Construction Group: Are hand-arm vibration myths causing unnecessary human and financial costs

In this webinar Michael Harding from the IOSH Construction Committee Group speaks with Peter Wilson, Technical Director at the Industrial Noise & Vibration Centre on the important topic of HAVS.
The high level of risk from hand-arm vibration (HAVS) in the global construction industry is often associated with a host of costly technical misunderstandings and myths. This has generated a minefield of opportunities to waste time and resources on ineffective actions.
For example, did you know that:
• most vibration measurements are unnecessary placebo checkbox exercises, but there are alternatives to this marketing myth…
• “anti-vibration glove” is an oxymoron, there is no PPE for HAVS
• you need an effective buy/hire smooth policy
• personal behaviour has a huge effect on individual risk, so change must be encouraged
This webinar dispels the myths and provides a 6-element best practice action checklist that can be used to evaluate where improvements to HAVS risk management can be made to minimise damage to health.
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