DSE Assessment

Businesses are required by Health and Safety Regulations to perform DSE assessments (computer workstation assessment to you and me) for their employees. This is to minimise any health risks associated with computer use.

An effective way to do this is bring someone in to do the assessments for you. This saves you time and money: staff can get on with your work.

Having performed the individual assessment, advice is given on strategies Even with a properly set-up computer, one can still get aches and pains. This is due to the combination of the repetitive nature of the work and a generally sedentary lifestyle. The human body was designed for movement. The lack of movement combined with repetive movment causes muscles to loose their flexibility and contributes to injury. I can suggest strategies to help keep the working body pain free (such as stretches, improving posture, rest breaks).

Assessments can indicate where there are potential problems. Without adequate understanding, individuals may not appreciate the significance of a pattern of aches and pains. The pattern may suggest the development of a condition called RSI. The sooner this is recognised, the sooner measures can be taken to prevent further development of this debilitating condition.