HAVS News

It is with pleasure and excitement that we introduce Vickie Slaney, our new Business Development Manager at HAVSPRO.   Vickie, brings a wealth of experience in the world of business and a skill set perfectly tailored to our vision and objectives. With an impressive background spanning over 20 years in business

As you know HAVS, Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome, a painful, debilitating, and serious condition that’s permanent once it develops. The symptom progression can be subtle and gradual, it is therefore imperative that the operators are aware of the condition symptoms as it can be difficult to detect until it’s too

There is a common assumption that battery powered tools emit lower vibration levels than traditionally-powered tools. And you can see why – less moving parts to generate power suggests lower vibrations, but is this assumption correct? We take a look at the findings of the recently published HSEs study: Hand-arm

Under the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations all employers must be reducing the risk of HAVS for their employees. This means the risk from vibration needs to be assessed and control measures put in place to ensure over-exposure doesn’t occur. For more information on vibration risk assessment, download our

SIXIS Technology are showcasing their unique HAVS risk management solution, HAVSPRO, on stand 3/J50, with on-tool demonstrations of its capabilities at The Health & Safety Event at the NEC, 25th –27th April. The unique, proactive solution for the continuous measuring and monitoring of vibration exposure The ground-breaking solution for the

The Health & Safety Executive enforce the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005, which aims to protect against hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and whole-body vibration health conditions. As a business or organisation who uses vibrating tools or equipment, you are legally required to manage the risk posed by

When conducting your HAVS risk assessments, there are 2 main pieces of information that are used to assess risk: vibration magnitude and exposure time. Typically, there are two types of vibration magnitude data that can be used; assumed data or continuously measured and monitored data. The issue of using assumed

In November 2022, the HSE released the first complete set of health and safety statistics since the pandemic. Included was a full breakdown of the latest HAVS statistics which tell a story of significant concern. For a full breakdown of these statistics, they can be found on the HSE website,

“Prevention is better than cure” or in this case (as cure is not possible with HAVS) it should be “prevention is better than (legal) defence. This is what a proactive HAVS risk management strategy does but what does it entail? And what is a reactive HAVS management strategy? Let’s take