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STUDY CONFIRMS VALIDITY OF REACTEC’S HAVWEAR


SYSTEM In a study by one of the UK’s most respected occupational health and safety organisations, data from Edinburgh-based Reactec’s innovative wearable monitoring technology for Hand Arm Vibration has been independently validated.


HAVwear, a wearable wrist device that determines in real time an individual’s exposure to vibration during every day use of power tools, was independently tested in a study by the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM).


The study, commissioned by Reactec, was led by Sheila Groat, Head of Health and Safety Services, and concluded that vibration data readily gathered by the HAVwear system during every day tool use provides a useful source of information to inform a suitable and sufficient risk assessment. The information gathered by the HAVwear system on a regular basis also informs the development of risk reduction control measures.


The study shows that while the HAVwear system determines vibration magnitude data from the vibration transmitted to the person and not ‘on the tool’ in accordance with the existing standard BS EN ISO 5349-1: 2001.


‘LANDMARK DAY’ AS


ISO 45001 LAUNCHED Monday 12th March 2018 was heralded “a landmark day” in occupational safety and health (OSH) as ISO 45001 launched. With 2.78 million people being killed worldwide each year by work-related injury or ill health, the new global standard can encourage “much- needed solutions”, according to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).


Organisations which adopt the standard – which has been four- and-a-half years in the making – will be required to have proportionate safety and health management systems which prevent injury and ill


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The study confirms:


• HAVwear provides information comparable to that produced by conventional tool measurement techniques.


• The potential advantage of HAVwear over conventional means of risk assessment in being able to be more representative of the actual tool use than, for example, the use of trigger times and manufacturers’ data.


health among their workforce and throughout their supply chains.


Richard Jones, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at IOSH, said this means leaders will have to ensure it is integral to their strategies and operations.


Richard said: “This really is a landmark day for occupational safety and health. ISO 45001 can enhance the drive towards a safe and healthy world of work. Having an agreed international standard can help ensure consistency and encourage much-needed solutions to the myriad of safety and health risks that exist in workplaces around the globe.


“Any organisation seeking to improve its OSH management


• HAVwear may also better reflect changes in tool use (or tool condition) over time than other approaches involving only limited measurements.


• HAVwear offers a simple mechanism where assessment of exposure, and changes in exposure, can be readily monitored over extended periods of time.


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can adopt the principles of ISO 45001, whether or not they seek certification. And of course, certification is only the start of an ongoing continual improvement process and not an end. It’s about ensuring real culture change, effective action and OSH competence across organisations,” he continued.


IOSH has played a major role in the building of standard, as a Category A liaison body on the PC 283 committee which has developed it. This means it has had direct access to all PC 283 papers and attended the committee meetings, participated in work groups and been consulted on developments. It also hosted one of


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