It appears that both the HSE and DWP have been silent about The Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations 2016 that came into force on 1st July 2016. I wonder how many of us know about this and also, whether it matters or not due to Brexit. My professional view is that until UK Parliament formally either removes/amends the EU originating regulations, we should not ignore it--not that the implementation of the Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations 2016 will be a priority for the HSE. However, those of us who have OHASA 18001 /Equivalent have to recognise that Regulatory Compliance is a requirement http://www.legislation.g...i/2016/588/contents/made http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg281.pdf

Agree with Kate, hardly a show stopper in the wider context.

We have some processes that we will need to show (for the aforementioned 18001 accreditation) that we have risk assessed; we are proposing to use some readily available assessment software (at a cost) that has been created specifically for this we will then be able to make a judgement call as to whether we then go the whole hog and get the actual readings from the equipment where risk is high. I attended an HSE run event a few years ago and the only risk that I was made aware of from exposure to EMF was the potential for a person to experience 'flashing lights' in their eyes for the duration of their exposure; given that our welding processes have an EMF generating current generally for less than a second we don't see this as an issue. The main concern I think was a secondary problem - eg fall from height as opposed to the 'flashing lights' which incidentally no other members in the conference owned up to ever having an employee claim to have suffered from the 'flashing lights'. As Kate says the HSE were very lukewarm about the whole thing and have almost IMHO left it to industry to generate the legislation as they were not sure (no real technical experts?) about what to do with the directive - I could have suggested somewhere to put it :-)

Anyone looked at the significance of this regarding Welding I am advising there isnt any really, but certain folks are demanding i back up my opinions with evidence.

Thanks Chris Useful

It hasn't been ignored by the HSE. I am on the British Plastics Federation's Industrial H&S Committee and this has been a subject of interest there due to high frequency plastic welding techniques. Admittedly these machines would not trouble the scorers with regard to the fields generated by those processes, but nevertheless it has been made known to those industries that could be affected,

EMF Regs? Unbelievable! Think about it - it's quite subtle! If you can't make it informative, make it entertaining! ;-)

Or the 'ABC' Regs? Which have a look of love about them? I'll get my coat. S

Apparently there are plans for the XTC regs - Nigel has them?

This is all Madness. It's not even Friday yet.....!

I wouldn't trust Nigel's plans. He thought there was a future in a British Steel.

AC/DC regs - mmm seems like a touch to much

Perhaps some Led might protect you from this, & ending up on the Stairway to Heaven?... ]:)