The regulation imposes specific requirements:
- reduce exposure to a minimum
- provide information and training
- assess exposure levels
- carry out a programme of measures to reduce exposure and provide appropriate health surveillance when exposure reaches the exposure action value
- keep exposure below the exposure limit value
- Hand-arm exposure values:
- Action value: 2.5 m/sē A(8)
- Limit value: 5.0 m/sē A(8)
- Whole-body exposure values:
- Action value: 0.5 m/sē A(8)
- Limit value: 1.15 m/sē A(8) )
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