Industrial hygiene walk-through survey report on rf radiation exposures from heat sealers at Standard Plastic Products, Inc., South Plainfield, New Jersey.

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• Personal Author:
  Cox, Clinton ; Egan B ; Herrick B ; Murray B
• Description:
  Worker exposures to radiofrequency (RF) radiation were determined at Standard Plastic Products, Incorporated (SIC-3079) in South Plainfield, New Jersey, on November 29, 1978. The company was under consideration for inclusion in a NIOSH study of the health effects of occupational RF exposure. Approximately 15 of the employees at the facility were assigned to the heat sealing operations that were surveyed. The company had a medical and safety program. Medical services were provided by a registered nurse, two doctors, and trained first aid personnel. An industrial hygiene program was administered on a consultant basis by an insurance company. Personnel records provided demographic information, department assignments, and absence reports. All three heat sealers evaluated exceeded existing electric field strength guidelines of 200 volts per meter. The authors conclude that this workforce should be considered for inclusion in the RF radiation hazard survey. They recommend that shields be added to the heat sealing presses to reduce worker exposures to RF radiation. [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-2; 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:
  New Jersey ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; 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:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00110953
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82216250
• 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 88-13, 1979 Jun; :1-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3079 - Miscellaneous Plastics 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/233285/cdc_233285_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]