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Equipment Risk Assessment Checklist (PUWER)

by Pete Keane, from the Community

Use this PUWER equipment risk assessment checklist to evaluate machinery safety and compliance. Cover operator competency and training, suitable location and access, electrical safety including isolators, controls, PAT testing, and emergency stops. Verify guarding and interlocks, control entrapment and ejected parts, ensure adequate lighting, and protect against hot surfaces. Review chemical management with SDS and COSHH risk assessments, and fire precautions. Note use of blades or sharps. Confirm equipment operates within design limits, review modification records, and plan safe maintenance with LOTO or safe systems of work. Check CE marking and manufacturer documentation. Complete sign-off to approve the machine for safe operation.

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PUWER Assessment Template for Work Equipment Safety
This PUWER assessment template helps organizations evaluate the safety and compliance of work equipment under the UK Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations. It guides assessors through suitability of use, maintenance and inspection routines, user competency and training, and verification of CE marking and documentation. Sections cover guarding of dangerous parts, controls for start/stop and emergency stop, protection against specific hazards such as ejection, fire, noise and vibration, and management of hot or cold surfaces. It prompts checks on control system reliability, isolation and lockout, stability and fixation, adequate lighting, safe maintenance practices, correct safety markings and clear warnings. Use it to standardize inspections, capture evidence, and record actions to reduce risk and meet regulatory requirements.
by Grant Burns, from the Community
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PUWER Machinery Safety Risk Assessment
This PUWER machinery safety risk assessment template helps teams evaluate work equipment across mechanical and non-mechanical hazards, intended use and location, and user competency. Record controls such as interlocks, guarding, emergency stops, isolation, and permits to work. Capture PPE requirements, training and supervision, pre-use checks, and maintenance regimes. Assess likelihood and severity to rate risk, note additional assessments such as COSHH, noise, vibration, and manual handling, consider environmental impacts, and document sign-off and review dates.
by Ross Troughton, from the Community
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Machinery Safety Assessment (PUWER)
This PUWER machinery safety assessment template helps teams evaluate the suitability and safety of work equipment in line with regulatory requirements. Sections cover equipment suitability, maintenance scheduling and records, specific risk controls, availability of safety information, CE conformity, guarding of dangerous parts, protection against specific hazards, burn and temperature risks, control design and priority of stop, emergency stop accessibility, fail-safe behavior, energy isolation, equipment stability, local lighting, safe maintenance practices, markings and warnings, mobile equipment protections, lifting equipment checks under LOLER, and final sign-off with review date. Use it to identify hazards, record evidence, and assign corrective actions.
by Joe Wright, from the Community
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General PUWER Assessment Checklist
Use this General PUWER assessment checklist to evaluate the safety and compliance of work equipment under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations. Inspect suitability and installation, planned maintenance and inspection schedules, guarding of dangerous parts, protection against specific hazards, and temperature risks. Review information and instruction, operator training, and documentation such as CE and EC declarations. Check start, stop and emergency controls, control system integrity, energy isolation, stability and lighting, and safe maintenance practices. Verify markings and warnings plus environmental controls, utilities connections and any registrations. Record findings, corrective actions and sign offs from responsible roles.
by Karl Oulton, from the Community
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