Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-93-1120-2429: Akron General Medical Center; Akron, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Booher, Donald E. ; Moss, C. Eugene
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Medical Director, an investigation was made into possible electric and magnetic field exposures to female employees working at the Akron General Medical Center (SIC- 8062) in Akron, Ohio. Concern had arisen due to a cluster of conotruncal birth defects (CBD) in the children of three female workers. Measurements of electromagnetic fields (EMF) were made in the intensive care unit and the surgical post anesthesia care unit. The levels of extremely low frequency (ELF) electric and magnetic fields ranged from 1.8 to 4.9 volts per meter (V/M) and from 0.1 to 220 milligauss (mG), respectively. The corresponding values for very low frequency electric and magnetic fields were 0.5 to 2.0V/M and 0.1 to 20mG, respectively. All levels were below the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Threshold Limit Value for subradiofrequency electric and magnetic fields. The measurements taken appeared to be typical of other situations such as small modern office environments and personal residences. The authors conclude that no health hazard existed at the time of the survey from occupational exposures to electric and magnetic fields in these areas of the medical center.
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Conotruncal Birth Defects Electromagnetic-radiation ELF EMF General Medical And Surgical Hospitals Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-care-personnel Health Care Workers HETA-93-1120-2429 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nonionizing-radiation Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 Radiation-exposure Reproductive-hazards VLF

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9311202429
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  11 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00221246
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-218278
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 93-1120-2429, 1994 Jun ; :1-12
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8062 - General medical & surgical hospitals - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fd4af943640d4de1b2179583afc79283a02f0a5e93897167058cf2d0ec532bab3a24f085d57a50f22d0c1f4b14d7c08176503e0d8bc55667aa0f944a71de9853
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171359/cdc_171359_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 190.31 KB ]