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Plant and equipment · UK duty guide

PUWER inspections

Work equipment checked against the job it is doing.

  • On the file

    The machine, the guards and controls, and whether it stays in use.

  • Duty

    PUWER 1998

  • Where it is used

    On the machine, for the job it is doing.

What the duty covers

  • Guards, controls, and the condition of the machine.
  • Suitable for the task, and maintained.
  • A fail takes it out of use until it is fixed.

On the file

  • The machine
  • Guards and controls
  • Its condition
  • Whether it is suitable for the task
  • That it is maintained
  • A fail, and that it is taken out of use

How this duty should sit

These notes describe how the duty can sit on a digital record. This page is a guide to a UK duty. It is not a screen in EHSync Safety.

  • The inspection is on the machine, not in a folder in the yard.
  • A fail takes it off the register the same day.

The duty

The UK law we work to, by name.

  • PUWER 1998

    Provision and Use of Work Equipment. Suitable, maintained, and inspected.

  • Who uses it

    The person inspecting it. A fail is taken out of use by the supervisor.

  • Sits with

    On the plant register for that machine.

  • What good looks like

    A fail comes off the register the same day. It is not used until it is fixed.