Exposure Assessment and Engineering Control Strategies for RF Fields

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• Personal Author:
  Cardarelli, John J. II ; Conover, David L. ; Kardous C ; Lotz, W. Gregory
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted an investigation at a fluorescent lamp manufacturing facility as aprt of the Health Hazard Evaluation Program. This facility produces fluorescent lamps of various sizes and wattages that are used throughout the world for standard illumination. One objective of the investigation was to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and recommend control measures for worker (occupational) exposure to 27.12 MHz radio frequency (RF) fields. RF antennas are used to perform quality control by igniting the fluorescent lamps during various steps in the production process. Worker RF exposures were assessed at the facility by traditional electric and magnetic field measurements and state-of-the-art body current measurement techniques. Body current measurement technology is based on the principle that when RF energy is absorbed, RF currents are induced in the body. Wrist and ankle currents (induced and contact) were measured during normal work tasks under four exposure scenarios. The purpose was to assess the engineering control implemented by the company and develop insight into improved control designs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Engineering-controls Exposure-levels Health-hazards Occupational-exposure Workers
• Publisher:
  American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022318
• Citation:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 1-6, 2002, San Diego, California. Fairfax, VA: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2002 Jun; :4-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 1-6, 2002, San Diego, California
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0573d11864613b47ca2596839e8339d389ed20e95c6ac67abb61e0fff7e08e216701d360cb1c8a046c11a187fe9908fcbacbb92ec895d2f47cd717feb240f87e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199131/cdc_199131_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 678.88 KB ]