New vibration legislation

UK supplier of maintenance,
repair and overhaul products
and services, Brammer is
warning about the need to
limit employees’ exposure to
hand-arm vibration caused by
older equipment, in the light of
new legislation.

The Control of Vibration at
Work Regulations 2005 require
employers to ensure their staff
are not exposed to a daily
‘exposure action value’ above
2.5m/s2 or an overall exposure
limit value of 5m/s2.

Equipment purchased since
that date must already comply
with these limits – however, for
equipment purchased before 6
July 2007, the new regulations
take effect from 6 July 2010