New vibration legislation
UK supplier of maintenance,
repair and overhaul products
and services, Brammer is
warning about the need to
limit employees’ exposure to
hand-arm vibration caused by
older equipment, in the light of
new legislation.
UK supplier of maintenance,
repair and overhaul products
and services, Brammer is
warning about the need to
limit employees’ exposure to
hand-arm vibration caused by
older equipment, in the light of
new legislation.
The Control of Vibration at
Work Regulations 2005 require
employers to ensure their staff
are not exposed to a daily
‘exposure action value’ above
2.5m/s2 or an overall exposure
limit value of 5m/s2.
Equipment purchased since
that date must already comply
with these limits – however, for
equipment purchased before 6
July 2007, the new regulations
take effect from 6 July 2010
