PUWER Assessment (The Provision And Use of Work Equipment Regulations)

Description of Equipment

• Machine

• Serial No

• Make/Model

• Location of Equipment
  Address

• Date of Assessment

  Date

• Prepared by

Who might be affected

• list

Mechanical Hazards

• Shearing

  Yes

  No

• Impact

  Yes

  No

• Struck by Tools

  Yes

  No

• Stabbing/Puncturing

  Yes

  No

• Cutting/Severing

  Yes

  No

• Friction/Abrasion

  Yes

  No

• Entanglement

  Yes

  No

• Drawing in

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Ejection of tools/Objects

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Ejection of high pressure fluids.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Stability

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Electrical Hazards

• Direct/Indirect shock

  Yes

  No

• Ignition source

  Yes

  No

• Electrostatic presence

  Yes

  No

• Radiation

  Yes

  No

• Short circuit

  Yes

  No

• Overload

  Yes

  No

Other Hazards

• Repetitive action

  Yes

  No

• Hot surfaces

  Yes

  No

• Vibration

  Yes

  No

• Stressful posture

  Yes

  No

• Lifting/Handling

  Yes

  No

• Noise

  Yes

  No

• Visibility

  Yes

  No

• Lighting

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Hazardous substances

  Yes

  No

• Isolation

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Others

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 4 - Suitability of Work Equipment

• Is the equipment suitable by design, construction or adaptation for the work it is provided to do?

  YES

  NO

• Is the equipment suitable for the conditions in which it is to be used?<br><br>

  YES

  NO

• Is the equipment used in such a manner where it does not cause risks in situations whereby it would otherwise be safe?<br><br>

  YES

  NO

• Is the equipment suitable for the purpose or conditions of use

  YES

  NO

Reg 5 Maintenance

• Is the equipment maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is a record of maintenance kept?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 6 - Inspection

• Does the equipment require statutory inspection

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the equipment inspected for safety, each time an exceptional circumstance arises eg major fault?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are results of inspections recorded and kept until the next inspection occurs?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 7 Specific Risks and Restrictions on Use

• Is the use of this equipment restricted to specific persons

  list

• Are there restrictions on use

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Reg 8/9 Information, Instruction, Training

• Have all users of work equipment received adequate information, instruction and training including:<br>Method<br>Risks<br>Precautions<br>(Special emphasis should be given to young persons under 18 years of age)

  Yes

  No

• Have all supervisors/managers of work equipment received adequate information, instruction and training including:<br>Methods<br>Risks<br>Precautions

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 10 Conformity with EC Requirements

• Is this New Equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the equipment comply with Community Directives (eg does it display a CE Mark)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 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.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 11 Dangerous Parts of Machinery

• 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?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• In particular:<br>So far as it is practicable have fixed guards been provided, if not then...........<br>So far as is practicable have other guards or protection devices been provided, if not then...........<br>So far as is practicable have jigs, holders, push sticks, or similar protection appliances been provided?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has adequate information, instruction, training and supervision been given?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 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?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 12 Protection Against Specific Hazards

• 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?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• An article or substances falling or being ejected

  YES

  NO

• Rupture or disintegration of parts

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Catching fire or overheating

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Unintended or premature discharge of any article or of any gas, dust, liquid, vapour, or other substance which in each case, is produced used or stored in the work equipment and/or the work area.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• The unintended or premature explosion of the item of work equipment or any article or substance used or stored in it

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 13. High or Very Low Temperature

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

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 14. Starting Controls

• Is the equipment fitted with start, stop or operating controls which require a deliberate action to operate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Can starting take place by use of a protective device eg interlock<br>

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the controls protected against inadvertent operation (eg starter shrouded)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 15. Stop Controls

• Does the stop control mechanism bring the work equipment to a safe condition in a safe manner (under 10 seconds with woodworking machinery)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all sources of energy switched off after stopping the equipment? (Compressed air/hydraulic pressure)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the stop control equipment operate in priority to controls which start or change operating conditions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 16 Emergency Stop Controls

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

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 17 Controls

• Are all controls clearly visible?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are they identifiable?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are they appropriately marked?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are control mechanisms in a safe position and operators free from danger?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 18. Control Systems

• 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?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 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?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 19. Isolation

• 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

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the means of isolation clearly identifiable?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are they accessible?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there appropriate measures to ensure that reconnection does not expose any person to a risk of injury eg reconnection initiating movement, adequate guards?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 20. Stability

• 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)?<br>

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 21. Lighting

• Are the places where this work equipment is to be used suitably and sufficiently lit eg local lighting may be required on certain machines.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 22. Maintenance Operations

• Is maintenance carried out with the machine stopped and isolated? By specified staff only and in accordance with the written procedures for the machine.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 23. Markings

• Is the equipment appropriately marked for health and safety purposes eg emergency stop controls, safe working load, colour code of gas cylinders?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do all markings comply with Bs5378 or Safety Signs and Signals Regulations 1998?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Reg 24. Warnings

• 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)?<br>

  Yes

  No

  N/A

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