Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
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Other guards or protection devices, where prac-
ticable or
the work equipment to a safe condition in a safe
manner. Where necessary for health or safety, the
control should:
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Jigs, holders, push-sticks or similar protection
appliances, where practicable or
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Bring the work equipment to a complete stop
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Information, instruction, training and supervision
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Switch off all energy sources after stopping the
functioning of the work equipment
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All guards and protection devices must:
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Operate in priority to any control which starts or
changes the operating conditions of the work
equipment
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Be suitable for the purpose
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Be of good construction, sound material and
adequate strength
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Be maintained in an effi cient state, in effi cient
working order and in good repair
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Where appropriate, work equipment is provided with
one or more readily accessible emergency stops
which operate in priority to any of the controls men-
tioned above
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Not give rise to any increased risk to health and
safety
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Not be easily bypassed or disabled
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All controls must be clearly visible and identifi able
(by appropriate marking where necessary) and be
positioned so that no person operating the control is
exposed to a risk to their health or safety
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Be situated at suffi cient distance from the dan-
ger zone
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Not unduly restrict the view of the operating
cycle of the machinery
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Where appropriate, systems of work are effective
in preventing any person being exposed to a risk to
their health or safety when equipment is about to
start
Be constructed or adapted to allow operations
necessary to fi t or replace parts and for mainte-
nance without having to dismantle the guard or
protection device
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Measures (other than the provision of PPE or infor-
mation, instruction, training or supervision, so far as
is reasonably practicable) are taken to ensure that
exposure of persons to the following specifi ed haz-
ards is either prevented or adequately controlled:
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Where appropriate, audible, visible or other suitable
warnings are given whenever work equipment is
about to start
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Control systems are safe and chosen taking account
of expected failures, faults and constraints in the
planned use of the work equipment
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Articles or substances falling or being ejected
from the work equipment
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Control systems do not create increased risk to
health or safety and that any fault in or damage to
any part of the control system or loss of supply of
energy used by the work equipment cannot result
in additional or increased risk to health or safety or
impede the operation of stop and emergency stop
controls
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Rupture or disintegration of parts of work
equipment
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Work equipment catching fi re or overheating
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Unintended or premature discharge of any arti-
cle or of any gas, dust, vapour or other sub-
stance produced, used or stored in the work
equipment
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Where appropriate, work equipment is provided with
suitable means (which are clearly identifi able and
readily accessible) to isolate it from all its sources of
energy
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Unintended or premature explosion of the work
equipment or any materials or substance pro-
duced, used or stored in the work equipment
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Appropriate measures are taken to ensure that recon-
nection to any energy source does not expose peo-
ple to any risks to their health or safety
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Where work equipment, parts of work equipment
and any article or substance produced, used or
stored in the work equipment is at a very high or low
temperature, it should have protection where appro-
priate to prevent injury to any person by burn, scald
or sear
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Where appropriate, work equipment is provided
with one or more controls (which require deliberate
action to operate them) for:
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Work equipment or any part of the work equipment
is stabilised by clamping or otherwise for the pur-
poses of health or safety
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Suitable and suffi cient lighting is provided at any
place where people use work equipment, taking
account of the operations to be carried out
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Appropriate measures are taken to ensure that work
equipment is:
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Starting, including restarting after a stoppage
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Controlling any change in speed or pressure or
other operating condition where such a change
in conditions results in a different or greater risk
to health and safety
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Constructed or adapted to ensure that mainte-
nance operations which involve a risk to health
or safety can be carried out while the work
equipment is shut down or
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Where appropriate, work equipment is provided
with one or more readily accessible controls to bring
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Can be carried out without exposing people to
risk to their health or safety or
