Summary
In short
- A whole body vibration assessment is an assessment used in KnowHealth that assesses vibration exposure from driving forklifts, trucks and mobile plant, including seat condition and surface quality. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.6.1.2 and forms part of the Occupational Health Surveillance programme.
- Carried out per vehicle type. Completed by a competent assessor.
- The template holds 47 fields across 5 sections.
- Scoring is exposure points, where low is good.
- ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
- It connects to the rest of the library: links Vehicle records, Yard inspection.
What it is
What it is
What is a whole body vibration assessment?
A whole body vibration assessment is an assessment used in KnowHealth that assesses vibration exposure from driving forklifts, trucks and mobile plant, including seat condition and surface quality. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.6.1.2 and forms part of the Occupational Health Surveillance programme.
When is a whole body vibration assessment completed?
A whole body vibration assessment is completed when the task, area or population being assessed is new or has materially changed. Carried out per vehicle type.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This assessment is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.
Use it for
- The event or activity this assessment covers has occurred, or is about to
- The workspace is being set up, or the register needs an entry added or retired
- You are running the Occupational Health Surveillance programme and this is one of its steps
- A linked record needs this one to exist: links vehicle records, yard inspection
Not for
- Hand Arm Vibration Assessment, which assesses exposure to vibrating tools against daily exposure action and limit values.
- Vibration Health Surveillance Record, which records tiered health surveillance for vibration exposed workers, from questionnaire through to clinical assessment.
- Tool Vibration Register, which holds the vibration magnitude and trigger time limits for every vibrating tool in use.
- Anything outside KnowHealth, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process
Standards
What it is built against
ISO 45001Occupational health and safety management systems
The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the whole body vibration assessment template based on?+
It is built against ISO 45001 cl.6.1.2. ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library. ISO is international Organization for Standardization. A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
What sections does the whole body vibration assessment contain?+
There are 5 sections: header, exposure, vehicle, surface and route, outcome. Together they hold 47 fields, 41 of which are required.
How many whole body vibration assessment records should we have?+
This is a singleton. One record per workspace, set up once and maintained, rather than one per event. Other templates refer back to it.
Which programme does the whole body vibration assessment belong to?+
It is part of Occupational Health Surveillance. A monitoring plan per exposure group, with surveillance findings feeding back into the controls.
How is a whole body vibration assessment scored?+
Scoring is exposure points. Low is good. Scores exist to make the form tell you something, not to produce a percentage for its own sake.
Can the whole body vibration assessment template be changed?+
Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.
The agents
What the agents do with it
The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.
Holds the whole body vibration assessment library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.
Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.
This template lives in KnowHealth — employee wellbeing. Exposure monitoring, health surveillance, case management and return to work.
Meet KnowHealth→Sources
Sources
- ISO 45001 — Occupational health and safety management systems
- ISO — International Organization for Standardization