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Records, Procedural and Administrative Issues
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Are risk assessments in place?<br>
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Have all conveyor belt attendants been signed off as being competent, and formally appointed?
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Is an inventory of safety-critical components of the conveyor in place?<br>
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Are inspection/maintenance/testing/service schedules for safety-critical equipment, components in place and followed?<br>
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Are test certificates and calibration records (where relevant) available and still valid?<br>
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Are weekly legal inspections performed and recorded?<br>
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Is there any spillage build up at the tail end of the conveyor?
Equipment Safety Checks
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Is the belt fitted with an adequate lock-out point?<br>
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Are all drives guarded and in safe working condition? (Reg 8.8(4)(a))<br>
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Are all pulleys fitted with nip guards? (head, tail, take-up, bend)
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Are safety devices tested weekly? (Reg 8.9(9))<br>
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Are all electrical cables safe and to standard?<br>
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Does the conveyor have a start-up alarm minimum of 10 seconds before motion Reg 8.9(f)<br>
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Are grids, stairways, walkways and handrails and ladders secure and in safe condition?
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Are dangerous parts/machines adequately guarded and inaccessible (Reg. 8.8.4(a))? (e.g. head & tail pulleys)<br>
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Are the head and tail pulleys in safe working condition?
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Are all idlers running freely and free from build up?
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Are all steering idlers running freely and free from build up?
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Are the conveyor tear detectors working and to standard?
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Is the conveyor table in good condition?
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Are records of regular tests on pull keys/ropes that are fitted alongside the conveyor belt available? (Reg 8.9(4)
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Are belt scrapers fitted and effective?
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Are all V-ploughs in place?
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Are maintenance and inspections performed by the legal appointees?
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Is adequate fire detection and fire-fighting equipment in place, operational and easily accessible to extinguish fire along the belt and at the driving head (Reg 11.4.2)? Has it been tested/Inspected per schedule?
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Are all accessible points along belt equipped with effective emergency stop mechanisms? Where an attendant is stationed at the drive, is there effective means for signaling from any point along the belt (Reg 8.9(c)?
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Are any two or more belts in series sequence interlocked to stop all belts simultaneously, and preventing starting until the belts onto which they feed are moving (Reg 8.9.1 and 8.8.3(f))
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Are all working or access thoroughfare places where winding, driving, pumping or other machinery is erected adequately lit /illuminated to make all moving parts is clearly visible (Reg.9.2(9))?
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Are no persons working close to moving parts not wearing loose clothing (Reg 8.8(1) and 8.8(3))?
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Are dust suppression and/or extraction systems in good working order at transfer points (Reg 10.20.2)?
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Are belt handheld scrapers without handles being used appropriately (i.e. only when conveyor is not running)?
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Are belt alignment controls (skew running limits) in place and effective?
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Are there no worn idlers and rollers?
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Is the belt not in contact with any structure legs? is the belt not cutting any structure legs?
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Are structures free of cracks and corrosion? Have they been inspected per schedule?
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Are anchor points available/adequate, secure and safe to use?
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Is there no excessive spillage around the belt? Is spillage prevention effective?
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Is a belt splicing / joining procedure in place? (Reg 8.9(10))
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Is the housekeeping to standard? Is there no visible evidence of material build-up on any section of the belt?
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Is there no visible evidence of material build-up on any section of the belt?
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Are the chutes not damaged?
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