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Posted By Warren Shaw
The DSE regs do not explicitly require castors, although there is plenty of reference to free movement and changing seat position etc. Appendix 5 checklist at the back of the Guidance (L26)asks if the chair has castors or glides, but this does not make it a requirement in my opinion? Y/N.
I think they should all have wheels unless the chair is a modified tall one that may be unstable with wheels
Any second opinions would be wheelie useful!
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Posted By safetyamateur
Warren, not entirely sure what your point is here but I do know that castors on a vinyl or terrazzo floor spell danger. The chairs skid like pucks on an icerink. Great fun but it'll end in tears. Therefore, glides are the way to go.
Not aware of any other fittings that you can get for chairs. Do they do caterpillar tracks? Or even a Dyson ball?
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Posted By Warren Shaw
My point is that some staff have office chairs that have flat feet for want of a better description. Where the normal 5 castors would be is replaced with metal padded feet.
Would DSE require me to change them, I guess so if an assessment was conducted and it was reasonably justifiable. I work for a large organisation so this is not an individual case but could mean many chairs are purchased/modified...hence the dilemma
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Posted By safetyamateur
Gotcha.
Can't see those metal feet giving any mobility. They must be almost picking the chair up whilst seated to make any real movement around the workstation (e.g. from DSE to manuscript/telephone activity). Even just moving to and from from the desk.
Can put a strain on legs/backs and risk of tipping the thing over.
Are you sure the chairs are compliant in all other respects? Seems strange that they fail on just this.
Should be a simple enough job to pop one fitting out and another in but I guess it could be costly.
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Posted By Warren Shaw
Yep
The chairs are fully compliant ie adjustable just like other office chairs. The wicker seat has been load tested to 16st and the cane backrest can be shaped to the lower back. These were a budget purchase you understand!
Think i'd reccomend castors on the grounds of changing seat position and tasks they have to perform...like moving!
Cheers
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Posted By safetyamateur
Just noticed who you work for, Warren.
Are you sure 16st is adequate?
Lot of coffee and doughnuts in those places
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Posted By Warren Shaw
You must watch Cracker?
and there is no Whisky in the bottom drawer either!
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Posted By Diane Mahoney
I can't work out exactly what this query is about? BUT if it refers to the use of 'castored' office chairs on vinyl flooring - there are castors specifically made for this use. This eliminates the need for fixed feet to be used -as these present a MH risk.
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Posted By Descarte
I have dealt with a similar issue several years ago in a police enquiry office where the floor was wood and chairs had casters on it. In one case the IP (a police employee) had a chair slip from underneath them as they were sitting down due to over mobile casters.
They can be removed or altered to reduce the amount of free movement they provide, preference may depend on use, floor covering, access, frequency of access/egress and other users preferences as is likely to be a 'hot desk'.
A HSE Advisor for a local authority is a very challenging, rewarding and interesting role, one that I miss, however the temptation of higher saleries and budgets out of local authority employment was too great for me.
Des
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Posted By ipaterson
Chair doesn't have to have castors or glides but if they are fitted they must be suitable for the flooring. I also work for a Local Authority and some of our offices have shiny wooden floors so the chairs with castors go shooting off in various directions. To solve this problem we bought specific type of floor mat for DSE use. These are avilable from various companies. We have a few staff on high seated chairs which don't have castors and have found that they have to be placed in a specific position for use as they are impossible to move once the sttaff are in them.
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Posted By Colin Reeves
Slightly off topic, but I recall working on a new ship which had an office fitted with chairs with casters.
Made it very easy to move from one desk to another, just wait for the ship to roll the right way!!
Colin
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Posted By Diane Mahoney
Consideration was given to the matting available, but made conscious decision to change castors over to 'restraint' type on vinyl flooring. More and more carpet is being removed from our workplace and didn't want lots mats scattered around the workplace, potentially becoming a trip hazard! We have substantially reduced the amount of falls from office chairs since roll out of this project.
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Posted By Lee Thorpe Hi, I had a very similar situation At work we have a wooden floor and when the users sit on the chairs they are sliding all over the place. I called a company called Posture and office seating-dse based near to me. Told the the situation and they told me about break loaded and unloaded castors. We purchased our chairs with break loaded castors on them and everything works great now.There is an additional £18 for a set of 5 castors but well worth it Breakdown of what these mean... Break loaded - When the user sits on the chair, the breaks within the castors make the castors and the chair harder to move around. Break unloaded When the user gets off the chair the breaks come on and prevents movement when not in use. I went back to them and placed my order with them, great advise and delivery. I have attached there web address if anybody needs any help. www.pos-dse.com 08450 520 857 Regards
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Posted By Ken Taylor
In most cases I have used castors on carpets and glides on vinyl and similar flooring. This usually allows for operator-determined chair movement without involuntary and potentially risky travel.
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