Resources

PUWER

• Using work equipment safely. (INDG 229)
• Safe use of work equipment. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code of Practice and guidance L22
• Open learning guidance PUWER 1998: Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
• Providing and using work equipment safely: A brief guide INDG 291
• Safe use of woodworking machinery. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 as applied to woodworking. Approved Code of Practice and Guidance. (L114)
• Health and safety in engineering workshops
• Health and safety in motor vehicle repair
• Managing machinery safety in small plastics factories. (PPS3)
• How to reduce your hand knife injuries (PPS12)
• Do you use a steam / water pressure cleaner?
• The guide to safe use of power-operated paper-cutting guillotines
• Safety requirements for using hand-fed platen (die-cutting) machines
• Guidelines for the safe operation of escalators and moving walks Safety Assessment Federation (produced in consultation with HSE)

Chainsaws

• Chainsaws at work (INDG 317)
• Top-handled chainsaws AFAG 308

POWER presses

• 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)
• Power presses: a summary of guidance on maintenance and thorough examination. (INDG375)
• Procedures for daily inspection and testing of mechanical power presses and press brakes. (INDG316)

Mobile work equipment

• Rider operated lift trucks Operator training. Approved Code of Practice and Guidance. (L117)
• Working safely with agricultural machinery (INDG241)
• Safe use of all terrain vehicles (ATVs) in agriculture and forestry AIS33

Equipment for access at height

• Safe use of ladders and stepladders
• Top tips for ladder and stepladder safety
• Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) for tree work AFAG 403
• Inspecting fall arrest equipment made from webbing or rope INDG367

LOLER

• Safe use of lifting equipment. Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code of Practice and Guidance. (L113)
• Open Learning Guidance LOLER 98: Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998:
• Lifting equipment at work: A brief guide (INDG 290)
• Thorough examination of lifting equipment. (INDG422)
• Thorough examination and testing of lifts

Product safety

• Buying new machinery
• Supplying new machinery
• Engineering machine tools - Retrofitting CNC HSE information Sheet EIS19
• The Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
• Pesticides amendment to the Machinery Directive 2009/127/EC
• Guide to application of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC (2nd Edition)
• Lifts Directive 95/16/EC (Consolidated Text)
• Guide to the application of the lifts directive 95/16/EC (full text)
• The Equipment and Protective systems intended for use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres (ATEX) Directive 94/9/EC
• Guidelines on the application of ATEX Directive 94/9/EC - Third edition (updated May 2011)
• Directive relating to cableway installations designed to carry persons Directive 2000/9/EC.
• Application guide to the Cableways Directive 2000/9/EC
• The Pressure Equipment Directive (97/23/EC)
• Pressure Equipment Directive (PED): guidelines
• Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) materials
• Simple Pressure Vessels Directive
• Guidelines for the Simple Pressure Vessels Directive (SPVD) (June 2000)
• Supplementary guidelines for Simple Pressure Vessels Directive (SPVD) (relating to Article 16)