Display Screen Equipment Assessments

As an employer, you must protect your workers from the health risks of working with display screen equipment (DSE), such as PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones.

The regulations apply to all workers who rely on these devices daily to carry out their working activities for an hour or more at a time. These are called ‘DSE Users’. Employers must: 

• Do a DSE workstation assessment
• Reduce risks, including making sure workers take breaks from DSE work or do something different
• Provide an eye test if a worker asks for one
• Provide training and information for workers 

Incorrect use of DSE or poorly designed workstations or work environments can lead to pain in necks, shoulders, backs, arms, wrists and hands as well as fatigue and eye strain. The causes may not always be obvious but the symptoms may become debilitating over time. 

We can help with this process, informing you on the most practical approach for your business.

With the world turning more to Home Working, we can offer a ‘Home Working Assessment’. This is an independent assessment of a home working set up where you as the employer may have identified specific workers who are struggling with: Set up, Layout, Wellbeing or Environmental issues.

This assessment can be done with the employee either through a physical home visit (COVID secure) or virtually.

Just because employees are out of the office and away from view, you still have a duty of care for your employees working in their own home. Not only are their workstation risks, there are fire and electrical risks and lone working risks that need to be considered and controls documented.