A new HAVS system accurately records and monitors exposure to hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and whole-body vibration (WBV) to protect the workforce.
The system sensors from Havspro are placed on the vibrating surfaces of tools to measure hand-arm, and whole-body, vibration. They detect when Health and Safety Executive (HSE) daily, or individual limits to exposure have been reached.
Live email or text alerts provide real-time warnings in cases of a breach so employers can take action.
Dover District Council one of the first to use it in its parks division measuring vibration from tools such as chain saws. But Havspro anticipates the system will also be used extensively in the construction sector.
Vibration information
Dover District Council parks and open spaces manager, Darran Solley, says the system helps in measuring performance. It also provides information on the actual vibration of different pieces of equipment, which is not always as the manufacturer has specified.
He added: “This informs us on how we can rotate tool usage, or whether a piece of equipment is defective and producing excessive vibration which, again, impacts on how we complete tasks.”
Solley added that the system supported business cases to procure new equipment to reduce or remove vibration exposure.
