Equipment grounding affects contact current exposure: A case study of sewing machines

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 673-682

  Niple, John C ^a   Sahl, Jack D ^b   Kelsh, Michael A ^c   Kavet, Robert ^d  

^a Corporate Environment Health and Safety ^*  (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON   (United States)

^c EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^d ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact current; Electrical workers; Exposure assessment; Exposure guidelines; Sewing machines

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; GARMENT MANUFACTURE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; EQUIPMENT; REPAIR; SEWING MACHINES;

CONTACT CURRENTS; ELECTRICAL WORKERS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE GUIDELINES;

SEWING MACHINES; ELECTRIC GROUNDING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MACHINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

CLOTHING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GROUNDING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEWING;

CONTACT CURRENTS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL WORKERS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE GUIDELINES; GROUNDING CONNECTIONS;

EID: 27944471874     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mei031     Document Type: Article

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