Free HSE webinar on vibration risk management this October
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is running a free webinar on vibration risk management in October, and it really is worth an hour of your time if you want to get to grips with what the regulations actually require.
The session runs on 21 October from 10.30am to 11.30am, hosted by HSE with Health and Safety Matters and covers:
- The requirements of the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005.
- What good vibration risk management looks like in practice.
- When monitoring and measurement are genuinely worth doing.
- How to build prevention-led control strategies.
There is a also a live Q&A with HSE specialists, and everyone attending gets a CPD certificate.
The webinar also aligns with guidance NASC issued earlier this year:SG11 Dust, Vibration and Noise. This expanded upon the previous version SG11 Noise to include the primary hazards and risks of dust and vibration.
SG11 is split into three sections, one for each hazard, setting out the risks and recommending practical ways to reduce them to as low as reasonably practicable. Unless properly controlled, exposure to dust, vibration and noise can cause health conditions that develop over many years, some of which may be permanent and irreversible.
On vibration specifically, scaffolders are typically at lower risk than other trades that use power tools continuously throughout the day. However, this is not a reason for complacency. Anyone using power tools regularly is at risk, and the damage from hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) is irreversible.
If vibration is an area you have never considered, the combination of SG11 and the HSE webinar is a straightforward way to fix that.
Sign up for the webinar by clicking here
SG11 is available to download by clicking here.
