Display screen equipment (DSE) workstation checklist - risk assessment checklist

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Display screen equipment (DSE) workstation checklist for conducting a risk assessment and meeting the Schedule requirements under the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992, as amended in 2002. The checklist guides workstation assessors to review risk factors, record “Action to take” for any “No” answers, and later verify corrective actions. It also prompts users on breaks, eye and eyesight testing entitlement, discomfort symptoms, and whether all relevant problems have been covered.

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Display screen equipment (DSE) workstation checklist

Using the checklist for risk assessment

Final questions to users

Display screen equipment (DSE) workstation checklist This is a web-friendly version of Display screen equipment (DSE) workstation checklist published 05/13 The following checklist can be used to help you complete a risk assessment and comply with the Schedule to the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 as amended by the Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002. The questions and ‘Things to consider’ in the checklist cover the requirements of the Schedule. If you can answer ‘Yes’ in the second column against all the questions, having taken account of the ‘Things to consider’, you are complying. You will not be able to address some of the questions and ‘Things to consider’, eg on reflections on the screen, or the user’s comfort, until the workstation has been installed. These will be covered in the risk assessment you do once the workstation is installed. Work through the checklist, ticking either the ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ column against each risk factor: ‘Yes’ answers require no further action. ‘No’ answers will require investigation and/or remedial action by the workstation assessor. They should record their decisions in the ‘Action to take’ column. Assessors should check later that actions have been taken and have resolved the problem. Remember, the checklist only covers the workstation and work environment. You also need to make sure that risks from other aspects of the work are avoided, eg by giving users health and safety training, and providing for breaks or changes of activity. For more advice on these see Working with display screen equipment (DSE): A brief guide. 1 SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Final questions to users... Has the checklist covered all the problems they may have working with their DSE? Have they experienced any discomfort or other symptoms which they attribute to working with their DSE? Has the user been advised of their entitlement to eye and eyesight testing? Does the user take regular breaks working away from DSE? Write down the details of any problems here: Display screen equipment (DSE) workstation checklist Further information Working with display screen equipmemt (DSE): A brief guide Leaflet INDG36(rev4) HSE books 2013 HYPERLINK "http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg36.htm" \h www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg36.htm For information about health and safety visit https://books.hse.gov.uk or HYPERLINK "http://www.hse.gov.uk/" \h http://www.hse.gov.uk. You can view HSE guidance online and order priced publications from the website. HSE priced publications are also available from bookshops. To report inconsistencies or inaccuracies in this guidance email: HYPERLINK "mailto:commissioning@wlt.com" \h commissioning@wlt.com British Standards can be obtained in PDF or hard copy formats from BSI: HYPERLINK "http://shop.bsigroup.com/" \h http://shop.bsigroup.com or by contacting BSI Customer Services for hard copies only Tel: 0846 086 9001 Email: HYPERLINK "mailto:cservices@bsigroup.com" \h mailto:cservices@bsigroup.com The Stationery Office publications are available from The Stationery Office, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN Tel: 0333 202 5070 Fax: 0333 202 5080. Email: HYPERLINK "mailto:customer.services@tso.co.uk" \h customer.services@tso.co.uk Website: HYPERLINK "http://www.tso.co.uk/" \h http://www.tso.co.uk. They are also available from bookshops. Statutory Instruments can be viewed free of charge at HYPERLINK "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/" \h http://www.legislation.gov.uk where you can also search for changes to legislation. © Crown copyright 2013 First published 2013 ISBN 978 0 7176 6521 1 You may reuse this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view the licence visit HYPERLINK "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/" \h www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/, write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archiv

FAQs

How should “Yes” and “No” answers be handled in the checklist?

Mark “Yes” where no further action is required. For “No,” investigate and/or take remedial action, and record decisions in the “Action to take” column.

When should workstation assessors check that actions have been completed?

Assessors should check later that the recorded actions have been taken and have resolved the problem.

What issues must be assessed after the workstation is installed?

Some matters—such as reflections on the screen and the user’s comfort—cannot be addressed until installation, and should be covered in the post-installation risk assessment.

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