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  1. Display Screen Equipment: Revised HSE Guidance

    On 28 February 2003, the HSE launched its revised guidance on display screen equipment (DSE). The revision was prompted by amendments to the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992, but the HSE has exploited this opportunity to take into account changes in DSE technology and working practices. Both the guidance on the Regulations (L26) and the easy guide (HSG...

    News | 8 Apr 2003

  2. Work with display screen equipment: Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 as amended by the Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002

    ...ance on how to comply. Acknowledging prevalence of such screens in wider environments, it addresses both office and non-office usage with pertinent information on each main aspect of the Regulations with relevant extracts (full citation also included). Scoping the main health risks associated with display screen equipment (DSE) work – including musculoskeletal disorders, visual fatigue and mental stress – it provides solution-based advice on avoidance and best practice regarding treatment and rehabilitation where they exist. Common issues like training needs, analysis of workstation requirements and monitoring u...

    Official guidance | 1 Jan 2003

  3. The law on VDUs: An easy guide. Making sure your office complies with the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (as amended in 2002)

    Practical guide for compliance with Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992, in consideration of common workplace visual display units (VDUs), notably computer screens. Covering headline subjects such as preventing ill health caused by VDU use (e.g. upper limb disorders or RSI, backache, fatigue / stress and eye strain), the guide also offers checkpoint ...

    Official guidance | 1 Jan 2003

  4. Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992

    The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 came into force on 1 January 1993 and cover the minimum health and safety requirements for the use of display screen equipment (DSE). The Regulations define what is deemed to be DSE, who is deemed to be a 'user' or 'operator' and what a workstation comprises. The criteria for dete...

    Regulation | 1 Jan 1993

  5. Display Screen

    Nigel It is important to distinguish between symptoms that arise while working, and work that can cause harm in the short or long term. Suggesting that staring at a screen all day might cause fatigue would not surprise most individuals with an ounce of common sense, and it is no surprise that failing to use appropriate corrective glasses is likely to make the problem worse. We could argue that bricklayers are at risk of developing 'bricklaying fatigue' from that dre...

    Comment | 13 Jan 2009

  6. Court of appeal ruling on work equipment allowed

    Interesting if same argument applied to display screen equipment (DSE) where 50% report everything from mild discomfort to quite serious visual fatigue and other visual disorders potentially affecting their attention (vigilance) "foreseeability" is in little doubt............ Question is about how early does one need to report a problem ? How severe does t...

    Comment | 28 May 2008

  7. Screen fatigue: obligations to your employees

    ...ts (the ratio of ambient light to monitor light should be three to one) and minimise any glare or reflections. Keep blinking - when you concentrate on the screen for long periods your blink rate slows. The relevant regulations, that employers should be aware of, are the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992. Regulation 4, is concerned with the daily activities of users and states: 'Every employer shall so plan the activities of users at work in his undertaking that their daily work on display screen equipment is periodically interrupted by such breaks or changes of activity as redu...

    News | 2 Nov 2005

  8. Risk assessments

    ...nals have a health and safety managerial background and therefore recognise the importance of developing a risk assessment with specific and pragmatic solutions. Ability to deliver a comprehensive range of risk assessments to meet the requirements of specific specialist activities including:  display screen equipment; manual handling; fire; control of substances hazardous to health; provision and use of work equipment; personal protective equipment; design risk management, as required under CDM; lifting operations; young persons; and pregnant workers. As well as compliance with health and safet...

    Support | 10 Feb 2012

  9. DSE assessor training - DSE courses

    The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations came into force on 1 January 1993 (some minor changes were made in 2002) and seek to protect the health of workers by reducing risks from VDU work. Briefly, the Regulations require employers to: analyse workstations to assess and reduce risks; ensure workstations meet specified m...

    Course_code | 10 Feb 2012

  10. Home working rules relaxed

    ...ork or working with adhesives or soldering – will need much greater assessment of the risks involved. Here, any equipment supplied by the employer must be in good condition and properly maintained. Furthermore, correct personal protective equipment must be supplied if required. Where the use of display screen equipment is required, risk assessments will still be required for all home workers. Whilst there may be less interest from the regulators concerning home working, any prudent employer will still need to satisfy itself that the risk of the activity being carried out at home is ‘low’ in order to benefit ...

    News | 8 Feb 2012

  11. Light and lighting. Lighting of work places. Indoor work places

    ...illuminance on walls and ceilings Specification of cylindrical illuminance and detailed information on modelling Uniformity of illuminance is assigned to tasks and activities Definition of an illuminance grid is in accordance with EN 12464-2 New luminance limits are set for luminaires used with Display Screen equipment (DSE), the description of display screens is according ISO 9214-307. Adequate and appropriate lighting enables people to perform visual tasks efficiently and accurately. The degree of visibility and comfort required in a wide range of work places is governed by the type and duration of the activ...

    Official guidance | 30 Jun 2011

  12. Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill

    ...consist of office environments, and those companies that employ less than ten people. Are we really clear on what is a low risk environment? There is a difference between a small business and a low risk environment. In an office, the day to day tasks are going to be low risk ­ perhaps working with display screen equipment, slips and trips, the occasional working at height ­ but there are going to be office environments with hazards that require very careful management. Extending RIDDOR ­ massaging figures? Under RIDDOR, if an employee is off work for more than three days because of a work-related accident (includi...

    Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011

  13. Workplace Law welcomes Lord Young's review of health and safety

    ...consist of office environments, and those companies that employ less than ten people. Are we really clear on what is a low risk environment? There is a difference between a small business and a low risk environment. In an office, the day to day tasks are going to be low risk ­ perhaps working with display screen equipment, slips and trips, the occasional working at height ­ but there are going to be office environments with hazards that require very careful management." Kate Gardner: "There is an awful lot of misinterpretation and misunderstanding about what employers are required to do with workers who work from h...

    News analysis | 15 Nov 2010

  14. Safety reps deem stress most common work problem

    ...don and the South East. The TUC is also concerned by the increase in the proportion of reps saying that asbestos is a worry in their workplace, with almost one in ten (9%) saying this, compared with less than one in 20 (4%) in 2008. Another change in the findings of this year's survey is that display screen equipment (DSE) and repetitive strain injuries (RSI) present fewer concerns now than in 2008 – both were reported by 28% of reps now, compared to 41 and 40% previously. There are also significant falls in the proportion of safety reps saying that psychosocial hazards like working alone (down from 3...

    News | 28 Oct 2010

  15. 89% of employers failing to safeguard staff eye health

    ...128,740 hours staring at a screen during their working lifetime and 90% say they regularly suffer ‘screen fatigue’ – headaches, sore or tired eyes, impaired colour perception and blurred vision.   To combat the visual stress associated with prolonged screen use, the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations place a legal obligation on all employers to care for the eye health of staff who regularly use a VDU (computer screen) at work.  However, the ScreenSmart study found many employers (44%) fail to meet even the most basic element of the legislation such as providing regular sight t...

    News | 2 Jun 2010

  16. VDU workers

    ...en the new EU MSD Directive is published as it has been recognised that the EEC Manual Handling & DSE Directive 1990 let alone UK's version DSE Reg's 92 and revisions early 2000 have remained " ineffective " and has not reduced reported harm or injuries. Not surprising really as although it says Display Screen Equipment on the tin the focus of attention has been almost solely on the "workstation" and little or no attention has been given to the DSE nor interface between the screen and user operator - Doh All I know is that when put out for consultation there was a bit of resilience to the wording that included ...

    Comment | 7 Feb 2012

  17. Office workers urged to act on back pain

    ...all a bit of a vicious cycle difficult to break once established. Quality of life, work/life balance and any sense of wellbeing requires a greater degree of self-advocacy let alone legislation to reinforce the promoting of "effectiveness" in the implementation of any occ-health good practice. Display Screen Equipment is not a harmless, inorganic bit of inanimate workstation kit it is an "office machine" and the user "operator interface" requires optimisation and/or calibration as not all screens are equal and not all operators (58%+) can access data presented on screen with ease that's why it's called "Screen F...

    Comment | 15 Oct 2011

  18. The Diversity Dilemma

    ...ing company fined £2,000 for burning waste illegally on Bonfire Night. 16 LEGAL UPDATE October Common Commencement Date legislation; and a rise in the number of unfair dismissal claims. CoNTiNuiNG PRofEssioNAL DEVELoPmENT 30 BACK TO BASICS Kate Gardner and Bill Scholes consider the management of Display Screen Equipment in the workplace, with questions and answers compiled by Simon Toseland, Head of Health and Safety at Workplace Law. 40 CLINIC Workplace Law members ask the experts for advice on key management issues. 09 COMMENT Elizabeth Hyde argues the Cotswold Corporate Manslaughter case will be of little ass...

    Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2009

  19. Glasses Contribution

    The guidance in the Health & Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (as amended etc) in Regulation 5 is that the provision of eye and eyesight tests and of special corrective appliances is at the expense of the EMPLOYER. Not at the discretion, at the expense. Your optician's professional code of ethics will incorporate the principle to issue new...

    Comment | 25 Aug 2011

  20. Laptops – causing irreversible damage to workers’ health

    ...lap. The monitor screen should be at the right height and at the right focal length and should be on a ten point screen size.” He also adds that, “it is important that the user is trained to take regular breaks, say a two minute stretch every 20 minutes.” Laptop usage is governed by The Display Screen Equipment Regulations which state that appropriate training on laptop usage needs to be given, so that a user can set up their laptop properly, to reduce the risk of MSD and the user is able to undertake a simple risk assessment of their usage at any time.

    News | 30 May 2007

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