scope:

This Technical Report outlines practicable measures for thereduction and control of health hazards associated with exposure tohand-arm vibration at work. It supplements the European "Guide togood practice on hand-arm vibration" and provides a practicalprofessional aid for Member States' health and safety authoritiesor labour authorities who write national guidance for managers,health and safety officers, engineers, planning and purchasingstaff and others. This Technical Report covers the followingprincipal aspects: a) identification of main sources of hand-armvibration at work; b) vibration reduction by re-considering task,product, process and design; c) how to select low-vibrationmachinery, including vibration reducing features, auxiliaryequipment for control of vibration; d) other issues, e. g. personalprotection and its limitation; e) management measures for thecontrol of hand-arm vibration exposure; f) health surveillance.