Other Data Collection

DOE-STD-1190-2007

6. Other Data Collection

6.1 Monitoring Data: In the absence of specific industrial hygiene measurements, one

indirect indicator of potential exposures is the enrollment of workers in various

monitoring programs designed to detect exposure to potentially harmful substances.

Such enrollment provides an accessible, albeit crude, indicator of those workers at

greater risk of exposure to various substances with potential to affect their health. The

monitoring data collected by the IISP report the enrollment of an individual in various

monitoring programs found at DOE facilities such as lead monitoring, beryllium

monitoring, dosimetry, and periodic spirometry for respirator users. Appendix A

contains a coded list of the more common monitoring programs found at DOE facilities.

Data coordinators are urged to alert the Data Center and the IISP Program Director at

any time concerning new or additional monitoring programs that do not currently appear

in Appendix A.

Data to be reported for workers involved in one or more monitoring programs should be

submitted by January 31 and July 31 of each calendar year. Each submission reflects the

monitoring status of workers as of the beginning (January 1) and midpoint (July 1) of

that calendar year. Any participating site may aggregate the monitoring status of

workers on these two dates into one data file for submission by July 31 of each calendar

year: In this case, the data would include the monitoring status of workers for both the

beginning (January 1) and midpoint (July 1) of that calendar year. Data should be

included for each monitoring program in which the worker is enrolled, as indicated in

the table below. The following data elements should be reported for each monitoring

program in which the worker is enrolled. For workers involved in many monitoring

programs, coordinators can submit as many of these records per worker as required, but

should put only one monitoring code in each record.

For the monitoring program, the following information should be submitted: