DSE work can’t cause any long-term or permanent damage to your eyesight, but it can lead to Musculoskeletal Disorders or MSDs.Īlways check your posture and take regular breaks away from your desk to help avoid this outcome. Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992īoth yes and no. Every employer shall so plan the activities of users at work in his undertaking that their daily work on display screen equipment is periodically interrupted by such breaks or changes of activity as reducing their workload at that equipment. Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992, daily work routine of users:Ĥ. So take this time to stand up, move around, shake your arms and legs, or just change positions will help avoid aches and pains and keep your mind focussed and body energised.
The HSE suggest that short, frequent breaks are better than less frequent longer breaks, so a 5-10 minute break after 50-60 minutes is better than a 20 minute break every 3 hours. This gives the muscles in your eyes a chance to relax. For your eyes, try the 20-20-20 rule - every 20 minutes, look up from your screen at something about 20 feet away for about 20 seconds. We suggest as a minimum guideline at least 5 minutes in every hour should be spent away from the screen, but it’s also important to make sure you change posture regularly, refocus eyes and doing some simple stretching exercises at your desk can be very useful too. Sometimes, due to the nature of your work, this is not possible, and in this case, deliberate breaks must be introduced. The regulations suggest that each person’s work should be designed to include a mix of tasks, some screen based and some non-screen based, to allow natural breaks from concentrating on the screen, sitting in the same position or repetitive input work, for example. Although there is no fixed time between breaks or length of breaks stated in the Health and Safety ( Display Screen Equipment ) Regulations 1992, the regulations do suggest that breaks should be ‘periodically’ taken.
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