Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-377-1214: AT and T Long Lines; Atlanta, Georgia

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• Personal Author:
  Murray, William E. Jr. ; Parr, Wordie H.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposures to radiofrequency microwave (RF/MW) radiation were investigated on September 21, 1981 at AT and T Long Lines (SIC-4811) in Atlanta, Georgia. The evaluation was requested by the employees on behalf of an unspecified number of workers using the microwave telephone relay facility. Radiation was measured around the transmitting equipment and on the roof at the base of the transmitting antenna. The highest RF/MW radiation measurement was 600 square volts per square meter (V2/m2) on the floor immediate at the transmitter
  
  the OSHA standard is 40,000V2/m2. No radiation was detected at 5 to 10 centimeters from the source. Radiation leakage was stopped when the waveguide flange screws of the radiofrequency shields were tightened. No radiation was measured on the roof. The authors conclude that no RF/MW radiation exposure hazard exists.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Safety
• Keywords:
  Employee-exposure Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-81-377-1214 Microwave Microwave-radiation NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nonionizing Radiation OSHA Region 4 Radiation-exposure Radiation-measurement Radiofrequency Telephone Communication (wire Or Radio) Telephone Relay Station

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA813771214
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  9 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127561
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-172527
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 81-377-1214, 1982 Nov ; :1-7
• Editor(s):
  Carr, Linda
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4811 - Telephone Communication - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1f89f6b1dd26ea6ba0318586097310f38b569a32c2e28bd2ae9d869763c8003c98b4e537c604ca3679eae45a579e58e1cabb15339ae7ee665d1a638a1d92f391
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173092/cdc_173092_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB ]