Review of necessary risk assessment equipment for prevention of hand-arm vibration syndrome

The EU Directive 2002/44/EC1 of the Physical Agent Directive (Vibration) defined three things to employers. For preventing hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) among workers, employers must take the following measures: ① choose appropriate working equipment producing the least possible vibration, ②assess probable magnitude of the vibration, based on the daily exposure value normalized to an eight-hour reference period A(8), and ③if possible, measure the levels of mechanical vibration to which workers are exposed at the worksite, to assess whether the health and safety risk of each worker is ensured. For preventing HAVS, the A (8) is considering the introduction of risk assessment as following steps