5.5 Overview of PUWER

Question 1

Regulations 4 to 10 are the management duties of PUWER 98, covering selection of suitable equipment, maintenance, inspection, specific risks, information, instructions and training. It also covers the conformity of work equipment with legislation which brings into effect the requirements of EC Directives on product safety. List them

Answer 1

 Regulation 4: Suitability of work equipment  Regulation 5: Maintenance  Regulation 6: Inspection  Regulation 7: Specific risks  Regulation 8: Information and instructions  Regulation 9: Training  Regulation 10: Conformity with Community requirements

Question 2

Regulations 11 to 24 deal with the physical aspects of PUWER 98. They cover the guarding of dangerous parts of work equipment, the provision of appropriate stop and emergency stop controls, stability, suitable and sufficient lighting and suitable warning markings or devices. List them

Answer 2

 Regulation 11: Dangerous parts of machinery  Regulation 12: Protection against specified hazards  Regulation 13: High or very low temperature  Regulation 14: Controls for starting or making a significant change in operating conditions  Regulation 15: Stop controls  Regulation 16: Emergency stop controls  Regulation 17: Controls  Regulation 18: Control systems  Regulation 19: Isolation from sources of energy  Regulation 20: Stability  Regulation 21: Lighting  Regulation 22: Maintenance operations  Regulation 23: Markings  Regulation 24: Warnings

Question 3

Outline part 3 of PUWER

Answer 3

 Regulation 25: Employees carried on mobile work equipment  Regulation 26: Rolling over of mobile work equipment  Regulation 27: Overturning of fork-lift trucks  Regulation 28: Self-propelled work equipment  Regulation 29: Remote-controlled self-propelled work equipment  Regulation 30: Drive shafts

Question 4

Outline part 4 of PUWER

Answer 4

 Regulation 31: Power presses to which Part IV does not apply  Regulation 32: Thorough examination of power presses, guards and protection devices  Regulation 33: Inspection of guards and protection devices  Regulation 34: Reports  Regulation 35: Keeping of information