- General Steel Castings
- General Steel Industries
- Granite City Steel
- National Steel Company
Type of Facility
- Atomic Weapons Employer
- Department of Energy
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B (AWE)
- Part B and Part E (DOE)
EEOICPA Covered Years
- 1952-1966 (AWE)
- 1967-1992 (residual radiation)
- 1993 (DOE-remediation)
Did work for:
- Mallinckrodt
DOE
DOL
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- Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
- Ombudsman’s Office
- Resource Center
- DOL Case and Claim Statistics
- Site Exposure Matrix
- Circular 08-02: This Circular clarifies coverage for the General Steel Industries facility in Granite City, Illinois
NIOSH
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- Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- AWE Site Wide Documents
- NIOSH Case Statistics
- Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
- Work Site Information
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