VDU Assessments

VDU Assessments

In today’s highly legislated business environment, VDU and ergonomic assessments are becoming increasingly important. Employee health and safety in the working environment should be of prime importance to any Irish business. Olive Safety’s VDU Assessments are designed to meet the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2007 (& subsequent amendments) that are relevant to Visual Display Units (VDUs) in the workplace. Our assessments ensure that all employees work in a safe and healthy business environment.

Under recent legislation, all employers are required to undertake Risk Assessments on all VDU workstations and work environments to assess the possible risk of injury to employees and minimize these risks to reduce these risks to the lowest practicable level or eliminate them altogether. Employers must particular attention to eyesight, physical difficulties and mental stress and put in the precautions control any risks identified.

Assessment of VDU workstation:
Olive Safety provide a VDU assessment service to all employers which is in line with current legislation. This process involves an Olive safety consultant visiting an employers premises to carry out the VDU risk assessment. Each workstation is individually assessed to take into account the ergonomic hazards and also includes and specialized lighting test. A full report is then written for the employer recommending the necessary changes that need to be made to bring the employer in line with current legislation and VDU regulations

Assessment Objectives:
Olive Safety’s VDU Assessment Programme is designed to meet the requirements of the Safety Health and Welfare (General Applications) Regulations, 1993 that apply to VDU Assessment in the workplace. The legislation covering VDU workstations in the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2007 will also be covered throughout the assessment.

The Following is a list of what will be covered in the assessment programme

• Legal requirements of VDU workplaces
• The ergonomic factors of a workstation
• The hazards and risks surrounding a workstation
• What a workstation risk assessment involves
• General hazards that are commonplace in the office
• Postural and manual handling techniques which lower the risk of accident or injury
• Full Lux monitoring carried out for lighting levels on workstation.

Olive Safety’s VDU assessment allows the active participation of employees and helps them to understand the basics of VDU assessments. We also provide our clients with a checklist which helps them monitor and assess the workstation on a day to day basis.

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