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Calow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire · Chesterfield Magistrates' Court
The Trust failed to carry out proper risk assessments for hand-arm vibration exposure from workplace tools and kept no records of exposure levels. Staff received no adequate information, instruction or training about vibration risks, and the Trust failed to report diagnoses of HAVS and CTS in affected employees.
Injuries: multiple employees developed Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
HSWA 1974 s2(1)
“The fine imposed on the Trust should underline to all employers that expose their workers to vibration that the courts and HSE take failures to follow the regulations extremely seriously.”
Employers using vibrating tools must assess and record vibration exposure and provide training and health surveillance to prevent HAVS.
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