Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 80-97-713: Hewlett-Packard Company: Loveland, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Cox, Clinton
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The electromagnetic fields emitted by radio frequency (RF) plasma systems were measured at the Hewlett-Packard Company (SIC-3825) in Loveland, Colorado on June 3, 1980. The investigation was requested by an unidentified individual on behalf of an unspecified number of workers. Electrical field strengths range from nondetectable to 551 volts per meter (V/m), exceeding the OSHA standard of 200V/m, and magnetic field strengths ranged from 0.33 to 2.4 amperes per meter (A/m), exceeding the OSHA standard of 0.5A/m. All measurable field strengths were undetectable at 1 to 5 inches from the point of emission. The author concludes that although RF radiation is being emitted above current standards at some sites, due to normal operating distances and total daily operational time, operators are not likely to receive personal exposure to RF radiation in excess of the current OSHA standard. He recommends that operators receive training on the hazards associated with RF radiation and that management consider the posting of warning signs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Electromagnetic Phenomena Occupational Health Radiation Safety Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Electromagnetic-fields Electromagnetic-radiation Electromagnetic Field Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-protection Health-surveys HHE-80-97-713 Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation OSHA Region 8 Radiation-exposure Radio Frequency RF Radiation Safety-measures Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE8097713
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Loveland (CO) ; OSHA Region 8
• 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
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Gunter, Bobby J. ; Whitlock, Monica
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00102821
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-167884
• 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 80-97-713, 1980 Jul ; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3825 - Instruments to measure electricity - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3092f1c556f23e75f6613d34d5c93d7ecbbfc53c6c9a180dd3a75f558e5ce895a5a0aede185388e0eeceaa6d670f0fd4d301c4dcedd743067464cc58c34bce4a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173545/cdc_173545_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.38 MB ]