Do you use computers or other display screen equipment?

• Do you or your staff regularly use display screens at work for a significant part of the day?
• Do you or your staff use a keyboard, mouse or another input device, eg a trackball?
• Have you or your staff complained of any discomfort or aches and pains?

You will need to:

• analyse workstations, and assess and reduce risks;
• ensure workstations meet minimum requirements;
• plan visual display unit (VDU) work so that staff have breaks or changes of activity;
• provide eye and eyesight tests for VDU users who request them and spectacles if required for VDU use;
• provide health and safety training and information for VDU users.

Further information:

• The law on VDUs. An easy guide.
  HSG90 ISBN 0 7176 2602 4 £8.50
  
  
• Working with VDUs PDF [658kb]
  INDG36(rev1) FREE (available in packs of 10 ISBN 0 7176 1504 9 £5.00)

To order any of these titles, call HSE Books on 01787 881165 or go to http://books.hse.gov.uk