Industrial hygiene walk-through survey report on rf radiation exposures from heat sealers at National Blank Book Company, Inc., Holyoke, Massachusetts.

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• Personal Author:
  Cox, Clinton ; Egan B ; Herrick B
• Description:
  Worker exposures to radiofrequency (RF) were determined at the National Blank Book Company, Incorporated (SIC-2648) in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on March 13, 1979. The company was under consideration for inclusion in a NIOSH study of the health effects of occupational RF exposure. Approximately 50 of the employees at the facility were assigned to the heat sealing operations that were surveyed. The company had no formal industrial hygiene program, but did maintain a safety program. Medical services were furnished by one physician, five nurses, and employees trained in first-aid. Personnel records provided demographic information and department assignments. None of the four heat sealing presses exceeded existing electric field strength guidelines of 200 volts per meter. Magnetic field strength levels were all below the 0.5 ampere per meter guideline. The authors conclude that the cohort identified at this facility could be used in the RF radiation hazard survey if combined with similar cohorts from similar facilities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Radiation Radio Waves Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-1; Health-surveys; Workplace-studies; Health-services; Industrial-processes; Control-methods; Occupational-health-programs; Radiofrequency-heating; Radiation-exposure; Radiation-hazards
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-14
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00110959
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82216284
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 88-25a, 1979 Sep; :1-14
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2648 - Stationery Products - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/233283/cdc_233283_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]