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- Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Office Health and Safety
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1254
Re: Office Health and Safety
As well as Wills good advice, I would obtain a copy of HSG65 and have it in your desk. I know a lot of office managers that follow this guidance and see it as their HS bible
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Conveyor emergency stops
- Replies: 5
- Views: 760
Re: Conveyor emergency stops
Waisted
While most processes and procedures are dependant on risk based assessment, it is still a requirement of PUWER to have an assessment in place.
Call it what you like but if there is no PUWER assessment in place in the case of an accident and god forbid entrapment. You will be prosecuted.
While most processes and procedures are dependant on risk based assessment, it is still a requirement of PUWER to have an assessment in place.
Call it what you like but if there is no PUWER assessment in place in the case of an accident and god forbid entrapment. You will be prosecuted.
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Conveyor emergency stops
- Replies: 5
- Views: 760
Re: Conveyor emergency stops
I would suggest that you may be in breach of the PUWER Regs which requires “protective devices” including emergency stops etc.
Please see attach link to brief guidance.
Dave
https://www.ies.co.uk/services/engineer ... ssessments
Please see attach link to brief guidance.
Dave
https://www.ies.co.uk/services/engineer ... ssessments
- Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Short training videos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 467
Re: Short training videos
Have a look at the NAPO videos on you tube. Free and while no speech - international understood.
- Sat May 28, 2022 5:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Safety shoes, occupational health
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9933
Re: Safety shoes, occupational health
I totally agree with you and have worked with like minded people who will try everything to cause unrest or barriers - a union rep actually advised me that a certain employee was being awkward - because he could and he didnt like me. Unfortunately the said employee was caught stamping an other emplo...
- Mon May 09, 2022 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Isolation guidance - Puzzling?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1130
Re: Isolation guidance - Puzzling?
The only issue that I ever came across was at shift change if the isolating person left his lock on and went home. When we came to start up we couldn't get the lock off. The lad had to be called in to remove it. There was an instance where at two o'clock in the morning a supervisor decided to cut of...
- Fri May 06, 2022 4:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Charity event climbing a tower
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1119
Re: Charity event climbing a tower
Agree with Ian - definitely one where stopping the activity Health and Safety is justified.
Dave
Dave
- Fri May 06, 2022 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Isolation guidance - Puzzling?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1130
Re: Isolation guidance - Puzzling?
I see this as the "competent person" being either the permit issuer or A N other who has inspected the isolation and given the go ahead.
Remember you cannot write and issue your own permit for work you are doing.
Dave
Remember you cannot write and issue your own permit for work you are doing.
Dave
- Fri May 06, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Permit to Work - Length of issue
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2407
Re: Permit to Work - Length of issue
I would take issue with the 7 day hot work permit. The permit issuer is signing to state that the job has been checked and is safe to start as long as other conditions listed on the permit also comply. Remembering that a permit is a legal document, and the issuer is legally responsible to ensure the...
- Tue Jan 04, 2022 6:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: EV charging points - do they need individual isolation points? under PUWER regs? or Elec regs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1172
Re: EV charging points - do they need individual isolation points? under PUWER regs? or Elec regs
Not sure - but I checked the HSE website and found this article - and at the bottom it advises further reference to the Electricity Regs?
https://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/electric-hybrid.htm
https://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/electric-hybrid.htm
- Tue Jan 04, 2022 6:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Free training courses in England applications are open again.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2026
- Sat Dec 18, 2021 1:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fit notes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 704
Fit notes
Have you seen the change that's come in this week with fit notes (sick notes).
Employees can now be off work for 28 days without a Dr's note instead of the previous 7 days
https://www.gov.uk/taking-sick-leave...
Employees can now be off work for 28 days without a Dr's note instead of the previous 7 days
https://www.gov.uk/taking-sick-leave...