Risk Assessments are like many things in life, the more you put in the more (protection) you get out. How do your risk assessments look with regards to vibration? Are they generic, or are they fit for their specific purpose?
Risk of assessments help you decide what to do to ensure the health and safety of your employees.
The HSE state that your risk assessment should:
- Identify where there might be a risk from vibration and who is likely to be affected;
- Contain a reasonable estimate of your employees’ exposures, and;
- Identify what you need to do to comply with the law i.e. whether vibration control measures are needed, and, if so, where and what type; and
- Identify any employees who need to be provided with health surveillance and whether any are at particular risk.
You must record the findings of your risk assessments. Additionally, you need to record in an action plan, anything you identify as being necessary to comply with the law, setting out what you have done and what you are going to do, with a timetable and saying who will be responsible for the work.
HAVSPRO allows managers to see the vibration exact exposure values, which tools are being used, record which consumables are being used, record actions taken and, importantly, identify exactly where the vibration is coming from.
Following the identification of where the vibration is coming from, you can plan the work around facts from accurate data created during the ongoing use of the HAVSPRO system. This in turn, will provide enough accurate data to create a risk assessment and a method statement which protects both your business and employees.
