Vehicle and driver assessors guide and checklist

This straightforward guide will help the risk assessor carry out vehicle and driver assessments and is particularly helpful for assessing drivers suffering from musculoskeletal disorders. The guide will assist the assessor carry out a comprehensive assessment of vehicle and driver.

Step by step guide covers

• How to start the assessment
• What is a vehicle assessment
• How to use the vehicle and driver checklist
• How to use the body map
• How to utilize the data collected to determine what if any changes need to be put in place
• If a new vehicle is required, the guide will show how to determine the type of vehicle that is required
•  A training and information animation is supplied that can be used to educate the driver

The pack comes as a series of Word and PDF files and is available for unlimited use for a named single organisation.

The assessment form can be completed as a paper form or as an electronic document

The guide is in hard copy

The training and information is an animation

• An appendix covers: An information sheet and a personal injury claim.

This guide book is designed for risk assessors that have to carry out risk assessments for workers with special needs ie older, disabled and provides a risk assessment framework.

The 4EQ model is explained and worked through. This model details the risk assessment process, Accessibility, Daily living requirements, Reasonable adjustments and PEEP.

The guide book is used by many organizations and in particualar occupational health practitioners throughout the UK.

This guide book comes with over 150 pages of cases studies detailing ajustments for workers with physical, cognitive, sensory and multiple impairments.

The handbook was written by Duncan Abbott who was a national adviser to the Health and Safety Executive and the Disability Rights Commission formulating guidance on how to undertake risk assessments for disabled workers.

An essential handbook for all that carry out DSE assessments.

How to use the handbook

This handbook has been designed to provide information for assessors wishing to undertake DSE risk assessments, but also provides a number of tools and resources. The objective of the handbook is to move from a schedule definition to an ergonomic definition, the later will help the risk assessor understand the needs of the human user.

The handbook will enable the DSE assessor to incorporate this new knowledge and skills into the risk assessment and will be further assisted by understanding ergonomic methods and tools and the importance of quantitative risk analysis.

Section one - offers a quick overview and summary of the Display Screen Equipment (DSE) regulations and how these relate to Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 DSE risk assessments. This section covers checklists and what to look out for when undertaking DSE risk assessments. Information can be used to build a new checklist or as a review of your existing checklist to ensure that your checklist covers these basic points.

Section two - deals with the workstation set up and looks at what factors need to be considered and what works and what doesn’t. This section relates in particular to Regulation 3 of the DSE regs.

Section three - reflects what the assessor needs to understand about the human user, the body and what happens to DSE users when he or she sits, or stand. To help us to quantify at risk posture the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) tool is demonstrated. Regulation 2, 5, 6 and 7 of the DSE regs.

Section four – covers work organisation and break frequency. This section relates to Regulation 4, 6 and 7 of the DSE regs

Section five – discusses workplace environmental factors and considers lighting, temperature, noise and humidity.

Section six is designed to enable DSE risk assessors understand the 10 ergonomic principles (EP) when undertaking risk assessments. This knowledge can then be utilised to ensure that their checklist that can exceed the DSE regulations. This section relates to Regulation 4, 6 and 7 of the DSE regs

Section seven - to ensure workstations are set up correctly and optimised - ergonomic product selection is discussed. This section relates to Regulation 3 of the DSE regs

Section eight – discussed how to adapt office environments for workers with disabilities and covers the different disability types and shows what type of equipment is available. Further short case studies demonstrating reasonable adjustments can be found in the appendix. This section relates to Regulation 4, 6 and 7 of the DSE regs

Section nine - to ensure workers are assessed correctly home and mobile worker assessments are discussed. This section relates to Regulation 2, 4, 6 and 7 of the DSE regs

Section ten – a number of short case studies are discussed to illustrate what has been learnt and how to put into practice the new skills and knowledge learnt.

Section eleven – examines DSE use in libraries and offers a number of solutions that the DSE user should be aware of.

Appendix – the appendix contains a number of short case studies that demonstrate examples of office accommodations for workers with special needs. An overview of how to adapt the computer is given, source of in-depth information are given. A list of short keyboard cuts is given to enable assessors to educate workers to use the keyboard instead of the mouse. A list of suppliers and organisations, plus relevant legislation is also listed.

At the end of the handbook it is hoped DSE assessor will be a be able to challenge poor or inadequate workplace conceptions, be able to question good and bad practice and finally

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