HAVSPRO

The HAVSPRO enables us to easily monitor operator exposure to vibration on a daily, tool by tool basis and better places us to introduce new control measures to reduce exposure to our staff. We have found the devices not only assist us in reviewing performance but can provide us with information on specific pieces of equipment, the actual vibration being produced by different equipment which, is not always as the manufacturer has specified, inform us on how we can tool rotate, or whether a piece of equipment is defective and producing excessive vibration which, again results in how we complete tasks.

The biggest problem we had was ensuring that the exposure is estimated correctly as it is sometimes very difficult to understand, prior to project start, how long it will take to do a certain task (i.e. using a chain saw for devegetation or a breaker / grinder for concrete repairs). The condition of the tool also plays a big part in understanding the actual level of vibration our personnel can be exposed to. In certain cases, we found it hard to rely on average data from standard magnitude libraries, or be confident that trigger time is being recorded correctly. We needed certainty to keep our staff safe, and to make the rest of our control measures, and strategies, effective.

“We chose to implement the HAVSPRO system because it is easy to implement on the tools and into our business as a whole. Another significant advantage of the HAVSPRO system is that it is so convenient for our operatives to use on a daily basis. The sensors are non-intrusive and don’t interfere with the operation of the tool. Users are happy to click their sensors on and off the tools as they use them because it is such a simple thing to do.”