Health and Safety Issues with Display Screen Equipment

This article discusses the specific health and safety issues associated with the use of Display Screen Equipment (DSE) such as fatigue, eye strain, upper limb problems, and back pain. It also provides measures to avoid these issues, including proper workstation design, employee training, and regular DSE assessments. The article emphasizes the importance of implementing the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations to protect employees.

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Contents
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
1. What specific health and safety issues are associated with the use of Display Screen
Equipment?..................................................................................................................................3
2. How can these health and safety issues be avoided?...............................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

MAIN BODY
1. What specific health and safety issues are associated with the use of Display Screen
Equipment?
Display Screen equipment’s are basically the device which consists of an alphanumeric or
graphic screen display. It consists of both conventional display screens and that screen which is
being used in networked devices like laptop, computer, touch screen mobile phones and other
same products (Kudryashov, 2017). Employees who are been engaged in working on Display
Screen Equipment’s can face huge number of health and safety issues. Like for example some
workers in organization can go through problems like fatigue, eye strain, upper limbs problem,
back pain, headache. It can lay negative impact on health outcome of individuals. Employees
involved in not making correct use of DSE or working in an environment which is not proper can
go through various health related problems. The causes of these issues may not always be
obvious and can occur because of combination of various factors. Workers who are go through
health issues because of DSE can feel tired and stressed during working. These health issues can
reduce productivity aspects of employees. It can also lay negative impact on working
environment of company. They might fall sick which hampers work quality of organization.
2. How can these health and safety issues be avoided?
As discussed above, display screen equipment’s can cause various health issues like Fatigue,
eye strain to employee who are continuously working on it. There are many measures which can
be taken by company as well as workers to overcome problems related to DSE. Employers must
be engaged in protecting their employees from DSE. The health and Safety (Display screen
regulation act) must be implemented on workers who are involved in using Laptops, Desktops
for more than one hour (Zhou and ZTE Corp, 2018). Employers needs to make sure that
employees are comfortable in firm. They must keep their Forearms horizontal to screen and eyes
should be kept at same height as the screen. Workers are also needs to make sure that display of
screen is not too bright as this will increase problem of eye strain. Workstations must be well
designed by employers to avoid health issues related to DSE. They need to ensure that surface of
screen is clean so that less pressure is being created on eyes. Also employers must motivate
workers to take break after some time they have worked on Laptops or computer screen. DSE
work technique can assist employees in preventing fatigue, eye strain and back limb problems.

Employees need to stretch and change position while they are working. Employers also needs to
provide workers with DSE training so that they can handle their work aspects on laptops, PC’s
and Desktops. Company can provide benefits like eye test and any necessary spectacles for DSE
work in order to save employees from health and safety issues related to it. DSE assessments
must be reviewed by firm on time to time basis (Ward and Gooch, RIGMINDER OPERATING,
LLC, 2017).

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Kudryashov, A.V., 2017, November. Lighting Control System for Premises with Display Screen
Equipment. In Materials Science and Engineering Conference Series (Vol. 262, No. 1. p.
012091).
Zhou, H., ZTE Corp, 2018. Method and terminal for creating new folder on touch screen
equipment. U.S. Patent 9,904,686.
Ward, G.A. and Gooch, E.L., RIGMINDER OPERATING, LLC, 2017. Head-up display screen.
U.S. Patent 9,645,559.

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