Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-048-1132: Taylor Lock Company, Inc.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Details

• Personal Author:
  Lewis, Frank A. ; Shoemaker, William E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The potential health effects of a new radiofrequency heat sealing machine were investigated. The request for technical assistance came from an unspecified person at the Taylor Lock Company (SIC- 3429), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after workers had complained of dizziness and headaches when working at the machine. Measurements of exposure were conducted on January 25, 1982. The electric field strengths ranged from 2500 to 169000 volts squared per square meter compared to an OSHA standard of 40000 volts squared per square meter. The magnetic field strength ranged from 0.0032 to 0.482 Amperes squared per square meter compared to an OSHA standard of since radiofrequency radiation exceeded OSHA standards, there is a radiation hazard at the unloading end of the machine. Recommendations are provided to reduce the radiofrequency radiation exposure to the worker at this station.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Radiation Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA820481132
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  8 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127127
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-139674
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 82-048-1132, 1982 June ; :1-8
• Editor(s):
  Tomassini, Mary
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3429 - Hardware, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:379b3c090c090c7729f2f84caec9f4b9b7bdc68f73394a26a56a953e14408f59712accbc6f35d585b11a76bd76485d29a95c19aefc5321525040edc5caa21602
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173142/cdc_173142_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.35 MB ]