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Machine make & model
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Machine serial
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Customers reference for machine (if applicable)
PUWER ASSESSMENT
Regulation 4 - Suitability of the Work Equipment
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Is the equipment being used for its designed, adapted and intended purpose?
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Is the equipment suitable for use in its enviroment, e.g. in a flammable atmosphere?
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Is the installation standard important to achieve essential health and safety measures?
Regulation 5 - Maintenance
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Are the Health and Safety features maintained in an efficient condition?
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Is the work equipment in good working order?
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Is the work equipment subject to regular maintenance, eg. In accordance with manufacturers instructions?
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Is the equipment or its safety devices subject to planned preventive maintenance?
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Is the work equipment subject to statutory inspection/examination?
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Is the equipment being used for its designed, adapted and intended purpose?
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Is the equipment suitable for use in its enviroment, e.g. in a flammable atmosphere?
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Is the installation standard important to achieve essential health and safety measures? Yes No N/A
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What control method is used to log the above maintenance?
Regulation 6 - Inspection
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Have competent personel been identified to carry out inspections?
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Has the installation been inspected and results been recorded?
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Are the installation conditions inspected at regular intervals as instructed by the OEM of the equipment?
Regulation 7 - Specific Risks
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Are risk assessment required under any other regulations. Eg. noise, COSHH, DSE, manual handling Management regulations?
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Are current records for these assessments available?
Regulation 8 - information andInstructions
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Have operators and supervision adequate health and safety information for the equipment available to them eg manufacturers operating instructions?
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Is the information readily accessible and available to the user/operator?
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Are written procedures required for the safe operation and maintenance of the work equipment?
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If procedures are required are they available?
Regulation 9 - Training (Operation-Maintenance)
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Are those who operate, inspect and maintain the work equipment competent?
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Have all personel who operate, inspect and maintain the work equipment received appropriate training?
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Have all personel who supervise the operation, inspection or maintenance of work equipment received appropriate training?
Regulation 10 - Conformity with EC/UKCA requirements
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Does the work equipment comply with the relevent EC/UKCA product directive or harmonised standards eg.is it CE Marked
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Do you have a copy of the relevent declaration of conformity?
Regulation 11 - Dangerous parts of Machinery
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Is access to dangerous parts of the equipment prevented?
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Is the danger eliminated prior to access under normal operating conditions?
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Are the guards, safety devices or systems of work suitable and not easily by passed or disabled?
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Are the guards, safety devices or systems of work adequately maintained and inspected?
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Is there an 'override' facility which suspends normal safeguards?
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Are the permissable uses of the override facility understood and documented in a safe system?
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Is the override facility under strict supervisory control?
Regulation 12 - Protection against Specified Hazards Have any of the specified hazards been identified and risk assessed?
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Ejection of materials from the equipment including swarf, tool tips, components, high pressure fluids or anything that could cause injury
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Rupture or disintegration of parts including components, hoses, pipework or anyrtghing else which could cause injury
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Fire or overheating of equipment
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unintended discharge of particles, gas etc
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unintended explosion etc.
Regulation 13 - High and Low Temperatures
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Are areas of forseeable access at the temperatures likely to cause burns or similar injury?
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Are contact surfaces suitably instulated or provided with hazard warning?
Regulation 14 - Start controls
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Are there sufficient easily identified and maintained controls for starting or restarting?
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Are the controls readily accessible and protected against inadvertent operation?
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Do all manual controls require a deliberate action to operate?
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Are the controls provided for changing operating conditions, eg. Speed, pressure, direction etc?
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Does start up or restart require deliberate operation of the start control, eg. After resetting a safety device?
Regulation 15 - Stop Controls
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Is the equipment provided with a readily accessible stop control?
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Does the stop control mechanism bring the work equipment safely to a safe condition?
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Are braking systems required for the work equipment?
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Does the stop control mechanism operate in priority to controls which start or change operating conditions?
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Is it necessary for all sources of energy to be switched off after stopping the equipment?
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Is it necessary for stored energy to be isolated or dissipated?
Regulation 16 - Emergency Stop
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Are sufficient readily accessible emergency stops provided in circumstances where existing or conventional safe guards do not prevent risk of injury?
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Does the emergency stop operate in priority to all other controls, eg.start or stop controls?
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Does the emergency stop bring the equipment safely to a safe condition?
Regulation 17 - Controls
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Are all controls clearly visible, identifiable and appropriately marked?
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Are the controls readily accessible, in a safe position and operators free from danger when using them?
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"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? "
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If no, are there systems in place to ensure their health and safety?
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If no, are there suitable audible or visible warning devices which are activated before the equipment starts?
Regulation 18 - Control Systems
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Does the control system as configured create any increased risk to health and safety?
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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'?
Regulation 19 - Isolation from sources of Energy
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Are there means to physically isolate equipment from all sources of energy?
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Are the means of isolation clearly identifiable and accessible?
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Is a safe method of reconnection provided which does not expose any person to a risk of injury?
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Is a safe system of work in place?
Regulation 20 - Stability
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Has the work equipment been fixed and/or stabilised to prevent the risk of injury?
Regulation 21 - Lighting
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Is the area encompassing the work equipment suitably and sufficiently lit for all funtions?
Regulation 22 - Maintenance Operations
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Has the equipment been designed or modified to enable maintenance to be carried out safely?
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Are safe systems of work in place to allow the maintenance to be undertaken safely?
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Have risk assessments been completed for maintenance operations?
Regulation 23 - Markings
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Are all necessary health and safety markings to current standards and clearly visible?(start,stop,E-Stop controls etc?
Regulation 24 - Warnings
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Are any warnings or warning devices required eg. Visual, audible etc?
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Are the warnings or warning devices provided both suitable,(eg. audible, clearly visible, unambiguous, easily understood and maintained?
RISK ASSESSMENT & RISK REDUCTION STRATEGY
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