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. Tyson Valley Powder Farm EEOICPA coverage is available for qualified former Workers and their families.
Are you eligible for compensation? If you or a family member worked at this or another AWE facility and became ill, you may be entitled to compensation of up to $150K plus medical benefits. Call EEOICPA Counsel Hugh Stephens at 1-855-548-4494 or fill out our free claim evaluation, We can help even if you’ve already filed, even if your claim was denied!
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.
Tyson Valley Powder Farm
State: Missouri
Location: St. Louis
Time Period: 1942-1949
Facility Type: Atomic Weapons Employer
Facility Description: The Tyson Valley Powder Farm was a storage site for radioactive materials in the late 1940s. Records show, for example, that at the end of 1946, 206,110 pounds of uranium metal were stored at this location for the Manhattan Engineer District.
*The Tyson Valley Powder Farm was originally a 2,620 acre facility used from 1945 through 1950, then again in 1951 through 1963 by the Department of Defense. This site was used to support the St. Louis Ordnance Plant, mainly for storage and as a testing facility for ordnance. Tyson has numerous bunkers once used for ordnance storage. Remnants of firing ranges and waste destruction areas also exist at the site.
Likely existing contaminants due to disposal, storage and destruction of ordnance related materials include heavy metals, nitroaromatics, various explosives and solvents. World War II era documents show that radioactive wastes were once transported to the facility for storage. Later documentation suggests that some radioactive wastes were to be shipped off-site. Washington University School of Medicine radiation experts conducted a survey in 1988 and found no evidence of radioactive waste or contamination at the site.
Of the old facility, 1,966 acres are now owned by the Washington University Tyson Research Center and 405 acres are now St. Louis County’s Lone Elk Park. Remaining acreage is under Interstate 44 and railroad easements and in West Tyson County Park.
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Listing:
Tyson Valley Powder Farm is listed as an Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) site under the EEOICPA.
Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Classes:
All Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who worked at Tyson Valley Powder Farm near Eureka, Missouri, from February 13, 1946 through June 30, 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 SEC.
Petitions Qualified for Evaluation
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees
Period of Employment: January 1, 1942 through December 31, 1949
Compensation:
As of 01/08/2023, the total compensation paid under Part B of the EEOICPA, including medical compensation, for workers suffering from the effects of having worked at the Tyson Valley Powder Farm is $150,000. Click here for a current accounting of compensation paid to former Tyson Valley Powder Farm Workers under the EEOICPA.
Tyson Valley Powder Farm Workers:
If you or your parent worked at this or any other AWE facility and became ill, you may be entitled to compensation of up to $150K plus medical benefits from the US Department of Labor. Call EEOICPA Counsel Hugh Stephens at 1-855-EEOICPA (336-4272) or fill out the form to the right, whether your claim has been accepted or denied.
We can help with all OWCP (Federal Workers Compensation) claims, impairments, wage loss and health care. 2495 Main Street, Suite 442 Buffalo, NY 14214.
DOCUMENTS:
NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Reports
Petition 115 (Jan 1, 1942 to Dec 31, 1949)
SEC Petition Evaluation Report, Petition SEC-00115, Rev #: 1
Report Submittal Date: March 2, 2009
SEC Petition Evaluation Report, Petition SEC-00115, Rev #: 0
Report Submittal Date: January 20, 2009