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Physical agent
Domain: Health and safety at work => Risk factors
Grammatical category: 
Noun phrase
Grammar notes: 
Countable
Definition: 
A common term including hazardous agents such as noise, mechanical vibrations, ionising and non-ionising radiation, heat/cold, electromagnetic fields, and electrostatic discharges.
Definition source: 
EU "Exposure to physical agents" (http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/cha/c11139.htm)
European legislation: 
Directives 89/391/EEC, 2003/10/EC, 2002/44/EC
British legislation: 
The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005; The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005; The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999
Contains: 
Radiation, Mechanical vibration, Noise
Contained in: 
Agent
Related terms: 
Chemical agent, Biological agent
Concept diagram: 
6.3 Agents
It: 
= Agente fisico
Fr: 
= Agent physique
De: 
= Physikalische Einwirkung
 
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