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What is Hand Arm Vibration (HAVS)?

There is no cure for HAVS, only prevention

2 million UK workers exposed to high levels*

300,000 suffering advanced stages*

You can develop HAVS within 6 months.

50% of all reported Occupational industrial diseases are HAVS related (HSE 2012)

*Medical Research Council

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Greater support of HSE guidance

Design and measure the effectiveness of controls

  • More accurate assessment of exposure.
  • Unique information to help deploy the most effective measure of controls
  • Helps educate and involve all duty holders.
  • Measure the effectiveness of controls to aid design changes.

 

The HAVWEAR monitors encourage operators to become pro-active, actively looking for tool/job rotation or better planning of shifts etc. Providing easier access to exposure reports helps increase awareness throughout a company of the measure of controls and activities to revise them. The reports also provide greater accuracy and insight to aid designing out exposure through work and tool planning.

Better protect workers from HAVS risks

Continuous monitoring for
continuous improvement

  • Greater accuracy of exposure monitoring.
  • Supports workers on reduced points.
  • Highlights increased exposure from poor tool use or performance.
  • Supervisor rapid intervention support with emailed reports & alerts

 

Any level of vibration exposure is unsafe so deploying controls as robustly as possible is essential. The Reactec Analytics Platform will support reduction activity to make what was once difficult or inaccurate, reasonable and practical.
 

Robust defence against litigation

Instant access to accurate, historical
& auditable data

  • Continuous monitoring provides conclusive exposure records.
  • Instant access to data reduces preparation time.
  • Reduced risk helps secure lowest insurance premiums.
Defending a HAVS related claim requires documentation of a claimant’s exposure based on historical tool usage and work history. Employers who have reduced exposure risk, as low as reasonably practical, can still find this process problematic due to lack of conclusive exposure records.
 

How it works

Fully automated tracking & reporting

  1. Tool operators attach the HAVWEAR to their wrist to calculate vibration exposure points.
  2. At the end of a shift placing a HAVWEAR onto a Docking station will transmit their data to the online Reactec reports website.
  3. Employees with access can view allocated reports from a team, project  to companywide reports 24/7.

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Everton Football Club - Richard Cairns, Health & Safety Manager

“Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome is not just a problem for people using industrial power tools in the construction or manufacturing sectors – it can affect anyone who regularly uses other vibrating equipment including mowers and strimmers. We have dozens of lawnmowers that are in daily use at Goodison Park and our training complex at Finch Farm, so we have to have a monitoring system that is simple and effective. “In the past we relied on timesheets and individual record-keeping to monitor vibration exposure, but the HAVmeter system is a far superior method of doing this. All of the information is collated by the devices and provides us with a comprehensive overview of how much exposure each member of staff is subjected to. If they reach the safe limit stipulated by the HSE, then they are alerted to the danger at once – meaning there is no chance of over-exposure. “However, it is not just a good tool for preventing injuries. The system allows us to generate reports about the vibration levels of our equipment, so we can identify which machines need to be replaced or upgraded. It’s a very versatile piece of kit that will continue to be hugely beneficial to our groundskeeping operations in the future.”