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Monitoring hand arm vibration and noise exposure
Construction businesses have made major progress in controlling visible risks, but exposure to hand-arm
vibration and excessive noise can still
be difficult to manage day to day. Paper records, estimated trigger times and tool logs often provide only a partial picture,
particularly when workers move between tasks, tools and locations. spacebands offers a simpler way to monitor risk at the individual level. The wristworn wearable measures each worker’ s vibration and noise exposure throughout the working day, helping teams understand what is actually happening rather than relying on assumptions. Workers receive alerts as they approach exposure limits, giving them an opportunity to stop, rotate tasks or take other action before limits are exceeded.
Because the system follows the worker rather than the tool, there is no need for tool tagging. This makes it easier to deploy across busy construction environments where equipment is shared, subcontractors are involved and working patterns change quickly.
Exposure data is uploaded to the
spacebands platform, where health and safety teams can review individual and team-level trends, identify recurring risks and generate clear digital reports. These records can support internal reviews, audits, investigations and claims defence, while also helping businesses demonstrate that exposure risks are being actively managed.
The aim is not simply to collect more data. It is to give workers timely information and provide managers with evidence they can act on. That could mean reviewing a process, changing equipment, improving task rotation or targeting training where it is most needed.
By replacing fragmented records and guesswork with continuous, worker-level monitoring, spacebands helps construction companies take a more proactive approach to vibration and noise risk, protecting workers while creating a stronger and more defensible compliance record.
For employers, that means clearer oversight across sites without adding another complicated administrative process for workers, supervisors or safety teams.
PROTECT WORKERS FROM HAND-ARM VIBRATION & NOISE
Stop relying on tool logs and guesswork
Real-time monitoring
Measure individual vibration and noise exposure
Vibration Exposure( m / s 2)
Alert workers before they reach exposure limits
No tool tagging required
Build digital records for audits, investigations and claims defence
Noise level
Instant alerts
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