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) 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
- Working with substances hazardous to health: A brief guide to COSHH
- 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
Health surveillance
COSHH
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: A brief guide to controlling the risks 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