Vibration

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a property management organisation after five employees developed hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). 

A Devon-based firm that provides services in rock drilling, cliff stabilisation and rock anchors has been fined after three workers were diagnosed with hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS).

Three specialists outline five key lessons that OSH professionals can consider in their work.

Game-changing technology from Curotec makes continual monitoring of workplace vibration a practical reality – giving employers a powerful new tool for managing the risk of Hand-Arm Vibration and Whole Body Vibration.

 Safety & Health Expo is delighted to present its line-up of inspirational speakers set to entertain and inform at ExCeL London next week, on 18-20 June.

Following research with over 200 businesses, Reactec – the award-winning UK market leader in the provision of monitoring technology for hand-arm vibration (HAV*) risk – has this month launched a new multi-purpose device called RASOR which creates a connected worker environment with Reactec’s on-line Analytics and supports lone workers.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has backed the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA) interpretation of the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 and its associated guidance in a dispute between a manufacturer of monitoring kit and a consultancy.

Industrial distribution giant Hayley Group has appointed Curotec as its official partner for hand-arm vibration management and monitoring solutions.

A train refurbishment company that exposed its workers to “uncontrolled and unrestrained” vibration from handheld power tools at its site in Tamworth, Staffordshire, has been fined.

A housing association has been sentenced over its failure to manage employees’ exposure to vibration after one worker contracted hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS).