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Reg 4 - Suitability of Work Equipment

4.1. Is the equipment suitable by design, construction or adaptation for the work it is provided to do?
4.2 Is the equipment suitable for the conditions in which it is to be used? (eg Electric drill to be used outside in damp conditions)
4.3. Is the equipment used in such a way that it can not cause risks in situations whereby it would otherwise be safe? (eg petrol generator discharging into enclosed space)
Are there mitigating controls measures in place to reduce risks to a minimum?
4.4. Is the equipment suitable for the purpose or conditions of use?

Reg 5 Maintenance

5.1. Is the equipment maintained?
State the frequency of maintenance?
5.2. Is the equipment subject to statutory inspection?
If so state which regs apply eg COSHH, LOLER etc
5.3. Is the maintenance work routine, based on manufacturers recommendation?
5.4. Is the maintenance work planned and preventative? (Required where parts of the equipment could fail in a dangerous way)
5.5. Have all maintenance staff received adequate information, instruction, training?
5.6. Is a record of maintenance kept?
5.7. If a maintenance log is kept is it up to date?

Reg 6 - Inspection

6.1. Is the equipment inspected after installation?
6.2. Is equipment inspected after it is assembled at a new site or location?
6.3. Is work equipment inspected at suitable intervals when it is, exposed to conditions causing deterioration, which is liable to result in dangerous situations (eg high vibrations)?
6.4. Is the equipment inspected for safety, each time an exceptional circumstance arises eg major fault?
6.5. Are results of inspections recorded and kept until the next inspection occurs?
6.6. If equipment leaves an employer's undertaking, or if obtained from another person, is it accompanied by physical evidence that the last inspection has been carried out?

Reg 7 Specific Risks and Restrictions on Use

7.1. Is the use of this equipment restricted to specific persons (eg abrasive wheels, circular saws, fork lift trucks etc)
Is there a valid and signed authorisation letter/sheet?
7.2. Is the repair, maintenance, modifications, servicing restricted to specific persons?
7.3. Have those persons who use, repair, maintain, modify or service the equipment been adequately trained?
State training received?

Reg 8/9 Information, Instruction, Training

9.1. Have all users of work equipment received adequate information, instruction and training including: Method Risks Precautions (Special emphasis should be given to young persons under 18 years of age)
9.2. Have all supervisors/managers of work equipment received adequate information, instruction and training including: Methods Risks Precautions

Reg 10 Conformity with EC Requirements

Is this New Equipment?
10.1. Does the equipment comply with Community Directives (eg does it display a CE Mark)
10.2. If so, and where an essential requirement has applied to the design and construction of an item, the requirements of regulations 11-19 and 22-29 apply.

Reg 11 Dangerous Parts of Machinery

11.1. Have measures been taken to prevent access to dangerous parts of the machine or rotating stock bar or to stop movement of any dangerous part or rotating stock bar before any part of a person enters a danger zone?
11.2. In particular: So far as it is practicable have fixed guards been provided, if not then........... So far as is practicable have other guards or protection devices been provided, if not then........... So far as is practicable have jigs, holders, push sticks, or similar protection appliances been provided?
11.3. Has adequate information, instruction, training and supervision been given?
11.4. So far as is practicable are guards and protection devices suitable and sufficient for the purpose for which they are provided (eg good construction, sound material, adequate strength maintained and in good repair?

Reg 12 Protection Against Specific Hazards

The hazards to be considered are:
1. An article or substance being ejected from the equipment.
2. Rupture or disintegration of parts.
3. Fire or overheating.
4. Unintended discharge of article or gas, dust, liquid, vapour or other substance.
5. Unintended explosion of equipment or article or substance used or stored in the equipment.
12.1. So far as is reasonable, have the risks associated with the following hazards been adequately controlled, by means other than PPE or information, instruction, training or supervision?

Reg 13. High or Very Low Temperature

13.1. Where appropriate, are all parts of work equipment, articles or substances in the equipment protected to prevent burns by contact? (engineering measures should always be applied although circumstances may arise where the only form of protection may be PPE etc).

Reg 14. Starting Controls

This section is qualified by the term 'where appropriate' which relates to the features, functioning and the risk associated with use. Start, stop and emergency control systems are not generally appropriate for work equipment with no moving parts, or where the risk of injury is negligible eg battery powered clocks (ref should be made to the guidance note). It may well be some of the following questions are not applicable.
14.1. Is the equipment fitted with start, stop or operating controls which require a deliberate action to operate?
14.2. Can starting take place by use of a protective device eg interlock
14.3. Are the controls protected against inadvertent operation (eg starter shrouded)?

Reg 15. Stop Controls

15.1. Does the stop control mechanism bring the work equipment to a safe condition in a safe manner (under 10 seconds with woodworking machinery)?
15.2. Are all sources of energy switched off after stopping the equipment? (Compressed air/hydraulic pressure)?
15.3. Does the stop control equipment operate in priority to controls which start or change operating conditions?

Reg 16 Emergency Stop Controls

16.1. Is the equipment fitted with an emergency stop control which operates in priority to any other control mechanism?

Reg 17 Controls

17.1. Are all controls clearly visible?
17.2. Are they identifiable?
17.3. Are they appropriately marked?
17.4. Are control mechanisms in a safe position and operators free from danger?
17.5. So far as is reasonably practicable can the operator of any control ensure that from the position of the control, no person is in a place where there is a risk to health and safety?
If no, are systems in place to ensure Health & Safety?
if no, are there audible, visible or warning devices which are activated before the equipment starts?

Reg 18. Control Systems

18.1. Do control systems allow for failures, faults and constraints to be expected in the planned circumstances of use with no increased risk to health & safety?
18.2. Does a failure of any part on the control system or it's power supply lead to a 'fail-safe' condition, which will not impede the operation of the 'stop' controls?

Reg 19. Isolation

19.1. Are there means to isolate the equipment from all sources of energy, eg multiple lockable gasps, removal of plug, close and lock off valves, drain/vent outlets etc
19.2. Are the means of isolation clearly identifiable?
19.3. Are they accessible?
19.4. Are there appropriate measures to ensure that reconnection does not expose any person to a risk of injury eg reconnection initiating movement, adequate guards?

Reg 20. Stability

20.1. Is the equipment stabilised by clamping or otherwise where necessary to prevent risk of injury (eg machines bolted to floor, scaffolds tied to building, outriggers on mobile cranes)?

Reg 21. Lighting

Reference should be made to HS(G) 38
21.1. Are the places where this work equipment is to be used suitably and sufficiently lit eg local lighting may be required on certain machines, eg lathes?

Reg 22. Maintenance Operations

22.1. Is maintenance carried out with the machine stooped and isolated?
22.2. If no and it is not reasonably practicable to do so, are maintenance operations carried out without exposing persons to risks?
22.3. If no, are there measures in place to reduce the risk of injury, eg temporary guards, limited movement controls, PPE etc?

Reg 23. Markings

23.1. Is the equipment appropriately marked for health and safety purposes eg emergency stop controls, safe working load, colour code of gas cylinders?
23.2. Do all markings comply with Bs5378 or Safety Signs and Signals Regulations 1998?

Reg 24. Warnings

24.1. Are all warnings and warning devices unambiguous, easily understood, easily perceived (eg signs complying with Safety Signs Regulations, audible visible warning devices on fork lift trucks, etc)?
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