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.