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Whole body vibration calculator

The Vibration Calculator is used to calculate the risk of WBV (Whole Body Vibration) in the workplace. It calculates the daily vibration exposure that an employee is subjected to allowing the employee to analyse the risk and an employer to meet health and safety requirements.

If you are a practitioner please refer to ISO 2631 and/or the HELP button on the actual calculator. Additional information can be found from the following information sheet.

Note: Excel 2007 users may need to open the document in 'compatibility mode[12]'.

Link URLs in this page

  1. Vibrationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/index.htm
  2. Whole body vibrationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/wbv/index.htm
  3. What causes whole body vibrationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/wbv/exposure.htm
  4. Controlling vibration riskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/wbv/risks.htm
  5. Regulationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/wbv/regulations.htm
  6. Overview - Resourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/wbv/resources.htm
  7. Publicationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/wbv/publications.htm
  8. Researchhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/wbv/research.htm
  9. Vibration calculatorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/wbv/calculator.htm
  10. Vibration Calculatorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/assets/docs/wbv.xls
  11. WBV in Quarries in portshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/assets/docs/ports.pdf
  12. compatibility modehttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/use-office-excel-2007-with-earlier-versions-of-excel-HA010077561.aspx
  13. Control the risks from whole-body vibration INDG242(rev1)https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg242.pdf
  14. Drive away bad backs INDG404https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg404.pdf
  15. Vibration calculatorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/vIBRAtIon/assets/docs/wbv.xls
  16. Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1093/contents/made
  17. Constructionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/index.htm
  18. MSD - Back painhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/backpain/index.htm
  19. Noisehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/index.htm
  20. Quarrieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/quarries/index.htm
  21. Agriculturehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/index.htm

Glossary of abbreviations/acronyms on this page

WBV
Whole-body vibration

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Updated: 2024-02-09