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Workstation assessments
If you have employees who regularly use display screens as a significant part of their work then you need to:
- analyse workstations, and assess and reduce risks;
- ensure workstations meet minimum requirements;
- plan VDU work so that staff have breaks or changes of activity;
- provide eye and eyesight tests for VDU users who request them, and provide spectacles if special ones are needed; and
- provide health and safety training and information for VDU users.
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Why use PHSC? |
Because we are the experts!
We wrote Croner's Display Screen Equipment and act for clients as expert witnesses on this topic.
Our consultants are highly experienced, and have carried out more than 10,000 individual workstation assessments between them
Our individual ergonomic assessments include the following:
- Consideration (and measurement if appropriate) of environmental characteristics (noise, lighting, temperature, humidity, space).
- An assessment of furniture, including chair, desk, footrest and any other working surfaces.
- Computer equipment including screen, CPU, printer, keyboard, mouse, and any other associated equipment in use.
During the course of the assessment the user will be interviewed to ascertain any existing problems or concerns. Training will be given in the method of adjustment of equipment and furniture in use.
We ensure that users are aware of the internal reporting procedures, should DSE-related problems arise. Your policy on eyesight testing will be explained to anyone who is unaware of this. The broad requirements of the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 as amended by the Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2002 will be covered.
Your general duty as an employer to give advice, information and training in the use of workstation equipment will be largely satisfied by these procedures.
At completion, an individual report sheet will be submitted to management relating to each workstation user. This will contain details of any remedial actions necessary in order to ensure that the workstation would comply with the Schedule to the Regulations. Where problems have been identified by the user, the assessor will attempt to recommend suitable remedial actions.
Contact us now to book your assessments or to find out more.
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