EU The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992

The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 embrace the minimum health and safety

requirements of EU Directive (90/270/EEC) for work screen equipment (DSE).

The Regulations do not replace general rules under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Management

of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992

and the Provision and Use at Work Regulations 1998.

INTRODUCTION

The objectives of the Regulations are to improve working conditions at organisations by providing ergonomic

solutions, to enable certain regular users of the equipment to obtain eye and eyesight tests and information about

hazards, risks and control measures associated with their workstations.

OBJECTIVES OF THE REGULATION

Regulation 2 requires every employer to perform a suitable and sufficient analysis of those workstations that are used by users or operators, to assess the health and safety risks

to which they are exposed as a consequence.

ANALYSIS OF WORKSTATION

Regulation 3 requires that all workstations used by users or operators must meet the requirements of the Schedule to the Regulations. The Schedule to the Regulations

lists minimum requirements for the workstation; the matters dealt with are: display screen

keyboardwork desk / surface

work chairspace requirements

lightingreflection and glare

noiseheat

radiation (but no action is necessary)humidity

computer / user-operator interface

REQUIREMENT OF WORKSTATION

There are 5 requirements of the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992:

risk assessmentschedule compliance

work break / activity changeseye and eyesight tests, corrective appliances

training and information

REQUIREMENT OF REGULATIONS