OPTICAL RADIATION PROTECTION
December 1st, 2004
BY ALAN OSBORNNEW regulations aimed at safeguarding steelworkers, among others, from the harmful effects of optical radiation have been approved in principle by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers and will become law once the European Parliament has completed a second reading. Employers will then be obliged to protect workers from the acute and long-term effects on eyes and skin caused by fierce light such as that emitted by lasers and molten metal."This will be a burden for all employers but probably the largest number of workers affected are in the ...
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