PUWER Audit
Every manufacturer needs to ensure the safety of the work equipment he provides and maintain compliance with PUWER (Provision & Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998). Although it is not essential to bring all older equipment into line with recent standards, it is necessary to ensure as a minimum that safety measures provided originally are in place and operational - something that is not always the case in our experience! Also, when modifying equipment or carrying out major overhaul, it is often a good time to update the safety regime. In any event, machinery which is CE marked must be maintained in conformity (Health & Safety Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2002, which amend PUWER).
Headlands Consulting has developed a structured set of checksheets to streamline the audit process and quickly provide a view of your situation. These checksheets focus on the relevant clauses of PUWER applicable to particular machinery types and so can save time whilst ensuring thorough inspection. We provide a full report with an action spreadsheet and individual checksheets. These can be used to monitor correction and to support future periodic audits by your staff. We can provide training to assist with this so you can develop your own in-house expertise to any level you wish or just rely in us to keep your conformity current.