Display Screen Equipment Risk Assessment
All employers with more than 5 staff are required by law (DSE Regulations 1992 as amended 2002) to undertake regular risk assessment of all employees who use display screen equipment (DSE) for a greater than an hour at a time during their working day.
Not only must they risk assess their environment, working habits and posture, but they must also provide suitable training and work place modification where necessary (such as where an employee has an underlying musculoskeletal injury).
Compliance with the relevant law is only one advantage of undertaking regular DSE risk assessments. Highlighting employees with an increased risk of musculoskeletal injury by carrying out a simple risk assessment can reduce the incidence of related absence significantly.
Workstrong offers a full DSE risk assessment service that is carried out for all employees by a Physiotherapist. Using our clinical and ergonomic experience we will analyse the overall risks that are present within your work force as well as discussing individual employees. We will offer recommendations for general reductions to risk such as modifications to working practice and we will make any specific ergonomic recommendations that are relevant for individuals. Any training needs will be discussed.
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