scope:

This standard specifies procedures for the measurement and assessment of personal exposures to visible (VIS) and infrared (IR) radiation emitted by artificial sources, where adverse effects can not be readily excluded. This standard applies to VIS- and IR- exposures in indoor and outdoor workplaces. It does not apply to VISand IR-exposures in leisure time. This standard does not apply to VIS- and IR- exposures caused by the sun. This standard does not specify VIS- and IR- exposure limit values. It supports the application of limit values set by national regulations or international recommendations. This standard applies to VIS- and IR- exposures by artificial incoherent sources, which emit spectral lines as well as continuous spectra. This standard does not apply to coherent radiation sources. This standard applies to visible (VIS) and infrared (IR) radiation exposures in the wavelength band 380 nm to 3 µm. It also applies to radiation exposures which may present a blue light hazard in the wavelength band 300 nm to 700 nm. This standard does not apply to other effects of which the action spectra lie solely within the UV-region 180 nm to 400 nm. This standard does not apply to radiation emissions of products. This standard does not apply to heat stress, i.e. long term heating of the humans body with strain of the cardiac/circular system caused by climatic environmental conditions including VIS/IR radiation.