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Woodwork resources

• Example risk assessment for a woodworking company

Model assessment sheets for high-risk hand-fed woodworking machines:

• Narrow band saw
• Circular saw
• Surface planer
• Vertical spindle moulder
• Supervising for safety in woodworking INDG 440
• Approved Code of Practice and Guidance (ACOP) [2.97MB] Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998 as applied to woodworking machinery. Appendix 1 gives detailed advice on training woodworking machinists.

The law

• The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998
• Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
• COSHH: A brief guide to the Regulations INDG 136
• Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
• Controlling noise at work. The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005. Guidance on Regulations L108 (Second edition) HSE Books 2005 ISBN 071766164 0

Other HSE websites

• Workplace transport
• Worker involvement
• Falls from height
• Slips and trips.
• Local exhaust ventilation (LEV)

Publications

• Safe handling of combustible dusts: precautions against explosions (HSG 103)
• Controlling noise at work. The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005. Guidance on Regulations L108 (Second edition) HSE Books 2005 ISBN 071766164 0

Manual handling

• Manual handling assessment chart (MAC)
• Manual handling solutions in woodworking INDG318

Health surveillance

• Sample questionnaire (when worker starts work)
• Sample questionnaire (follow-up)

COSHH

• COSHH Essentials: Health surveillance for occupational asthma G402
• Respiratory sensitisers and COSHH - breathe freely INDG 95
• COSHH: A brief guide to the Regulations INDG 136
• EN 12779: 2004 Safety of woodworking machines - Chip and dust extraction systems with fixed installation - Safety related performances and safety requirements
• COSHH and the woodworking industries WIS6
• Occupational hygiene and health surveillance at industrial treatment plants WIS29
• Toxic woods WIS30

Noise

• Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
• Controlling noise at work. The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005. Guidance on Regulations L108 (Second edition) HSE Books 2005 ISBN 071766164 0
• Noise at work: Guidance for employers INDG 362
• Free leaflets on noise (index)
• Noise at woodworking machines WIS13
• Noise reduction at band re-saws WIS4
• HSE website - Noise at work
• Established noise control methods for high risk activities in woodworking
• Management of noise risks in woodworking
• Health risks during furniture stripping using dichloromethane (DCM) WIS19

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