Beryllium-Associated Worker Registry

The Office of Illness and Injury Prevention Programs support the operation of a surveillance registry of current workers who are exposed to beryllium in their current job, or may have been exposed to beryllium in the past from work conducted at a DOE site. The goal of the registry is to determine the incidence and prevalence of beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease (CBD). The data will be analyzed to better understand CBD and to identify those at risk. Another goal is to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of DOE's Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program.

Current Worker Medical Surveillance Program Screening Results
(Cumulative through December 31, 2006)

The registry contains data on both DOE contractor and Federal workers. It consists of three data sets: 1) a roster of beryllium exposed workers; 2) medical screening results for beryllium exposure and medical diagnostic results used to diagnose CBD; and 3) work history, task, and exposure data. Policy, guidelines, and directives for the registry are determined at DOE Headquarters by Office of Illness and Injury Prevention Program epidemiologists with input from industrial hygienists. The registry is maintained by ORISE in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Related Documents and Links

• 2008 Current Beryllium Associated Worker Registry Summary - The most recent periodic report on data collected by the registry.
• Archived report - Beryllium Current Worker Health Surveillance Through 2005
• Report on Screening for Beryllium Sensitization and Disease in Former DOE Federal and Contractor Workers through 2005 - the most recent periodic summary of information collected through operation of former worker medical surveillance programs.
• Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program - provides information on DOE rules and guides for CBD prevention.
• Beryllium-Associated Worker Registry Data Collection and Management Guidance - DOE Technical Standard DOE-STD-1187-2007, June 2007 establishes procedures used to collect, analyze and report data.
• Statistical Methods and Software for the Analysis of Occupational Exposure Data with Non-Detectable Values - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Report ORNL/TM-2005/52, which provides methods used to analyze exposure monitoring data.
• Beryllium Lymphocyte Proliferation Testing (BeLPT) - DOE Specification DOE-SPEC-1142-2001 April 2001, which provides a purchase specification for a screening test used in medical surveillance programs.
• DOE's Former Worker Medical Screening Program - Provides information on medical surveillance of former workers who are retired or separated from employment at a DOE site.
  

Program Manager: Paul Wambach Phone: 301-903-7373

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¹ "Number Sensitized" means the number of individuals found sensitized from two or more peripheral blood BeLPTs or from a bronchoalveolar lavage BeLPT. It does not include individuals who have been diagnosed as having CBD. "Individuals Sensitized" includes individuals who have been evaluated and found not to have CBD and individuals who have declined the offer of a diagnostic evaluation or are awaiting a scheduled evaluation.