Hand arm vibration publications
Guidance on the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 is provided in:
- Control the risks from hand-arm vibration INDG175(rev2) Advice for employers.
Please be aware: Please refer to page 6, 'Estimating exposure,' second paragraph -
"However, if the only information available to you is the vibration emission declared in the equipment’s handbook, it may be safer to double this figure before using it for estimating daily exposures." - Due to the implementation (29/12/2009) of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, it is no longer necessary to consider doubling the vibration emission declared in the equipment's handbook, when estimating daily HAV exposure.
- Hand-arm vibration - Advice for employees (INDG296)
and in HSE's priced book:
- Hand-arm vibration – The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 (L140) (ISBN 0-7176-6125-3) available from HSE Books or from bookshops, priced £13.95.
Solutions
- 'Vibration solutions:practical ways to reduce the risk of hand-arm vibration injury' (HSG170 (ISBN 0-7176 0954-5) available from HSE Books, priced £13.75.
Good practice vibration solutions. A book of 51 case studies on how vibration problems were tackled in a range of industries.
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