PUWER 98 FAQ's
- What is PUWER?
- What falls within the PUWER regulations?
- How can Laidler help?
- What, if any, documentation needs to be kept as part of the regulations?
- When and/or how often do PUWER inspections need to be carried out?
- Where can I get more help?
What is PUWER?
PUWER or the Provision & Use of Work Equipment Regulations 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.
What falls within the PUWER regulations?
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.
How can Laidler help?
Laidler Associates will work closely with your personnel to ensure compliance and can provide our training seminars at your premises, a venue of your choice or at our training facility. For more information about the training seminars that we can offer please visit the training section of our site here
Alternatively, Laidler Associates can complete the whole task on your behalf and present you with a comprehensive report backed up by all documentation required by the Regulations, which would include:
- Quick and efficient risk assessment
- Hazard identification
- Risk Evaluation
- Recommendations for control measures ‘To do list’
- Full documentation
What, if any, documentation needs to be kept as part of the regulations?
The regulations requires the results of the PUWER inspections to be documented and kept until the next subsequent inspection is recorded. So in other words you should have a current inspection report on file at any one time.
The regulations now make it an offense to allow work equipment to leave an employers undertaking, or if obtained from another undertaking, be used, unless it is accompanied by physical evidence that the last inspection has been carried out.
When and/or how often do PUWER inspections need to be carried out?
The regulations state that inspections should be 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
- 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 next subsequent inspection is recorded. So in other words you should have a current inspection report at all times.
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