Directive 2002/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2002/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (vibration) (sixteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)

Article 3U.K.Exposure limit values and action values

1.For hand-arm vibration:

(a)the daily exposure limit value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 5 m/s2;

(b)the daily exposure action value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 2,5 m/s2.

Workers' exposure to hand-arm vibration shall be assessed or measured on the basis of the provisions of Point 1 of Part A of the Annex.

2.For whole-body vibration:

(a)the daily exposure limit value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 1,15 m/s2 or, at the choice of the Member State concerned, a vibration dose value of 21 m/s1,75;

(b)the daily exposure action value standardised to an eight-hour reference period shall be 0,5 m/s2 or, at the choice of the Member State concerned, a vibration dose value of 9,1 m/s1,75.

Workers' exposure to whole-body vibration shall be assessed or measured on the basis of the provisions of Point 1 of Part B of the Annex.