Average daily mean exposure to magnetic fields (along with minimum and maximum exposure) according to expert assessment
| Occupational group | Number of occupational phases | Number of working years | BAuA expert rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median of exposure to MF (μT) | Min (μT) | Max (μT) | |||
| BAuA, German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; max, maximum; min, minimum. | |||||
| *Unskilled workers who performed various—mostly short-term—jobs (eg, factory work, assembly-line work, home help). | |||||
| White-collar workers | 774 | 8232 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 5.50 |
| Agricultural, animal husbandry and forestry workers | 43 | 454 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
| Miners | 2 | 5 | 0.33 | 0.05 | 0.60 |
| Chemistry and plastics workers | 3 | 32 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Manufacturers of paper and paper products; printers | 18 | 214 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
| Woodworkers | 1 | 2 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Metal processors, blacksmiths | 12 | 143 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 55.00 |
| Metal workers (machinery fitters, machine assemblers, mechanics, manufacturers of precision instruments; plumbers, welders, sheet metal and structural metal preparers and erectors) | 47 | 430 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 5.50 |
| Electrical and electronics workers | 15 | 194 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 55.00 |
| Fitters | 4 | 39 | 0.60 | 0.15 | 5.50 |
| Spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers; tailors, dressmakers | 85 | 772 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
| Tanners, fellmongers, pelt dressers; shoemakers and leather goods makers | 14 | 205 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.60 |
| Food and beverage processors; tobacco product makers | 32 | 271 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
| Construction workers (structural engineers, civil engineers) | 12 | 103 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
| Plasterers, insulators, glaziers, terrazzo workers, construction carpenters, roofers, upholsterers | 9 | 211 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Woodworkers and plastic workers (carpenters, cabinet makers, wooden or plastic models makers, wood-frame construction) | 17 | 137 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.60 |
| Painters, lacquerers | 2 | 30 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Quality checkers | 4 | 64 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Labourers* | 14 | 183 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.60 |
| Machinists | 3 | 55 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.60 |
| Technicians (engineers, architects, chemists, physicists, electrical engineering technicians) | 35 | 522 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 5.50 |
| Other workers | 2 | 21 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 |