The regulations require an assessment of the whole DSE workstation — chair, desk, lighting and screen position — not the display screen equipment in isolation.
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Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
Requires employers to assess and reduce risks to DSE (display screen equipment) users, including workstation setup and eye tests.
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What it covers
These regulations require employers to assess DSE workstations, ensure they meet minimum requirements, plan work to allow breaks, and provide eye tests on request for habitual DSE users.
Who it applies to
Employers of habitual DSE users (broadly, employees who regularly use display screen equipment as a significant part of their normal work).
How SafetyOps supports compliance
SafetyOps' Workstation Assessments module holds a governed DSE record for each employee — status, reviewer and next-review date are tracked, and a new assessment supersedes the old one without erasing the historical record.