Safety work equipment

Appropriate measures are taken to ensure that reconnection to any energy source does not expose people to any risks to their health or safety Work equipment or any part of the work equipment is stabilised by clamping or otherwise for the purposes of health or safety... 

All work equipment is to have a means to isolate it from all its sources of energy (Regulation 19). The means is to be clearly identifiable and readily accessible, and reconnection of the equipment to any energy source must not expose any person using the equipment to any risk to health or safety. Work equipment is to be stabilised by clamping or... 

All work equipment must be eonstrueted or adapted to be suitable for its use, and its seleetion should have regard to the working eonditions and risks to health and safety of persons where it is used and any additional risks it poses (Provision and Use of Work Equipment 1998 Reg. 2). 

Alternatively we may want to keep the inlet pressure of the column low (19). This approach is interesting in terms of safety and equipment lifetime. Furthermore the use of columns packed with fine pardcles is most promising at relatively low inlet pressures so that the pressure does not exceed the practical limit of the instrument when moderatelj viscous solvents are used. Finally, pumps capable of working at moderate pressures up to 70 atm are less expensive than those currently used in HPLC. It should be noted, however, that a separation is accomplished at the lowest inlet pressure when the column is packed with the largest particles available. In this case very long columns and extremely long analysis times are required. 

EC (2004) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions - on the practical implementation of the provisions of the health and safety at Work Directives 89/391 (Framework), 89/654 (Workplaces), 89/655 (Work Equipment), 89/656 (Personal Protective Equipment), 90/269 (Manual handling of Loads) and 90/270 (display Screen Equipment). COM (2004) 62 Final. Brussels. 

A variety of product safety, work safety, environmental safety aspects and other legal aspects must be taken into consideration when a process is designed. Good Manufacturing Practice standards for facilities, equipment, and working procedures must be met. GMP approval is subject to inspection and requires constant attention and updating. Extensive documentation must be provided to comply with these requirements. 

The European directive 89/655/EEC provides for minimum requirements for the use of work equipment with regard to safety and health [6-15]. Work equipment can be any machinery, tools, apparatus, instrumentation, and installation which are used at work by workers. This includes all machinery typically used while manufacturing or processing chemical agents. The employer is obliged to select or install only such work equipment which is suitable and complies with all ap-phcable EU directives. It has also to be in compliance with the harmonized techni-... 

Furthermore, the employer is required, to use or to provide only work equipment and protective devices which are in compliance with the European Community provisions on design, manufacture, and supply with respect to health and safety. This includes consistency with the provisions of the EU directive 94/9/EC [6-23] dealing with equipment and protecting systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, and consistency with the existing European technical standards. 

Council directive 89/655/EEC concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work, O.J. L 393,... 

The plant has undertaken work on two mam lines to ensure exhaustiveness of the preventive maintenance operations undertaken on safety-related equipment... 

Other important causal factors and questions also were not addressed in the report such as why the level transmitter was not working so soon after it was supposedly fixed, why safety orders were so delayed (the average age of a safety-related work order in this plant was three months), why critical processes were allowed to operate with non-functioning or erratically functioning safety-related equipment, whether the plant management knew this was happening, and so on. 

Hazards resulting from the use of work equipment, from the process and the handling of hazardous substances as well as those resulting from an accident have to be distinguished. Protection from the former is regulated primarily in the labour protection act [1] and the occupational safety [2] and hazardous substance [3] ordinances protection from the consequences of major accidents is regulated in [4]. 

Safety and personal safety must be considered from the very beginning of the planning of a plant. They concern the design of the plant, the layout of the workplaces as well as their environment and the working conditions of the personnel. After initiation of production the plant and the work equipment must be maintained in order to ensure permanent safety. 

Basic requirements are that the employees are equipped with work equipment suited for their work and the conditions of their workplace and that this equipment fulfils the legal provisions on design, construction and placing on the market. Safety and health must be guaranteed during intended use. If a hazard is unavoidable all the same appropriate additional measures have to be adopted in order to minimize the hazard. 

If safety depends on how work equipment is mounted or installed a test prior to its first use or start-up is required. In process plants tests and approvals are carried out before operation starts. Their purpose is to ensure that all equipment of the plant is installed correctly, operational and can be operated safely. 

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. 

Maintenance of work equipment in good repair - from simple checks on hand tools such as loose hammer heads to specific checks on lifts and hoists. When maintenance work is carried out it should be done in safety and without risk to health. 

Information and instruction on use of the work equipment - including instruction sheets, manuals or warning labels from manufacturers or suppliers. Adequate training for the purposes of health and safety in the use of specific work equipment. 

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. 

Alignment and repair operations with the beam on should not be done while working alone. A second person should be present as a safety observer, equipped with a survey meter to checkradiation and prepared to immediately shut off the beam in case of a direct exposure of any part of the person working on the equipment. 

It should also be noted that backlog of maintenance work for safety critical equipment has often been used as a leading indicator for major hazards. This is an indirect and implicit indicator. The barrier indicators are exphcitly focused on the hkely performance of barriers, and therefore to be preferred. 

Under HSWA, the HSE is primarily responsible for enforcing legislation, including CDM, covering the occupational health and safety of shore-based workers engaged in a land-based work activity, and work equipment supplied by the shore, for example ... 

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 in its requirement to determine safety of use so far as is reasonably practicable The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992 in the essential safety requirement to eliminate or reduce risks as far as possible. 

With the UK s integration into the European Community the influence of Community-based legislation (Directives) on UK laws has become a major factor in current health and safety legislation. This is particularly true with regard to machinery and work equipment. 

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. 

Evaluate all the risks to the safety and health of workers, inter alia in the choice of work equipment, the chemical substances or preparations used, and the fitting-out of work places... 

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