PUWER Assesment

Description Of Equipment

Asset Identification/Model/Serial Number

Location Of Equipment

Image Of Equipment

Is the equipment:

• New

• Existing

• Second Hand

• Recently Modified

Reason for PUWER assesment

• 1st Use

• Scheduled

• Recently Modified

• Following Incident

• Other

Date of PUWER assesment

Names of Assesors

A1. Is equipment inspected after installation and before being put to use for the first time?

Reference regulation 6

• Yes
• No
• N / A

A2. Is equipment inspected after it is assembled at a new site or location?

Reference regulation 6

• Yes
• No
• N / A

A3. Is the equipment being inspected following a change in use and/or modification?

Reference regulation 6

• Yes
• No
• N / A

A4. Is the equipment being inspected because of an exceptional circumstance (e.g. following a major fault or accident)?

Reference regulation 6

• Yes
• No
• N / A

A5. If the equipment has been obtained from another company/person, it is accompanied by evidence that the last inspection has been carried out, in particular Risk Assessment?

Reference regulation 6

• Yes
• No
• N / A

B1. Does the equipment comply with relevant EC Directives (e.g. does it display a CE mark)? (If supplied after 1992)

Reference regulation 10

• Yes
• No
• N / A

B2. If so, confirm that the original supplier provided a EC Declaration of Conformity confirming that the “essential requirements” had applied to the design and construction of the equipment?

Reference regulation 10

• Yes
• No
• N / A

B3. Have there been any accidents or incidents associated with the equipment since last inspected? (Check the Accident Book) If so what action has been taken to reduce the risk of it occurring again?

Reference Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations – Regulation 3

• Yes
• No
• N / A

B4A. Is there the most recent Risk Assessment available to inspect?

Reference regulation 5/8/9

• Yes
• No
• N / A

B4B. Is there the Instruction Manual available to inspect?

See also J3 Reference regulation 5/8/9

• Yes
• No
• N / A

B4C. Is there the Control System Schematics available to inspect?

Reference regulation 5/8/9

• Yes
• No
• N / A

B4D. Is there the Safety System Performance Levels document available to inspect?

Reference regulation 5/8/9

• Yes
• No
• N / A

C1. Is the equipment suitable by design, construction or adaptation for the work it is provided to do?

Reference regulation 4

• Yes
• No
• N / A

C2. Can the work equipment cause risks in situations whereby it would otherwise be safe (e.g. petrol generator discharging into enclosed space)?

Reference regulation 4

• Yes
• No
• N / A

C3. Is the equipment suitable for the conditions in which it is to be used (e.g. electric drill to be used outside in damp conditions)?

Reference regulation 4

• Yes
• No
• N / A

C4. Is the equipment suitable for the purpose or conditions of use (e.g. use of knives for cutting equipment where scissors would suffice)?

Reference regulation 4

• Yes
• No
• N / A

C5. Should the equipment be inspected at suitable intervals when it is exposed to conditions causing deterioration, which is liable to result in dangerous situations (e.g. high vibrations, deterioration of guarding strength by exposure to cutting fluids, etc)?

Reference regulation 6

• Yes
• No
• N / A

D1. Is the equipment stabilised by clamping or otherwise where necessary to prevent risk of injury (e.g. machines bolted to floor, scaffolds tied to building, outriggers on mobile cranes, etc.)

Reference regulation 20

• Yes
• No
• N / A

E1. Are the places where the work equipment is to be used suitably and sufficiently lit (local lighting may be required on certain machines e.g. lathes)?

Reference regulation 21

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G1. Has a ‘suitable and sufficient’ risk assessment been conducted and documented?

Reference Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations – Regulation 3

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G2. So far as is reasonably practicable, have the risks, identified by the Risk Assessment, been adequately controlled by means other than PPE, information, instruction, training or supervision?

Typical risks to be considered include: - • Moving machinery; • swarf ejected from a milling machine; • equipment breaking up – (an abrasive wheel bursting); • explosion of pipework due to pressure build-up; • explosion of flammable gases, vapours or dust; • noise, fire, vibration, etc.; • electrocution; • exposure to dust, lead, asbestos, etc. • material falling from shelving, scaffolding etc.; Reference regulation 12

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G3. Have measures been taken to prevent access to dangerous parts of the machine or rotating stock bar, or to stop movement or any dangerous part or rotating stock bar before any person enters a danger zone?

Reference regulation 11

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G3A. Fixed Guards. Where fixed guards have been provided are they suitable, robust, in-place and fixed by systems that can be removed only with tools?

Reference regulation 11

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G3B. Movable Guards. Where moveable guards have been provided are they suitable, robust and suitability interlocked with the equipment to reduce risk?

Reference regulation 11

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G3C. Adjustable guards. Where adjustable guards have been provided are they suitable & robust and may they restrict access to dangerous areas other than those strictly necessary for the work?

Reference regulation 11

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G3D. Jigs, Holders, Push Sticks, etc. Where Jigs, Holders, Push Sticks, etc. have been provided are they suitable and sufficient for the purpose and accessible to the users?

Reference regulation 11

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G3E. Protective Devices. Where protective devices have been provided are they suitable, correctly positioned and suitability interlocked with the equipment to reduce risk?

Reference regulation 11

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G3F. General. Are ALL guards and protection devices suitable and sufficient for the purpose for which they are provided (e.g. good construction, sound material, adequate strength, maintained and in good repair, etc.)?

Reference regulation 11

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G4. Has adequate information, instruction, training and supervision been given?

Reference regulation 11

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G5. Where appropriate, are all parts of work equipment, articles or substances in the equipment protected to prevent burns or other injury such as frostbite by contact? (Engineering measures should always be applied, although circumstances may arise where the only form of protection may be PPE, etc.)

Reference regulation 13

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G6. Where appropriate, are all parts of work equipment, articles or substances in the equipment protected to prevent burns or other injury such as frostbite by contact? (Engineering measures should always be applied, although circumstances may arise where the only form of protection may be PPE, etc.)

Reference regulation 13

• Yes
• No
• N / A

G6A. Where risks remain, despite the measures taken, have these residual risks been controlled by:-

• Restricting the use of the equipment to specific, competent persons, (e.g. abrasive wheels, circular saws, etc.)?

• Restricting the repair, maintenance, modifications and servicing restricted to specific, competent persons?

• Providing appropriate PPE, information, instruction, training, Safe Systems of Work, supervision, etc.?

• Have those persons who use, repair, maintain, modify or service the equipment been adequately trained?

Notes for question G6A (If required)

H. Is a control system appropriate for this equipment? If NO then jump to Maintenance of the Equipment

Reference regulation 14 to 18

• Yes
• No
• N / A

J1. Is the equipment adequately maintained? When it was last maintained?

Reference regulation 5

• Yes
• No
• N / A

J2. Is the equipment subject to statutory inspection?

Statutory inspections such as COSHH, LOLER etc... Reference regulation 5

• Yes
• No
• N / A

J3. Are maintenance instructions available?

See also B4 Reference regulation 5

• Yes
• No
• N / A

J4. Is the maintenance work routine based on the manufacturer’s recommendations?

Reference regulation 5

• Yes
• No
• N / A

J5. Is the maintenance work planned and preventative?

(required where parts of the equipment could fail in a dangerous way) Reference regulation 5

• Yes
• No
• N / A

J6. Have all maintenance staff received adequate information, instruction and training?

Reference regulation 5

• Yes
• No
• N / A

J7. Is a record of maintenance kept?

Reference regulation 5

• Yes
• No
• N / A

J8. If a maintenance log is kept, is it up to date?

Reference regulation 5

• Yes
• No
• N / A

J9. Is maintenance carried out with the machine stopped and isolated?

Reference regulation 22

• Yes
• No
• N / A

K1. Are there suitable means to securely isolate the equipment from ALL sources of energy?

(e.g. multiple lockable hasps, removal of plug, close and lock off valves, drain/ vent outlets, etc.) Reference regulation 19

• Yes
• No
• N / A

K2. Are the means of isolation clearly identifiable?

Reference regulation 19

• Yes
• No
• N / A

K3. Are the means of isolation easily accessible?

(e.g. located between 0,6 m and 1,9 m above the servicing level.) Reference regulation 19

• Yes
• No
• N / A

K4. If there are more than single points of isolation in order to ensure complete isolation of the equipment are all the isolation points cross referenced?

Reference regulation 19

• Yes
• No
• N / A

K5. Are there appropriate measures to ensure that reconnection does not expose any person to a risk of injury

(e.g. reconnection initiating movement, adequate guards) Reference regulation 19

• Yes
• No
• N / A

L1. Have all supervisors/managers of work equipment received adequate information, instruction and training, including; Methods, Risks, Precautions?

Reference regulation 8/9

• Yes
• No
• N / A

L2. Have all users of work equipment received adequate information, instruction and training, including; Methods, Risks, Precautions?

Reference regulation 8/9

• Yes
• No
• N / A

L3. Has special emphasis been given to young persons under 18 years of age?

Reference regulation 8/9

• Yes
• No
• N / A

L4. Are training records held?

• Yes
• No
• N / A

M1. Is the equipment appropriately marked for health and safety purposes?

e.g. emergency stop controls, safe working load, colour code of gas cylinders etc. Reference regulation 23

• Yes
• No
• N / A

M2. Are all information and warning markings provided in the form of readily understandable symbols or pictograms?

Reference regulation 23

• Yes
• No
• N / A

M3. Are all warnings and warning devices unambiguous, easily understood, easily perceived?

(e.g. audible visible warnings on fork lift trucks, etc.) Reference regulation 24

• Yes
• No
• N / A

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I have carried out this assessment on this work equipment and based on my findings on the day of the assessment, this PUWER assessment is:

• Pass
• Flag
• Fail

Assessor 1's Signature

Assessor 2's Signature

Assessor's Comments & Notes

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