Project Duration:
4 weeks
Client:
UK business unit of multinational engineering and services supplier.
Project Summary:
The client manufacture equipment for industrial power generation. Jigs, fixtures and other tooling for the production line is mostly produced in-house and much of it pre-dates the implementation of the Machinery Directive. Following an accident on site, they needed to perform PUWER risk assessments on all production equipment (over 500 items in total).
Applicable Legislation:
Work Equipment Directives (implemented in UK as the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations).
What We Did:
- Trained 30 people, including design engineers, health and safety and quality management personnel.
- Training focussed on work equipment requirements, applicable standards, risk assessment and documents/records.
- Identified applicable standards.
- Helped to prioritise assessment work.
- Provided checklists and formats for risk assessment.
What the Customer did:
- The customer did all their own assessment work and as a result some equipment had modifications to guarding, controls and/or work instructions. A small number of items were scrapped as being uneconomic to bring up to the required standard.
Final Outcome:
The client were able to demonstrate that they had met their legal obligations under PUWER and are now equipped to handle this obligation internally from now on.