As a company we have conducted health surveillance, advised employees of the risks etc and provided the appropriate ppe and control measures. Where we have struggled is determining safe levels of exposure and actual exposure levels to vibration equipment. I know devices like the Havi and havmeter are on the market, does anyone know of any other equipment or solutions that would provide effective information to enable us to manage our duty of care

Equipment = Tons on the market - we use the same one that the HSE uses. However I think that your real question involves 'any other solutions to buying your own kit and doing it yourself' Unfortunately work related vibration unlike work related sound is very hard to defend against in court these days unless you have a good management system with real measurements in place; my advice is to RA and evaluate all options thoroughly and act from your conclusions thereafter e.g. Ask; Do we do all measurement etc in-house or via a specialist / Do we redesign work so as no vibration risk exists etc In the end you will have to have some 'reality' measurements and related actions thereafter as relying on printed documents from other sources falls short of real management noting that there are some excellent 'reality' vibration figures on the market presented by good reliable companies so they may be helpful to use somewhere along the line The HSE has some good guidance so evaluate it

Alan - have you had your email and password yet? I registered on Monday and other than an acknowledgement e-mail, not heard anything since.

Odd that this employer is happy to shell-out on health surveillance (not cheap) when the requirement for this hasn't been identified and justified via an appropriate assessment quantifying the HAVs risk?