HAVS prevention

According to vibration safety expert
Reactec, many businesses
throughout the UK are still choosing
to simply tick boxes when it comes
to meeting safety responsibilities,
rather than making a firm
commitment to protect their staff
from injuries such as Hand Arm
Vibration Syndrome (HAVS).

Under guidelines set out by the
HSE, UK firms are required to keep
their staff within acceptable vibration
exposure limits when they use power
tools or other vibrating equipment,
or else face heavy fines for failing to
comply with the legislation.

Reactec, which produces the
HAVmeter safety system, believes
that using technology to
continuously monitor an employee’s
exposure to vibration is the only way
to ensure they remain safe in the
workplace – and is urging employers
to implement rigid safety systems in
order to meet their corporate
responsibility targets.