The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Electromagnetic Fields) Regulations 2016

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3.  The ALs represent the maximum field values at any place where a worker may be working, before the entry of any person into the field. In the case of an electromagnetic field source in the immediate vicinity of the body, compliance with the ELVs must be determined dosimetrically on a case by case basis.U.K.

Table AL2 – ALs for exposure to electromagnetic fields from 1 Hz to 10MHz
Frequency RangeMagnetic flux density Low ALs (B) [µT]Magnetic flux density High ALs (B) [µT]Magnetic flux density ALs for exposure of limbs to a localised magnetic field (B) [µT]
1 ≤ f < 8 Hz2.0 × 105/f23.0 × 105/f9.0 × 105/f
8 ≤ f < 25 Hz2.5 × 104/f3.0 × 105/f9.0 × 105/f
25 ≤ f < 300 Hz1.0 × 1033.0 × 105/f9.0 × 105/f
300 Hz ≤ f < 3 kHz3.0 × 105/f3.0 × 105/f9.0 × 105/f
3 kHz ≤ f ≤ 10 MHz1.0 × 1021.0 × 1023.0 × 102
Exposure levels not exceeding the ALs will be compliant with:At and below 400 Hz: the sensory effect ELVs in Table ELV3The health effect ELVs in Table ELV2
Above 400 Hz: the health effect ELVs in Table ELV2

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