Dear All Not wishing to reinvent the wheel I would like to hear how other people have approached HAV in the Grounds Maintenance industry. I have aquired a team of staff who are all aware of the issue and I am now in the process of producing a procedure. I am very aware that one size does not fit all even though there are similarities between ground maintenance and construction. so I am open to any constructive comments and help

Not sure I agree with Jane about that. Testing is notoriously unreliable as there are so many variables (in fact you could test the same piece of equipment twice and get different results). Personally I prefer the approach of getting the info from the manufacturer and then doubling it (as recommended by the HSE) and using the HSE vibration calculator on their website. However, I didn't read the post as asking how to determine the vibration of equiment. In fact I wasn't sure exactly what the post was asking. What approach? RA? Purchasing? Measurements? Training? Hours of work? Maintenance? All of the previously mentioned? So you get the advice you're after, what approach do you want assistance on?

Hi, You might find the following websites useful: http://www.hsfb.co.uk/Do...HAVS_Levels_Database.xls http://www.invc.co.uk/ http://www.operc.com/pages/havteclogin.asp http://www.vibration.db.umu.se/HkvSok.aspx?lang=en http://www.vibration.db....spx?calc=hkv&lang=en Steve

having been involved over many years in many kinds of businesses spending many millions [yes many millions] in court cases, insurance claims, medicals and managing systems my advice is to firstly evaluate your position e.g. shall we bother to manage the situation in the first place or wait for a claim to come in and pay the claim at that point; noting that in both cases its a very expensive job and from basic financial evaluation you can save money by just paying any claim that you may face as against the costs of setting up and continually running a management system; a system that may not stop you from facing claiments Legal reps are not interested in the HSE [in my personal experience] if they can make money for themselves and their clients so their warnings in their claims letters are just warnings if you are prepaired to pay an amount of money. Justice, legal compliance and moral values do not come into their picture All the above said if you decide to manage and comply to law as you should do you need to use all the tools available [as noted via other postings] to have a robust system in place and do not rely on manufacturers / suppliers info nor supervisers or staff saying that they adhere to the system that you have installed - your system needs managing at every point best of luck