EMF Compliance Services

Power frequency (50 Hz) fields, or extremely low frequencies (ELF), can cause adverse health effects in workers such as headaches, dizziness, confusion and muscle twitching. They can also interfere with cardiac devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators. That is why EMF safety legislation has been introduced in the UK, to ensure that employers provide a safe working environment for their employees.

High frequency, or radiofrequency (RF) fields can present health hazards such as heatstroke, RF burns and hyperthermia in workers. These fields can also heat passive implants (plates, screws or rods in the body) or interfere with a worker’s cardiac device (pacemakers, heart pumps and defibrillators). Limits such as those presented in ICNIRP guidance and UK legislation are designed to prevent these adverse health effects from occurring in the workplace. 

ICNIRP advice and the UK’s EMF Regulations, based on this ICNIRP guidance, state EMF limits – below which adverse effects from EMF exposure will not occur. Employers in all sectors have a legal responsibility to assess employee electromagnetic field exposure. If levels are above EMF exposure limits, employers are required to limit workers exposure to these fields. By carrying out EMF detection activities, hazards can be assessed.

Compliance with the limits in ICNIRP guidance and Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work (CEMFAW) Regulations can be achieved by either measurement or calculation. We use calibrated, state-of-the-art measurement equipment that measures to the latest HSE guidance and Action Levels set out in their EMF Regulations. We use complex computational methods to calculate induced electric fields or SAR in the body, to compare with the Exposure Limit Values in the CEMFAW documentation. The EMF reports we produce following an assessment are in-depth, detailed documents containing information relating the legislation and guidance, methods used, a breakdown of results along with recommendations, action plans and mitigation measures. Our high-quality assessment reports are just one of the reasons why we are an award-winning EMF assessment organisation.

UK legislation states that electromagnetic radiation assessments, measurements and calculations should be planned and carried out by competent persons at regular intervals. EMFcomp Limited is made up of experienced radiation specialists who can carry out this electromagnetic field safety assessment for you, allowing your staff to get on with their day-to-day duties. We are Chartered Radiation Protection Professionals (CRadP) and have an excellent track record of helping companies, large or small, with EMF compliance.

Our company is the leading specialist in authoritative EMF safety advice, EMF detection, and services. In 2013, we co-wrote the European Commission’s Guide on EMF Safety, ‘The Practical Guide to the EMF Directive’, that contains ICNIRP limits and forms the basis for assessing compliance with ‘The Control of Electromagnetic Fields at Work Regulations 2016’. The advice, measurement and modelling services that we provide in electromagnetic safety are derived from our published scientific research.