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Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWE, 1992 and 1998)
- The PUWE regulations implement the EC Directive 89/655/EEC on the minimum health and safety requirements for use of work equipment in the workplace.
- ‘Work equipment’ means any machinery, appliance, apparatus or tool, and any assembly of components which, in order to achieve a common end, are arranged and controlled so that they can function as a whole. Work vehicles are included, but substances, livestock and buildings are excluded.
Suitability of work equipment
- The University must ensure that work equipment is so constructed or adapted as to be suitable for the purpose for which it is used or provided.
- In selecting working equipment the University must consider the risks to health and safety of any persons present in the workplace in which it is used
Maintenance
- The University must ensure that work equipment is maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair. If a maintenance log is used, it must be kept up to date.
Specific risks
- Where the work equipment may involve a specific risk to health and safety the University must ensure that its use is restricted to those designated to use it. Also repairs, modification, maintenance and servicing must be restricted to designated staff.
Information, instruction and training
- The University must inform, instruct and train all persons who use their work equipment for the purposes of health and safety, including methods, risks and precautions.
Other duties
- Other duties of the PUWE Regulations concern:
- dangerous parts of machinery;
- protection against specific hazards (eg ejection of parts, overheating, etc);
- very high or low temperature;
- controls for starting or changing operating conditions;
- stop controls and emergency stop controls;
- controls and control systems;
- isolation from sources of energy;
- stability;
- lighting;
- maintenance operations; and
- markings and warnings.
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