THE CONTROL OF VIBRATION AT WORK REGULATIONS 2005 FROM AN HSE INSPECTOR'S PERSPECTIVE

摘要

The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations will come into force from 6 July 2005 to implement in the UK, the harmonized European requirements set out in EU Directive 2002/44/EC concerning control of risks from vibration in the workplace. The aim is to protect citizens from harm caused by excessive occupational exposure to hand-arm or whole-body vibration. The Regulations will be used in place of earlier general legislation to underpin HSE's advice on good practice to manage risks from vibration. The principles of the approach are unchanged but there are new specific legal requirements. These new Regulations do not place duties on suppliers, etc. of workplace machinery but do draw on expectations for vibration set out in earlier Regulations as amended implementing European requirements set out in Directive 98/37/EC concerning the approximation of laws relating to machinery (the Machinery Directive).