OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CASES – SWIMLINE CORPORATION
Authors not listed · 1977
Federal safety regulators were addressing workplace EMF concerns as early as 1977, highlighting decades-old recognition of occupational electromagnetic radiation risks.
Plain English Summary
This 1977 Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission case examined electromagnetic field and radiation safety concerns at Swimline Corporation. The case represents early workplace EMF safety enforcement, addressing potential worker exposures to electromagnetic radiation in an industrial setting.
Why This Matters
This case from 1977 represents a fascinating piece of EMF history - it shows that workplace electromagnetic radiation concerns were serious enough to reach federal safety enforcement nearly five decades ago. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission doesn't take cases lightly, which suggests Swimline Corporation faced significant EMF exposure issues that warranted government intervention. What makes this particularly relevant today is that workplace EMF exposures have only intensified with our digital transformation. While we don't have the specific details of Swimline's violations, this case demonstrates that EMF workplace safety has been on the regulatory radar for generations. The reality is that many modern workplaces now expose employees to far more diverse electromagnetic fields than existed in 1977 - from WiFi networks to wireless devices to industrial equipment - yet comprehensive EMF safety standards remain inconsistent across industries.
Exposure Details
- Power Density
- 0.8 mW/cm²
Exposure Context
This study used 0.8 mW/cm² for radio frequency:
- 80Mx above the Building Biology guideline of 0.1 μW/m²
- 1.3Mx above the BioInitiative Report recommendation of 0.0006 μW/cm²
Building Biology guidelines are practitioner-based limits from real-world assessments. BioInitiative Report recommendations are based on peer-reviewed science. Check Your Exposure to compare your own measurements.
Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
To study the effects of electromagnetic fields on calcium efflux from chicken cerebral tissue, particularly focusing on the role of extracellular electric gradients and calcium binding sites.
Experiments were conducted on isolated chicken cerebral tissue. The tissue was exposed to radiofrequ...
Electrical stimulation with radiofrequency fields amplitude-modulated at brain wave frequencies incr...
The results suggest that low-frequency, weak, extracellular electric gradients may be transduced in a specific class of extracellular negative binding sites normally occupied by Ca2+ and susceptible to competitive H+ binding. The response appears to be specific to a particular class of calcium sites in the extracellular loose structure of neuronal membranes.
Show BibTeX
@article{occupational_safety_and_health_cases_swimline_corporation_g50,
author = {Unknown},
title = {OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CASES – SWIMLINE CORPORATION},
year = {1977},
}