Posted By Alan Harwood Ian, I have evidence in a HAVS assessment report which would suggest that under the general terms of supply that..... "The supplier of any item of plant or equipment, including hand held tools is required, under current legislation, to provide detailed information on all and every foreseeable health and safety issue relating to that item of equipment" With respect to vibration levels, we have successfully pressured tooling suppliers into providing weighted acceleration values and details of test conditions. I will mail you directly with the full text from the report. Can anybody confirm the validity of this statement? Alan