Walk-through survey report on RF radiation exposures from heat sealers at Georgia-Pacific Corporation, St. Genevieve, Missouri.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Cox, Clinton ; Herrich R ; Murray W ; Robinson C
• Description:
  Worker exposures to radiofrequency (RF) radiation were determined at the Georgia Pacific Corporation (SIC-3171) in St. Genevieve, Missouri, on August 29, 1979. The company was under consideration for inclusion in a NIOSH study of the health effects of occupational RF exposure. Approximately 48 of the employees at the facility were assigned to the heat sealing operations that were surveyed. The company had no formal industrial hygiene program, although it did maintain a safety program designed to comply with OSHA standards. Medical services were furnished by a local clinic and by workers trained in first aid. Personnel records provided demographic information and department assignments. One of the seven heat sealers tested exceeded existing electric field strength guidelines of 200 volts per meter. The authors conclude that this workforce is too small to allow a reproductive health effects study, however, the workforce could be combined with other RF exposed populations to establish a cohort for the NIOSH RF 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:
  Occupational Health Preceptorship Radiation Radio Waves Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-7; Radio-waves; Radiation-exposure; Worker-health
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00111094
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83104752
• 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 88-22, 1980 Feb; :1-16
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3171 - Women's handbags and purses - (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/233288/cdc_233288_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]