Tool HAV advice
July 1st 2009 Complementing its health and safety
and training literature – including
the Site Safety Pack – A-Plant has
published a new Hand-Arm
Vibration (HAV) Product Selector,
providing a guide to the vibration
levels of, and advice on the use of a
wide range of powered tools from
drills and breakers to brushcutters
and hedgecutters.
HAV is vibration transmitted into
hands and arms when using handheld
powered equipment. Too much
exposure to vibration can cause
injuries to hands and arms known as
Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome
(HAVS) or its more common name
of Vibration White Finger. More articles from A Plant: | 
