PUWER to the PEOPLE!
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations requires users of work equipment to carry out risk assessment
PUWER ’98 has been in force since December 5th 1998 and, still, over one third of small businesses have not heard of the legislation. Here, we’ll attempt to simplify the regulations and following actions that must be taken to comply. The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) requires users of work equipment to carry out risk assessment and provide work equipment that is suitable for its intended task and can be used without putting persons at risk. The regulations cover any machinery, appliance, apparatus, tool or installation for use at work (whether exclusively or not) - effectively it is anything used at work.
The 1998 regulations (updating the original 1992 regulations) introduce requirements to ensure that, for reasons
of health and safety, inspections are carried out:
• After installation and before being put into service for the first time; or after assembly at a new site or in a new location to ensure that it has been installed correctly and is safe to operate.
• After work equipment has been exposed to any conditions causing deterioration, which is liable to cause a dangerous situation.
• At suitable intervals and each time that exceptional circumstances have occurred that are liable to jeopardise the safety of work equipment. The results of these inspections have to be documented and kept until the third subsequent inspection is recorded.
Q: Does PUWER apply to second hand machines?
A: PUWER applies to ALL machines new and old alike.
Q: If the machine has a CE Mark do I need to do a PUWER assessment?
A: Yes, PUWER regulations take in to account not only the machine but also the lighting, stability etc.
Q: How often do we need to do a PUWER assessment?
A: This depends on the use of the machine and should be decided by a competent person. If the
The regulations make it an offence to allow work equipment to leave an employer’s undertaking or, if obtained from another undertaking, be used, unless it is accompanied by physical evidence that the last inspection has been carried out.
Five Safety Steps • Locate potential hazards. • Who could be injured by this and how?
• Should further precautions be put in place?
• Make a record of the risk assessments made.
• Review the assessments and revise them if necessary.
Author: Mark Smailes MIOSH Further info:
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machine is modified, moved etc., then a PUWER assessment should take place.
Q: Who can carry out a PUWER inspection?
A: A competent person with the relevant skills and training.
Q: What is the definition of a Competent Person?
A: Legislation itself does not prescribe what attributes a competent person must have, however, the health and safety executive (HSE) offers some guidance in various publications.
A Competent Person can be defined as “A person who has such appropriate practical and theoretical knowledge and experience of the equipment to be thoroughly examined or inspected as will enable them to detect defects or weaknesses and to assess their importance in relation to the safety and continued use of the equipment”.
A competent person will normally be from an outside independent organisation that has sufficient training and experience in examination and inspection of equipment.
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