Appeals Files-Benefits Review Board (BRB).
Benefits Review Board, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20210
Parties involved in appeals proceedings before the Benefits Review
Board.
Information assembled in case files pertaining to appeals to the
Benefits Review Board with respect to claims of employees for benefits under
the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers Compensation Act as amended, and its
extensions and the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, as amended.
(a) 30 U.S.C. 901-62 (1982) (b) 33 U.S.C. 901-50 (1982) (c) 42 U.S.C.
1651-54 (1982) (d) 36 DC Code 501-04 (1973) (e) 43 U.S.C. 1331-43 (1982) (f) 5
U.S.C. 8171-73 (1982) (g) 42 U.S.C. 1701-17 (1982)
Records are maintained for use in adjudication of appeals.
Disclosure outside the Department of Labor may be made to federal
courts. BRB decisions are sent to commercial publishing companies for
publication, and are also placed on the BRB's Internet web-site.
None.
Maintained in manual form in file folders with data maintained in a
computerized case tracking system.
By Benefits Review Board docket number, ALJ number, and claimant's
name.
Maintained in offices which are locked after normal work hours.
Case materials returned to the Office of Workers' Compensation
Programs, Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor after
completion of Benefits Review Board functions. Copies of the case decision are
retained permanently.
Clerk of the Board, Benefits Review Board, U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
A written and signed request to the System Manager stating that the
requester seeks information concerning records pertaining to him is required.
A request for access may be addressed to the System Manager. The
request must be in writing and be signed by the requester.
A petition for amendment shall be addressed to the System Manager.
Records in the system include information submitted by the claimants,
employers, carriers, and other persons involved in the appeals proceedings, as
well as by the Government.
None.
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