Objectives. This study aimed to investigate whether introducing a digital risk assessment tool, the Swedish National Vibration Database, would increase the number of risk assessments on hand–arm and whole-body vibration. Employer and safety representatives from companies where vibration exposure is common were invited. Methods. Of the 2953 invited companies, 1916 were selected for educational intervention and the remaining 1037 companies served as a control group with no intervention. For the educational intervention, participating companies were further divided into two groups (group A, n = 26; group B, n = 47) that both received information regarding risk assessment, but group B was also informed about the digital tool. Both groups answered a questionnaire on risk assessment before the intervention and at the follow-up, 6 months later; the control group received the same questionnaire but no education (group C, n = 22). Results. Of the invited companies, only 2% chose to participate and 7% at follow-up. Seventy-eight percent of the participants had made some kind of risk assessment of vibration at follow-up. Conclusion. Due to the low participation rate among invited companies, this study is not able to draw any conclusions on whether the digital tool can be used to increase the number of risk assessments.

目标。本研究旨在调查引入数字风险评估工具瑞典国家振动数据库是否会增加手臂和全身振动风险评估的数量。邀请了来自振动暴露常见的公司的雇主和安全代表。方法。在 2953 家受邀公司中，1916 家被选中进行教育干预，其余 1037 家公司作为没有干预的对照组。对于教育干预，参与公司进一步分为两组（A组，n  = 26；B组，n = 47）他们都收到了有关风险评估的信息，但 B 组也被告知了数字工具。两组在干预前和6个月后的随访中都回答了风险评估问卷；对照组接受相同的问卷但没有接受教育（C组，n  = 22）。结果。在被邀请的公司中，只有 2% 的公司选择参加，7% 的公司在跟进。78% 的参与者在随访中对振动进行了某种风险评估。结论。由于受邀公司的参与率较低，本研究无法就数字工具是否可用于增加风险评估数量得出任何结论。