The EEOICPA was passed in 2000. It provides compensation to workers who became ill as a result of their employment manufacturing nuclear weapons in the USA, as well as their spouses, children, and grandchildren. Accurate Machine & Tool EEOICPA coverage is available for qualified former Workers and their families.
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Here, we have compiled publicly available information and documentation about the facilities covered by the Act to clarify how their activities relate to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.
Accurate Machine & Tool
Also Known As: Accurate Machine & Tool
State: New Mexico
Location: Albuquerque
Time Period: 1987-2002
Facility Type: Beryllium Vendor
Facility Description: Accurate Machine & Tool provides machine shop services to Sandia National Laboratory, California. This work has included the use of beryllium-copper materials.
Listing:
Accurate Machine & Tool is listed as a Beryllium Vendor (BE) under the EEOICPA.
*DISCUSSION:
Telephone contact with current company officials provided the following information: (1) Provided machine shop services on beryllium copper materials from 1985-2002 in an existing building (still used as a machine shop) at the current address of the company; (2) there is a difference in start date (1985 vs. 1987), and there possibly was AEC/DOE beryllium contract work conducted in the 1960-70s in a different location on Yale Boulevard; (3) beryllium work was only conducted for AEC/DOE and was not conducted in any special work area; and (4) no specific decontamination for beryllium took place after the contracts were terminated.
INFORMATIONAL SOURCES:
Sources of information reviewed during this evaluation included the DOE ES&H Website, documentation provided by the DOE ES&H group consisting of written communications by or for the DOE, and telephone contact with current company officials.
EVALUATION FINDINGS:
Documentation reviewed indicates there is a potential for significant residual beryllium contamination outside the periods in which weapons-related production occurred.
PERIOD OF POTENTIAL RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION:
2003-present