Posted By Jane Watts affecting councils and local authorities? So far i've got: Building & maintenance Construction/demolition Forestry Heavy engineering estate management/maintenance Any more?

Posted By Jane Watts Ah, I did think about hoovers, but didn't get further than that! I don't expect hoovers would come above the vaules, but floor cleaners might well do! Thanks for that

Posted By Ian Goddard how about public utilities (eg water, gas, electricity, telecommunications) regards Ian Goddard

Posted By Ian Goddard regarding a ferry driver i may be wrong! regulation 6:) These Regulations shall not apply to the master or crew of a ship or to the employer of such persons in respect of the normal shipboard activities of a ship's crew which are carried out solely by the crew under the direction of the master, and for the purposes of this paragraph "ship" includes every description of vessel used in navigation, other than a ship forming part of Her Majesty's Navy. regards Ian Goddard

Posted By Ian Goddard again I may be wrong: ) Subject to paragraph (3), regulation 6(4) shall not apply until 6th July 2010 where work equipment is used which- (a) was first provided to employees prior to 6th July 2007 by any employer; and (b) does not permit compliance with the exposure limit values, if the work equipment was supplied be date mentioned above then in affect the regulation would not apply until 2010. but the regulation would apply to new equipment. the example I gave, is not really my sector. regards Ian Goddard

Posted By Jane Watts Ian, This exemption is only applicable to exposure above the ELV. Anything between 2.5 & 5 and 0.5 & 1.5 m/s2 still applies. I think you'll find that companies will want to try and comply with the regulations where possible. I see the exemption being there to stop companies from having to fork out loads of money on new equipment, because current equipment is not compliant. This is obviously the case which is why the clause about 2010 and 2014 is in the Regs. I don't think many companies will sit back and not do anything or use this clause as a reason to think about the regs in 5 years time!

Posted By Jane Watts yep that's another, thanks

Posted By Jane Watts Hi Chris, no haven't considered waste plant and WBV, what plant in particular were you thinking of? i've got lots of example of plant which causes HAV, but not many for WBV. Any suggestions? Also, at what point does HAV become WBV?