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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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