Puwer Inspection Services
PUWER replaces the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992 and carries forward these existing requirements with a few changes and additions, for example the inspection of work equipment and specific new requirements for mobile work equipment. Many aspects of PUWER should therefore be familiar to you.
The regulations outline for employers the suitability, maintenance and inspection requirements for ALL equipment used, from simple hand tools to complex process machinery. In addition to the requirements of PUWER, lifting equipment is also subject to the requirements of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998.
In general terms, the Regulations require that equipment provided for use at work is:
- Suitable for the intended use;
- safe for use, maintained in a safe condition and, in certain circumstances, inspected to ensure this remains the case;
- used only by people who have received adequate information, instruction and training; and
- accompanied by suitable safety measures, e.g. protective devices, markings, warnings.
Equipment we inspect under LOLER and PUWER 1998 regulations
Workplace transport
- Counterbalance Electric Fork Lifts
- Counterbalance Diesel Fork Lifts
- LPG Fork Lifts
- Electric Reach Trucks
- VNA Very Narrow Aisle (all sizes) on Roller Operation or Cable
- Truck Mounted Fork Lifts
- Scissor Lifts
- Cherry Pickers
- Telescopic Handlers
- Truck Mounted cranes
- Excavators
- Stock Chasers
- Electric Powered Pallet Trucks
- Sweepers
- Tail Lifts
- Pump up pallet trucks service
Other equipment
- Lifting Tackle (Ropes,pulleys,slings,chain blocks, hoists)
- Overhead cranes
- Lifting Gantries
- Lifting machines
- Commercial Vehicle Lifts
- Dock Levellers
