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VDU Assessments - Your Duties
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Display Screen Equipment Regulations form part of 2007 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007.
Employees who spend significant amount of working time (more than 1 consecutive hour per day) at a computer workstation may be exposed to risks that could give rise to eye fatigue, soreness in limbs, back pain, etc.
Taking appropriate and timely actions can reduce consequences, such as absenteeism, fatigue, etc.
What should you do?
- All employers are legally required to examine all workstations in their workplace, in other words complete Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessments. These assessments were known as Visual Display Units (VDU) assessments. DSE=VDU. The following areas are covered during DSE/VDU assessment:
- Consultation with employee
- Observation of employee at his/her workstation
- Identification of hazards
- Implementation of corrective action
- Employers are also legally required to provide an option of free eye and eyesight test;
- Provide regular breaks;
- Maintain a minimum temperature of 17.5 C for sedentary office work.
Please Contact Us to see how AK Safety Management can help you with prevention of injuries associated with the use of workstations or for a quote for VDU/DSE assessments.