Hooker Electrochemical Information
Location
Delaware Avenue
Niagara Falls, New York
In January 1943, Hooker began work for the Manhattan Engineer District to manufacture fluoridated and chlorinated organic chemicals. The by-product of this work was hydrochloric acid that was subsequently used in the chemical processing of a uranium-bearing slag as a precursor of uranium recovery. This work was continued until shortly after World War II. Activities related to this contract ended June 1948. Hooker Electrochemical’s relationship with the AEC resumes between 1953 and 1958 as the Management and Operating Contractor for Plant 31 at the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works, listed separately in this database.
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
- 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
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
- FAQs About Your Case
- 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
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