As of October 16, 2005, only 2 more worker claimants have been compensated in 4 months for a total of 264 paid.

Hanford specific.  The following table represents the USDOL employee(s) 93.2 percent compensating failure rate:  4,987 total claims filed - 425  approved claims divided by 4,562 claims = 93.2 percent.

HANFORD / PACIFIC NORTHWEST
NATIONAL LABORATORY
STATISTICS
(as of June 23, 2005) *

PART B
CLAIMS
Applications Filed4,987 *

Final Decisions
Approved   425 *
Denied     1,665
Total  2,090
Compensation Paid
Payments   262*
Total Dollars    $29,825,000
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See EXHIBIT 35:

HANFORD
PROGRAM STATISTICS  Data as of 10/16/2005 *

PART B
 
  CLAIMS   CASES
Applications Filed4,731* 3,281 *
 
Recommended Decisions
Approved   540     418
Denied2,316  1,751
Total   2,856  2,169
Final Decisions
Approved    490    387
Denied 1,822 1,428
Total    2,312 1,815
Compensation Paid
Payments     355  264*
Total Dollars   $39,345,000

Medical Bills Paid
    Total Dollars   $609,117

Cases Referred to NIOSH      2,331

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