December 2002
In
this issue:
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New
course versions
New
versions of 4 major interactive courses are now available
from Cardinus - specialists in online safety training
and risk assessment. Workstation Safety Plus, Fire Safety
Plus, Manual Handling Plus and Health & Safety Essentials
all now offer revised and improved graphics, additional
interactive sequences, customizable risk assessments,
stretching exercises and much more.
Workstation
Safety Plus now has English, French, German, Spanish and
Portuguese languages available as well as US versions.
Other languages are currently being prepared.
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Workstation
Safety Plus is one of the world's most widely used systems
for computer workstation / office ergonomics training and
risk assessment.
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FREE
online training and risk assessment evaluations
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Cardinus
is now offering pilot programs absolutely free of charge
to demonstrate the benefits of our online program. Click
to sign-up now.
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Loss
of nerve function in keyboard workers
A
worrying report from the HSE concludes that there is
evidence of a modest loss in peripheral nerve function
in office workers who do a lot of keyboard work.
Scientists examined the hands of 45 RSI patients and
40 office workers. The study looked at the ability to
detect a vibration stimulus at the finger tips, the
ability of the skin to respond to small injuries and
the reduction in blood flow to the skin following exposure
to cold temperatures. The research found that vibration
perception thresholds were up by 45 per cent in RSI
patients and by 21 per cent for office workers - which
showed these groups were less sensitive to vibration.
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New
customers
Since the last newsletter, Cardinus has been chosen
by many organisations including Shell, Norwich Union
Healthcare, Jeyes, Ciena, Gallagher, GNER, MOD, P&O
Nedloyd, Age Concern, Churchill Insurance Services and
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Churchill Insurance chooses Cardinus
"Workstation Safety Plus is
brilliant in its simplicity. Cardinus is an excellent
solution for tracking training and informing staff.
Cardinus have been very good, patient and helpful."
Tricia Perry, Churchill.
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| Changes to the UK
Display Screen Equipment Regulations
In May of this year the Health and Safety
Executive issued commentary on L26 (Display screen equipment
work: guidance on regulations) and HSG90 (VDUs an easy guide
to the regulations). Essentially the changes to the regulations
are in response to the explosion in technology at the workplace.
The changes to the regulations are not
fundamentally major: the real emphasis is on broadening
the definition of the workstation to include all users -
for example TV editing technicians and CCTV operatives through
to normal users of workstations and laptops.
In September of this year the Health
and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations came into
force which included the above comments. In addition, the
following should be noted: the "employer who carries
out the undertaking shall ensure that he (the employee)
is provided with adequate health and safety training in
the use of any workstation upon which he may be required
to work."
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