HSE advice for

home working during

COVID-19 precautions
Workstation Ideal Do you have the following equipment?
Dedicated study/home office with a: • Laptop
• Monitor • Laptop charger
• Separate keyboard • Mouse
• Mouse • Headset
• Adjustable desk • Mobile phone
• Adjustable chair • PKI card
• Inspect equipment for damage
prior to use.
Workstation Secondary
Dedicate a space for working from
Home: Communication
• At a desk or table • Keep in regular contact with team
• With a suitable chair providing as members
best degree of back support as • Schedule calls on Skype
possible • Some people may find working from home
• Using a mouse rather than a laptop isolating – some also live alone
trackpad • Raise your concerns to your line manager if
a colleague has not been heard from in an
extended period of time/not contactable
Lighting
• Ensure lighting is adequate to avoid
squinting

• Ideally have windows side-on, rather than Cardio & MSD Prevention
behind (glare) or in front (squinting) • Take regular breaks
• Use 20/20/20 rule of thumb
• Take phone calls standing up /
Avoid walk around
• Working from bed or on a sofa • Stretch legs regularly
• Working in a room full of • Daily muscular stretches if they work
distractions (e.g. lounge – TV) for you
• Placing a laptop on your lap and hunching
your back
• Using stools to sit on
• Trailing leads and causing trip hazards in
the home

min. sec. feet

Of Looking Away of
working somewhere else distance