Broken or defective work equipment causing an accident

Injuries in the workplace caused by equipment failure, shortage or lack of maintenance

Equipment is often provided by your employer to make work more efficient, cost effective and profitable. This could be by way of employing fork lift trucks, mechanised processes and machinery or even office equipment.

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 apply to all types of machinery, apparatus, and tools that are used at work. The aim of these Regulations is to ensure the provision of safe work equipment and its safe use.

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In brief the employer must ensure that the work equipment provided is suitable for the purpose for which it is provided. The equipment must also be efficiently maintained and if it is a machine that its maintenance log is up to date.

The employer must also ensure that all employees have had adequate health and safety information and training regarding the use of the equipment. This should also include what should be done in unusual circumstances and the action that should be taken when a dangerous situation should arise.

If the machinery has dangerous and/or moving parts then the employer must ensure that the employees are adequately protected by the use of guards or other protective devices and information, training and supervision.

If equipment such as power tools have caused injury such as vibration white finger you may be able to claim compensation.

Equipment where appropriate should also have one or more easily accessible stop buttons and emergency stop buttons which must be clearly identifiable.

NEWS

The HSE are now stipulating that PAT testing should be carried out regularly by all businesses. You must take precautions to avoid electrical faults and portable appliance tests are one way to ensure that risk of injury is reduced

Equipment must also be suitably stabilised and lit and marked with appropriate health and safety information and warning signs.

If you have had an accident and do not feel that these Regulations were compiled with or that you had received inadequate training then please contact us for a chat today.