Work Equipment

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. 

In 1989 two Directives - the Machinery Directive and the Work Equipment Directive - were adopted and their content required to be incorporated into member states domestic laws by 1 January 1993. Both these Directives relate to plant and machinery. The UK laws incorporating these Directives are respectively  

These two Regulations are considered in more detail in Sections 13.1 and 13.2 respectively. 

The foiiowing sections discuss the management of these subjects. 

The term work equipment covers a vast range of tools, vehicles and machinery. Those articles used at work that present a low risk are always covered by the general duties in section 6 of the HSWA however, for work equipment and machinery there are additional requirements imposed by the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER). 

This includes hand tools, single machines, lifting equipment, ladders and other access equipment, vehicles, office equipment, etc. 

The term use applies to not only the actual use for which the equipment has been designed and manufactured but importantly when the equipment is  

The regulations require that when an employer is considering the provision of a piece of work equipment he first must consider the suitability of the proposed equipment for the work. When considering the suitability of a piece of equipment an employer must take into account  

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Methyl dietb an olamine (MDEA) and solutions of MDEA have increased in use for gas treating (150,151). Additional gas treating capacity can often be obtained with the same working equipment, because of the higher amine concentrations that can be used. 

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). 

In addition to guarding dangerous maehinery (Reg. 11) measures are required to prevent or adequately eontrol hazards from work equipment due to ... 

L 22 Safe use of work equipment. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code... 

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Department in which work is to be carried out has been advised Cutting/Welding/Brazing/Hot Work Equipment is in good order... 

You can find more guidance in the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Reoulations 1998. UftinQ Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 and HSE s Buying new machinery INDG271 1998. 

In this Chapter we describe the construction of various pieces of apparatus by the methods of glass-working already described. All the apparatus mentioned below can be made by quite simple methods and without the use of the expensive items of glass-working equipment such as lathes, ovens, various wheels and so on. Many pieces of complex-looking apparatus are made merely by a succession of simple operations. 

According to which criteria does the organisation select means of transport for work equipment and products Is resource-saving technology employed in transport ... 

Moller, A., Wensing, M., Pflaumbaum, W., Kieftling, M., Bednarek, M., Schwarz, A. and Blome, H. (2004) Trial of a test chamber procedure for the measurement of material-related emissions of work equipment in information technology. Gefahrstojfe-Reinhaltung der Lufi, 64,... 

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. 

As mentioned in Section H.l the activity breakdown for this example is based on the preliminary estimate in Appendix L that was prepared without the benefit of P ID s and arrangement drawings. This breakdown would be barely adequate for tracking the civil work - site, concrete, and steel erection. However, it is not detailed enough for use for tracking electromechanical work - equipment erection, piping, electrical, and instrumentation. 

Poly([ethyl acrylate]-g-plvalolactone) was found to be easily processable on conventional rubber working equipment. It was easily processable on a two-roll mill, had excellent calendering properties, could be compression molded at 225-230°C, and could be Injection molded at 225°C. Extrusion was more difficult requiring high temperatures (250°C) and slow extrusion rates. Physical properties of the graft copolymers were similar to those of the parent elastomeric polyacrylates that had been compounded with carbon block and chemically crossllnked. 

Lighting should be provide by a few banks of wide spectrum fluorescent tubes fairly evenly distributed across the ceiling and turned on for 10-12 hours regularly each day. These are great dust catchers, however, and must be wiped clean periodically. The work table should also be painted with a hard smooth, white finish. If the table is metal, a small, clean cutting board must be provided on which to pin down mushroom caps when disecting them. Shelf boards on the wall next to the table may be extended above the table to provide space for storage of work equipment and ready containers. A hood should be constructed around the table to protect it from dust, etc. A fume hood with a flu vent and spark-free exhaust fan should be constructed over the extraction area to remove toxic and combustible methanol vapors. 

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