The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommends that your checkout should be designed:
- to allow you to work either standing or sitting;
- to suit your shape and stature;
- so that you are not cramped, and have enough room for your knees when you are sitting down;
- so that you do not have to lean to get to the till or the scanner; and
- so that you do not have to reach too far.
According to the HSE, your employer should:
- give you proper training about how to use the checkout in a safe and healthy way;
- give you adequate rest breaks;
- consider mixing your duties to give you work away from the checkout; and
- make sure that there are enough staff to avoid large queues of customers building up at checkouts, as this is stressful.
