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Area of exposure | Sensory effect ELVs –magnetic flux density (B0) [T] |
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Head and Trunk | 2 |
Limbs | 8 |
Health effect ELV –magnetic flux density (B0) [T] | |
Any part of the body | 8 |
NOTE
The sensory effect ELVs may be exceeded during a worker’s shift where the employer ensures that—
(a)they are only exceeded temporarily;
(b)protection measures have been adopted which minimise, so far as is reasonably practicable, the sensory effects related to movement in static magnetic fields, including nausea and vertigo;
(c)adequate information is provided to the worker on the possibility of those sensory effects; and
(d)where any of those sensory effects are reported to the employer, the exposure assessment under regulation 6 and the protection measures are updated where necessary.
Frequency range | Health effect ELVs – internal electric field strength (E) [Vm-1] |
---|---|
1 Hz ≤ f < 3 kHz | 1.1 |
3 kHZ ≤ f ≤ 10 MHz | 3.8 × 10-4 f |
NOTES
1. The ELVs are limits for electric fields induced in the body from exposure to time-varying electric and magnetic fields.
2. The ELVs are spatial peak values in the entire body of the worker.
3. Note 2 to Table AL1 applies in relation to methods of determining exposure.
Frequency range | Sensory effect ELVs- internal electric field strength (E) [Vm-1] |
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1 ≤ f < 10 Hz | 0.7/f |
10 ≤ f < 25 Hz | 0.07 |
25 ≤ f ≤ 400 Hz | 0.0028 f |
NOTES
1. The ELVs are spatial peak values induced in the head of the exposed worker, and can arise from exposure to either external electric or external magnetic fields.
2. The ELVs may be exceeded during a worker’s shift where the employer ensures that—
(a)they are only exceeded temporarily;
(b)hazardous spark discharges and contact currents in excess of those in Table AL5 are prevented through the provision of information and training under regulation 19 and the use of suitable technical and personal protection measures;
(c)adequate information is provided to the worker on the possibility of sensory effects related to time-varying magnetic fields, including retinal phosphenes; and
(d)where any of those sensory effects are reported to the employer, the risk assessment is updated where necessary.
3. Note 2 to Table AL1 applies in relation to methods of determining exposure.
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