The Hanford Healthy Energy Workers Board conducted an unmet health care needs assessment for Hanford workers and developed recommendations on how these health care needs can be met. The board reviewed studies on how to prevent worker exposure, summarized existing results and recommendations, developed key indicators of progress in meeting unmet health care needs, and identified the health surveillance systems in use at the Hanford site. The board submitted its report to the legislature on June 1, 2021, documenting recommendations on meeting health care needs, progress on meeting key indicators, and recommendations for the establishment of new health surveillance systems at Hanford.

Highlights of this work include:

• A survey of current and former Hanford workers with more than 1600 respondents in the Tri-Cities area.
• Recommendations for next steps in addressing the unique health needs of the Hanford workforce.
• A review of previous studies related to worker exposure with summary-level results and recommendations and key indicators of progress where applicable.
• An inventory of the health surveillance systems currently in use at the Hanford site.