PUWER INSPECTION

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• Conducted on

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• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Machine make & model

• Machine serial

• Customers reference for machine (if applicable)

Regulation 4 - Suitability of the Work Equipment

• Is the equipment being used for its designed, adapted and intended purpose?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the equipment suitable for use in its enviroment, e.g. in a flammable atmosphere?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the installation standard important to achieve essential health and safety measures?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 5 - Maintenance

• Are the Health and Safety features maintained in an efficient condition?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the work equipment in good working order?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the work equipment subject to regular maintenance, eg. In accordance with manufacturers instructions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the equipment or its safety devices subject to planned preventive maintenance?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the work equipment subject to statutory inspection/examination?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the equipment being used for its designed, adapted and intended purpose?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the equipment suitable for use in its enviroment, e.g. in a flammable atmosphere?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the installation standard important to achieve essential health and safety measures? Yes No N/A

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What control method is used to log the above maintenance?

Regulation 6 - Inspection

• Have competent personel been identified to carry out inspections?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has the installation been inspected and results been recorded?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the installation conditions inspected at regular intervals as instructed by the OEM of the equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 7 - Specific Risks

• Are risk assessment required under any other regulations. Eg. noise, COSHH, DSE, manual handling Management regulations?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are current records for these assessments available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 8 - information andInstructions

• Have operators and supervision adequate health and safety information for the equipment available to them eg manufacturers operating instructions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the information readily accessible and available to the user/operator?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are written procedures required for the safe operation and maintenance of the work equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If procedures are required are they available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 9 - Training (Operation-Maintenance)

• Are those who operate, inspect and maintain the work equipment competent?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have all personel who operate, inspect and maintain the work equipment received appropriate training?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have all personel who supervise the operation, inspection or maintenance of work equipment received appropriate training?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 10 - Conformity with EC/UKCA requirements

• Does the work equipment comply with the relevent EC/UKCA product directive or harmonised standards eg.is it CE Marked

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do you have a copy of the relevent declaration of conformity?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 11 - Dangerous parts of Machinery

• Is access to dangerous parts of the equipment prevented?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the danger eliminated prior to access under normal operating conditions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the guards, safety devices or systems of work suitable and not easily by passed or disabled?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the guards, safety devices or systems of work adequately maintained and inspected?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there an 'override' facility which suspends normal safeguards?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the permissable uses of the override facility understood and documented in a safe system?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the override facility under strict supervisory control?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 12 - Protection against Specified Hazards Have any of the specified hazards been identified and risk assessed?

• Ejection of materials from the equipment including swarf, tool tips, components, high pressure fluids or anything that could cause injury

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Rupture or disintegration of parts including components, hoses, pipework or anyrtghing else which could cause injury

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Fire or overheating of equipment

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• unintended discharge of particles, gas etc

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• unintended explosion etc.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 13 - High and Low Temperatures

• Are areas of forseeable access at the temperatures likely to cause burns or similar injury?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are contact surfaces suitably instulated or provided with hazard warning?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 14 - Start controls

• Are there sufficient easily identified and maintained controls for starting or restarting?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the controls readily accessible and protected against inadvertent operation?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do all manual controls require a deliberate action to operate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the controls provided for changing operating conditions, eg. Speed, pressure, direction etc?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does start up or restart require deliberate operation of the start control, eg. After resetting a safety device?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 15 - Stop Controls

• Is the equipment provided with a readily accessible stop control?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the stop control mechanism bring the work equipment safely to a safe condition?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are braking systems required for the work equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

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

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is it necessary for all sources of energy to be switched off after stopping the equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is it necessary for stored energy to be isolated or dissipated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 16 - Emergency Stop

• Are sufficient readily accessible emergency stops provided in circumstances where existing or conventional safe guards do not prevent risk of injury?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the emergency stop operate in priority to all other controls, eg.start or stop controls?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the emergency stop bring the equipment safely to a safe condition?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 17 - Controls

• Are all controls clearly visible, identifiable and appropriately marked?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the controls readily accessible, in a safe position and operators free from danger when using them?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• "So far as 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 risk to there health & safety? "

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If no, are there systems in place to ensure their health and safety?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If no, are there suitable audible or visible warning devices which are activated before the equipment starts?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 18 - Control Systems

• Does the control system as configured create any increased risk to health and safety?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does a failure of any part of the control system or its power supply lead to a 'Fail-Safe' condition which will not impede the 'Stop' or 'Emergency Stop' controls'?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 19 - Isolation from sources of Energy

• Are there means to physically isolate equipment from all sources of energy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the means of isolation clearly identifiable and accessible?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is a safe method of reconnection provided which does not expose any person to a risk of injury?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is a safe system of work in place?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 20 - Stability

• Has the work equipment been fixed and/or stabilised to prevent the risk of injury?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 21 - Lighting

• Is the area encompassing the work equipment suitably and sufficiently lit for all funtions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 22 - Maintenance Operations

• Has the equipment been designed or modified to enable maintenance to be carried out safely?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are safe systems of work in place to allow the maintenance to be undertaken safely?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have risk assessments been completed for maintenance operations?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 23 - Markings

• Are all necessary health and safety markings to current standards and clearly visible?(start,stop,E-Stop controls etc?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 24 - Warnings

• Are any warnings or warning devices required eg. Visual, audible etc?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the warnings or warning devices provided both suitable,(eg. audible, clearly visible, unambiguous, easily understood and maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Assessed by

  Sign

• Date

  Date
Hazard

• Description of hazard

• Risk related to hazard

• Who might be harmed?

• Regualtion failed

• Risk likelihood

  Very Likely

  Likely

  Unlikely

  Highly Unlikely

• Risk consequences

  Fatality

  Major Injury

  Minor Injury

  Negligible Injury

• Use this risk matrix to identify the risk level:

  

• Probability and severity

• Risk level

  Very High

  High

  Medium

  Low

• Hazard causing risk can be eliminated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Can something be implemented to control this risk (risk control measure)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Describe the proposed control measure:

• Briefly describe the existing control measure:

• Further action needed to control the risk?

  Yes

  No

  Unsure

• Select the "Action" icon to create an action, assign it to someone, and set a due date.

  Compliant

  Non-Compliant

  N/A

• Eliminate the hazard causing the risk.

• Can something be implemented to control this risk (risk control measure)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Describe the proposed control measure:

• Further action needed to control the risk?

  Yes

  No

  Unsure

• Select the "Action" icon to create an action, assign it to someone, and set a due date.

  Compliant

  Non-Compliant

  N/A

• Monitor this risk.

  Compliant

  Non-Compliant

  N/A

• Can something be implemented to control this risk (risk control measure)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Eliminate the hazard causing the risk.

• Describe the proposed control measure:

• Can something be implemented to control this risk (risk control measure)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Describe the proposed control measure:

• Eliminate the hazard causing the risk.

• Can something be implemented to control this risk (risk control measure)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Describe the proposed control measure:

• Eliminate the hazard causing the risk.

• Resulting probabilty and severity

• Resulting risk level

  Very High

  High

  Medium

  Low

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