Regulation 8 Risk assessment

(1)

The employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to employees arising from their exposure to electromagnetic fields.

(2)

The risk assessment shall include consideration of, where relevant—

(a)

the ALs and ELVs;

(b)

the frequency range, level, duration and type of exposure, including its distribution over the employee’s body and the workplace;

(c)

direct biophysical effects;

(d)

replacement equipment designed to reduce the level of exposure;

(e)

information obtained from any health surveillance or medical examinations provided under regulation 11;

(f)

information provided by the manufacturer or distributor of equipment;

(g)

multiple sources of exposure;

(h)

simultaneous exposure to multiple frequency fields;

(i)

indirect effects;

(j)

any effects on employees at particular risk; and

(k)

other health and safety related information.

(3)

The risks referred to in paragraph (1) do not include the risk of effects—

(a)

caused by contact with live conductors;

(b)

caused by multiple and separate instances of exposure; or

(c)

which continue to develop when exposure has ceased.

(4)

The employer shall review the assessment when—

(a)

there is reason to suspect it is no longer valid; or

(b)

there has been a significant change in the matters to which it relates,

and make such changes to it as are necessary to ensure it remains suitable and sufficient.