📋 Tender Overview
Workers may be exposed to electromagnetic fields EMF Electromagnetic Fields are exposed. There have been new technological developments in the past ten years. For example in wireless communication energy generation or transport. As a result exposure to EMF during work may have changed. RIVM has listed these developments. It is important that employers include these developments in their companys occupational health and safety policy.Overview of technological developmentsIn recent years new developments have increased the diversity of EMV . sources Electromagnetic Fieldsgrown in the workplace. Think of the energy sector and welding where more and more inverters are in use. Or the transport sector where electric driving and radar detection are introduced. The type of EMF sources to which workers are exposed may change as a result. Employers must also ensure that the legal limit values are not exceeded for the new EMF sources.Attention to safety in the workplaceWith this overview RIVM once again draws attention to exposure to EMF in the workplace. It is important that employers include new sources of EMF in the risk inventory and evaluation RIE Risk assessment and evaluation of their company. Policymakers can use this overview to determine whether it is necessary to adjust information about sources of EMF.
