** Confidential ** My understanding (accured from a safety personnel) under workplace (H&S&welfare ) regs 1992 each employee should have a min 4.5 sq metres of unoccupied space. Joy Anderson Specialist Practitioner Occupational Health Block 4 Southampton General Hospital ext 4156 023 80 794156 >>> [log in to unmask] 05/08/08 10:15am >>> Hi all I have been asked to do an office space assessment for a new office in the factory it is quite small and is going to be for 2 people. I have asked the manager to make me a plan of what is going in the office ie: desk, filing cabinet etc.. What do i need to consider? are there minimum requirements for space per person. Cheers Clare ps. any recomendations for good DSE / ergonomics courses? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk D I S C L A I M E R This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Trust unless explicitly stated otherwise. If you have received this e-mail in error please delete the e-mail and contact the Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust Helpdesk on:- 023 80796000 The information contained in this e-mail may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Unless the Information is legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this e-mail and your reply cannot be guaranteed. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MailMarshal for the presence of computer viruses. Please visit our website at http://www.suht.nhs.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk