PUWER Regulations

PUWER Regulation 7 restricts the use of such equipment to the persons designated to use it. These people need to have received sufficient information, instruction and training so that they can carry out the work, using the equipment, safely. 

Complex equipment and/or high risk equipment will probably need a maintenance log and may require a more rigid inspection regime to ensure continued safe operation. This is covered by PUWER, Regulation 6. 

These Regulations add to the requirements of PUWER and should be interpreted with them. For example, when selecting lifting equipment, PUWER Regulation 4, regarding suitability, should be considered in connection with ... 

The intention of this Regulation is to require that employers ensure that equipment, provided for use after 31 December 1992, complies with the relevant essential requirements in various European Directives made under Article 95 of the Treaty of Rome. The requirements of PUWER Regulations 11 to 19 and 22 to 29 only apply if the essential requirements do not apply to a particular piece of equipment. 

The Machinery Directive was brought into UK law by the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992 as amended, which duplicate PUWER Regulations 11-19 and 22-29. 

The PUWER regulations cover all working equipment such as tools and... 

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) regulation 6(1) states Every employer shall ensure that work equipment is maintained in efficient... 

The Regulations require risks to people s health and safety from equipment they use at work to be prevented or controlled. Although power presses are included as woric equipment, part IV of PUWER contains specific requirements for power presses and is dealt with in Chapter 16. In addition to the requirements of PUWER, lifting equipment is also subject to the requirements of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. 

PUWER cannot be considered in isolation from other health and safety legislation but needs to be considered alongside other health and safety laws, e.g. HSWA and the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. 

Guards are physical barriers which prevent access to the danger zone. The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) require employers to take effective measures to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery. These regulations also apply to contact with a rotating bar which projects beyond the headstock of a lathe. 

The primary objective of the Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 PUWER is to ensure that no work equipment, including power presses, gives rise to risks to health and safety regardless of the work equipments, age, condition and origin. 

PUWER Part IV, however, contains specific requirements for power presses, although employers must still comply with the whole of the Regulations (see Chapter 1). 

PUWER Part IV applies only to mechanicaUy driven presses which are power driven, have a flywheel and clutch and which are wholly or partly used to work metal. The Regulations do not apply to presses which do not have a clutch mechanism (e.g. pneumatic and hydraulic presses). 

The provisions of PUWER 98 operate alongside the Dock Regulations 1988. 

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (1998) and Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER 98)... 

The PUWER and LOLER refer solely to the regulations introduced by HSE. Similar regulations applicable to shipping have not yet been introduced but arc currently out to consultation. In the meantime the following continue to apply in relation to shipping ... 

The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992 (SMSR) - which relates to the safety standards of new plant and machinery which has been purchased since 1 January 1993. One of its aims is to promote the freer movement of goods between Member States using safety standards as the criteria. 9 The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) -which is concerned with the use of plant and equipment that had been purchased for use at work before 1 January 1993, i.e. existing plant at that date. 

The current legislation that lays down requirements for the use of any equipment at work is the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER). These Regulations take over the greater part of the requirements contained in the now largely defunct Factories Act 1961 (FA) but extend to include every item of plant, equipment or tool used at work. However, the... 

PUWER applies to the safeguarding and safe use of all equipment, machinery and plant used in any work place. However, where machinery is concerned, any that was purchased after 31 December 1992 should comply vsnth the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992 (SMSR) (see Section 13.1)... 

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) require, amongst other things, that all machinery is suitable for its intended use and is properly maintained, and that employees, including those using, mounting and managing the operation of abrasive wheels, are fully informed and properly trained in their use. 

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Reguiations (PUWER) Controi of Substances Hazardous to Heaith Regulations (COSHH) Confined Spaces Regulations... 

This chapter covers the scope and main requirements for work equipment as covered by Parts II and III of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER). The requirements for the supply of new machinery are aiso inciuded. Summaries of PUWER and The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations are given in Chapter 20. The safe use of hand tools, handheld power tools and the proper safe-guarding of a small range of machinery used in construction work are included. 

Construction and Use) Regulations will normally be sufficiertt to comply with PUWER. 

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) are made under the HSW Act and their primary aim is to ensure that work equipment is used without risks to health and safety, regardless of its age, condition or origin. The requirements of PUWER that are relevant to woodworking machinery are set out in the Safe use of woodworking machinery Approved Code of Practice. PUWER has specific requirements for risk assessment which are covered under the Health and Safety Management Regulations. 

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