Work Equipment and Machinery: Further Information

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Publications

• Safe use of work equipment. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code of Practice and Guidance.
  L22 HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 1626 6
• Safe use of power presses. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 as applied to power presses. Approved Code of Practice and Guidance.
  L112 HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 1627 4
• Safe use of woodworking machinery. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 as applied to woodworking. Approved Code of Practice and Guidance.
  L114 HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 1630 4
• Safe use of lifting equipment. Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code of Practice and Guidance.
  L113 HSE Books 1998 ISBN 0 7176 1628 2
• PUWER 98: Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998: Open Learning Guidance HSE Books 1999
  ISBN 978 0 7176 6285 2
• LOLER 98: Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998: Open Learning Guidance HSE Books 1999
  ISBN 0 7176 2464 1

• Workplace transport safety: Guidance for employers HSG136 HSE Books 1995
  ISBN 0 7176 6154 7

All the above publications are available from HSE Books. The following free publications are available online:

• Simple Guide to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
  INDG291 HSE Books 1999, ISBN 0 7176 2429 3, Single copies free, multiple copies in priced packs
• Simple Guide to the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
  INDG290 HSE Books 2005, ISBN - 7176 2430 7, Single copies free, multiple copies in priced packs
• Managing health and safety: 5 steps to success
  INDG275 HSE Books 2003, ISBN 0 7176 2170 7, Multiple copies in priced packs
• Buying new machinery
  INDG271 HSE Books 1998
• Supplying new machinery
  INDG270 HSE Books 1998
• Workplace transport safety: an overview
  INDG199 (Rev 1) HSE Books 2005, ISBN 0 7176 2821 3, Single copies free, multiple copies in priced packs
• Hiring and leasing out of plant: application of PUWER 98, regulations 26 and 27
  MISC156 HSE Books 1998
• Retrofitting of roll-over protective structures, restraining systems and their attachment points to mobile work equipment
  MISC175 HSE Books 2007
• 5 steps to risk assessment
  INDG163 HSE Books 2006, ISBN 0 7176 09049, Single copies free, multiple copies in priced packs

Online versions of the following publications may be obtained from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform website:

• Product Standards: Machinery: Guidance notes on the UK Regulations: May 1995
  URN 95/650 - available from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
• Product Standards: The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992 (As Amended): Frequently Asked Questions - DTI View: April 1998
  URN 98/644 - available from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

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