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Title: Display Screen Equipment Safety Briefing


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Display Screen EquipmentSafety Briefing
  • HAZARDS are not widely appreciated
  • Musculoskeletal problems
  • Upper Limb pains and discomfort (RSI)
  • Back , neck shoulder aches and pains
  • Eye and Eyesight effects
  • Fatigue and Stress
  • Electromagnetic Radiation ??
  • RISKS relate to
  • Duration frequency of use
  • User practice
  • Equipment design
  • HEALTH PROBLEMS caused by long term use
  • are REAL

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Rights and Responsibilities
  • Rights of Users
  • Properly equipped workstation
  • Training
  • Eye tests
  • Contribution from employer to the cost of
    corrective eyewear for work related to use of DSE
  • Responsibility
  • To operate responsibly, making proper use of
    equipment
  • To report problems

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Are you a USER ?
  • Display Screen Equipment regulations
  • Average use more than 2 hours a day
  • Single periods of intensive use
  • (exceeding 1 hour duration)
  • School interpretation
  • It is your main task and requires extended
  • periods of intensive continuous use
  • e.g. Theory/Astronomy/MRI

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Assessments
  • Self assessment forms on web to be completed and
    sent to
  • Chris Pateman Safety Technician
  • B222 x15182
  • Christopher.Pateman _at_nottingham.ac.uk
  • Recommendations
  • Costs met by individual groups
  • Eye tests
  • Forms from Chris Pateman
  • Performed by Occupational Health
  • More information
  • University safety office website
  • www.nottingham.ac.uk/safety/ under policy and
    guidance
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