Health Hazard Evaluation Report HHE 80-145-810: U.S. Steel Fairless Works: Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Conover, David L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Radiofrequency (RF) electric field strength measurements were obtained from 11 RF remote control panels at United States Steel Fairless works (SIC-3310) in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, on September 23, 1980. The measurements were made in response to a request from Local 4889 of the United Steelworkers of America to determine possible health hazards to railroad car operators carrying RF remote control boxes on their waists. Measurements were made on six boxes worn by operators and on five boxes in the maintenance shop. Electric field measurements on all units were below 1 square volt per square meter (V2/M2)
  
  the OSHA standard is 40,000V2/M2 for electric fields. Magnetic field strength measurements were less than 0.1 square amperes per square meter (A2/M2)
  
  the OSHA standard for magnetic fields is 0.25A2/M2. The author concludes that railroad car operators are not exposed to hazardous amounts of RF radiation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Radiation Radio Waves Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-surveys HHE-80-145-810 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 3 Radiation-exposure Radiation-hazards Radiation-sources Radio-waves Railroad Car Operators RF Radiation Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE80145810
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; Fairless Hills (PA) ; 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
• Contributor:
  Morris, Linda
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114038
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-190059
• 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, HHE 80-145-810, 1981 Feb ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  331 - Blast Furnace and Basic Steel Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9d0e5bf2631c70ef11be3e19f22df726a165d0d8b7c2132b9c4d158497a4668efe5d0f22e20e342106c39c435bf54edc8b37461017815a9bad20d2e16ef179a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173426/cdc_173426_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.20 MB ]