Work Equipment and Machinery - Resources
The UK has left the EU, and some rules and procedures have changed from 1 January 2021.
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
- How to reduce your hand knife injuries (PPIS12)
- 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)
- Technical information on bowling machinery safety
Chainsaws
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)
- 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)
- The selection, management and use of mobile elevating work platforms GEIS6
- 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 INDG455
- 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
- Magnetic lifting devices
Product safety
Many amendments to this product legislation have been made - the key ones are recorded here.
- Buying new machinery
- Placing products for use at work on the GB market
- The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
- The Supply of Machinery (Safety)(Amendment) Regulations 2011
- 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 (Edition 2.1)
- The Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018
- PPE Regulation (EU) 2016/425
- The Electrical Equipment Safety Regulations 2016
- Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU
- Lifts Directive 2014/33/EU
- Guide to the application of the lifts directive 2014/33/EU
- The Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2016
- The Equipment and Protective systems intended for use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres (ATEX) Directive 2014/34/EU
- The Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
- The Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU
- The European single market and EC Blue Guide