Health and Safety gorn mad - Wheeled chair ban.

[jet_noise]

wsurfa said:

Reminds me of a previous workplace were some HR/H&S stype tried to prevent any working from home as 'they'd be responsible for H&S for your home and have to buy all the chairs/desks etc'

Was a very tiresome process to get them to understand the actual legal position, which was doubly annoying as the HSE quote is along the lines of 'the business is only responsible for the equipment they provide'

This is happening too.
A pilot working from home scheme is being run. Any taker must do a HSE/DSE assessment on their home desk. At least the only kit being provided is a laptop. The power supply of which has, of course, up to date PAT stickers.
The joys of working for a big co.

[joshleb]

wsurfa said:

Reminds me of a previous workplace were some HR/H&S stype tried to prevent any working from home as 'they'd be responsible for H&S for your home and have to buy all the chairs/desks etc'

Was a very tiresome process to get them to understand the actual legal position, which was doubly annoying as the HSE quote is along the lines of 'the business is only responsible for the equipment they provide'

Friend of mine got a £600 budget for a WfH set up.

He bought a new monitor and chair with it, the monitor may also be great for his gaming pc...

[anothernameitist]

I'd ask for a work place assessment tailored to you whilst you are in the lab.

Should help you with a reasonable adjustment

[Sheets Tabuer]

[jet_noise]

anothernameitist said:

I'd ask for a work place assessment tailored to you whilst you are in the lab.

Should help you with a reasonable adjustment

It may come to that, for the moment softly, softly etc (can I still say that, even under my breath?)

Thanks for the suggestions all. Passed on to the site services chap,

regards,
Jet

[clockworks]

We've just been given new wheeled chairs at work, as the old ones were getting a bit tatty. The floor is tiled.
It's a big company, pretty hot on health and safety.

[Some Gump]

The item you're looking for is called a stop and go castor.

[Jader1973]

What you need to do is play them at their own game.

Ask the H&S bod to do a risk assessment on you having to lift your chair in order to move it. Work out how many times a day you do it, oh and mention your existing bad back.

Then sit back and enjoy while they tie themselves in knots trying to work out whether you falling off the chair is a higher risk than you putting your back out moving the chair multiple times a day.

My bet is you end up with more than one chair.

[jet_noise]

Jader1973 said:

What you need to do is play them at their own game.

Ask the H&S bod to do a risk assessment on you having to lift your chair in order to move it. Work out how many times a day you do it, oh and mention your existing bad back.

Then sit back and enjoy while they tie themselves in knots trying to work out whether you falling off the chair is a higher risk than you putting your back out moving the chair multiple times a day.

My bet is you end up with more than one chair.