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Worker handed £10,000 for HAVS
Sasha Wood | News | HSP | 17.11.2008
HAVS forces 25-year-old out of job
Jocelyn Dorrell | News | HSP | 06.10.2008
Firm ignored vibration symptoms
Prosecutions and Claims | 08.08.2008
Lighter regulation questions
News | HSW | 12.12.2007
Using 'body mapping' to flag workers' ill health
Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007
The technique of 'body mapping' was developed in the 1970s at Nottingham University to encourage workers to report ill-health symptoms. The employee-centred approach aids locating workplace health hazards and flagging up workers' health problems, especially musculoskeletal disorders, as Jocelyn Dorrell reports.
Vibration limits take effect
News | HSW | 12.08.2007
Manufacturers' organisation EEF has reminded employers that reduced limits on exposure to vibration came into force for the use of new equipment on 6 July.
Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005
Legislation | 17.05.2007
Health and Safety at Work, etc Act 1974
Legislation | 17.05.2007
Health review
News | HSW | 01.05.2007
Vibration claim costs council £42,000
Prosecutions and Claims | 01.04.2007
Regulations require checks for ill health in staff
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 01.10.2006
Regulations increasingly require businesses to check staff for signs of ill health. Lucie Ponting reports how surveillance to find the early signs of work-related ill health range from simple self-assessment, through to checks by occupational health professionals.
Noise and vibration roadshows
News | HSW | 01.06.2006
Site specifics: vibration
Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006
The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 implement the requirements of European Directive 2002/44/EC on workers' exposure to vibration-related risks. Bridget Leathley trawls the web for the best sources of information and guidance on hand/arm and whole-body vibration.
Reducing vibration
Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.07.2005
Hand-arm vibration causes the most common industrial injuries in the UK, ergonomist Duncan Abbott tells us how to prevent them by changing equipment and systems of work
Benefits and limitations of PPE
Rebecca Bunn | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
Rebecca Bunn finds out about the benefits and limitations of using PPE to control exposure to physical hazards
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