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Work Equipment and Machinery: Health and Safety Information

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Work Equipment and Machinery

Do you know how to select and use your work equipment?

Work equipment covers an enormous range spanning process machinery, machine tools, office machines, lifting equipment, hand tools, ladders and pressure washers.

Important points include: selecting the right equipment for the job, making sure equipment is safe to use and keeping it safe through regular maintenance, inspection and, if appropriate, thorough examination, training employees to use equipment safely and following manufacturers’ or suppliers’ instructions.

Accidents involving work equipment happen all the time – many serious, some fatal. See ‘safe plant and equipment’ section of the Health and Safety Policy Statement on page 25 of this leaflet.

Does This Concern Me?

Do you use ladders or other equipment for working at heights? For example, it may often be safer to use an access tower or mobile elevating work platform than a ladder.
Do you have machinery of any kind? You need to guard the parts that could cause injury; have the right controls, especially for starting and stopping; clean, or clear blockages in a safe way; and carry out preventive checks, maintenance and inspection.
Are hand tools used in your workplace, eg screwdrivers, knives, hand saws, meat cleavers, hammers?
Do you have lifting equipment such as pulley blocks, cranes, and lift trucks? Most lifting equipment will require regular thorough examination by a competent person.

What Law Applies?

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992, as amended 1994

Simple guide to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations INDG291 available in packs of 15, ISBN 0717624293 £5.00)

Safe use of work equipment. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 L22 ISBN 0717616266 £8.00

Simple guide to the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 INDG290 available in packs of 15, ISBN 0 7176 2430 7 £5.00)

Buying new machinery INDG271, (available in packs of 15, ISBN 0717615596 £5.00)

Using work equipment safely INDG229(rev1) (available in packs of 10 ISBN 0717623890 £5.00)

Safe use of ladders and stepladders: An employers’ guide INDG402 (available in packs of 5 ISBN 0717661059 £5.00)

Related Publications

Related Publications:

HSE L22 Safe use of work equipment. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (L 22) £11.95 find out more	Personal Protective Equipment at Work (PPE) Regulations 1992 Poster £21.54 find out more	HSE L25 Personal protective equipment at work (Second edition) (L 25) £8.95 find out more
A short guide to the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 £3.50 find out more	HSE LOLER 1998:Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998 £15.95 find out more	HSE L113 Safe use of lifting equipment. Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 £8.00 find out more

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