Description
User responsibilities, and what you must do as an owner and provider of the work equipment.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
· There are many thing to consider when providing, or using equipment for work, and with that comes a lot of responsibility and also legal obligations.
· First of all you have to recognise, that you as a provider of the equipment, are duty bound to ensure that your employee's are safe.
· As a provider of work equipment, you must inspect it after it has been installed and before being put into service for the first time, or assembled at new location.
BEST MOMENTS
· You cannot discharge this responsibility onto the manufacturers, you as a provider of this equipment must understand these obligations.
· If you employ five or more people you shall record the risk assessment and any significant findings.
· The aim of the training is to close the gap between what they know now, and what level required to operate the machinery,
VALUABLE RESOURCES
For access to standards
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Managing for Health and Safety - HSG 65 as mentionedi in the episode
https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg65.htm
ABOUT THE HOSTS
Barry Shepherd assessed 1000’s of machines across the globe in all multiple industries since 2010. With a strong passion for Engineering since 1992.
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