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or bodily force. Injury means injury to any part of the body and not just the back.
The employer has to assess the task involved, the load itself, the environment in which
the task is being carried out and the capabilities of the person concerned.
Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations
Under these regulations employers must:
Make a suitable and sufficient analysis of workstations and assess the health and
safety risks
Reduce the risks identified
Ensure that workstations meet standards laid down
Plan activities so that DSE work is interrupted by breaks or changes in activity
which reduce the DSE workload
Provide employees with an eye and eyesight test and corrective glasses
Provide health and safety training
Provide health and safety information
The risks to health which employers must assess are described as musculoskeletal and
postural problems, visual problems, fatigue and mental stress.
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
Regulation 4 of these regulations is the most relevant, under it employers must:
Ensure that work equipment is suitable for the purpose for which it is to be used
In selecting work equipment, have regard to the risks to health and safety
Ensure that work equipment is used only for operations and conditions for
which it is suitable
Regulations 8 and 9 require employers to provide information, instruction and training
to employees about how to use equipment safely.
Guidance to the regulations emphasises that the risk assessments made under the
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations will help employers select
suitable work equipment.
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations
These regulations apply to all aspects of the work environment and employers have
duties to provide
Effective ventilation
