Walk-through survey report on industrial hygiene and epidemiologic evaluation of potential cohort exposed to RF radiation from dielectric heat sealers at Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Mountain Home, Arkansas.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Cox, Clinton ; Leet T
• Description:
  Worker exposures to radiofrequency (RF) radiation were determined at Travenol Laboratories, Inc. (SIC-3079) in Mountain Home, Arkansas on February 17, 1981. The company was under consideration for inclusion in a NIOSH study of health effects of occupational RF exposure. Approximately 300 of the employees at the facility were assigned to the heat sealing operations that were surveyed. A formal industrial hygiene program was in effect and a safety program is administered by the safety coordinator. Personnel and medical records have been maintained for all employees since the factory began production. One of the six heat sealers generated a magnetic field in excess of 0.5 amps per meter and none exceeded electric field strength guidelines of 200 volts per meter. The authors conclude that this population should not be selected as a study cohort since most of the electric and magnetic field strengths are less than 30 percent of current OSHA standards. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Preceptorship Radiation Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-6; Health-surveys; Radiation-exposure; Industrial-hygiene
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  1-17
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00121695
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88249339
• 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, IWS 88-35, 1981 Feb; :1-17
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• 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/233289/cdc_233289_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]