This Marine Guidance Note provides guidance on the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Artificial Optical Radiation) Regulations 2010. Artificial optical radiation originates from a very wide range of sources from normal indoor lighting to flood lights, lights on control panels as well as infra-red and ultra violet radiation including that resulting from welding. Risks arising from exposure to harmful levels of artificial optical radiation can range from burns to the eyes or skin up to retinal damage and even skin cancer.
The artificial optical radiation regulations implement Directive 2006/25/EC on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to artificial optical radiation at work and form part of the UK’s retained law. All the obligations in the EU legislation mentioned in MGN 428 (M and F) Amendment 2, which have affect in the UK prior to the 1st January 2021, are retained in UK law, with any necessary modifications, after the end of the EU Exit implementation period.
Source: MCA.