SAFETY

Statutory
requirements.
Approved Codes of
Practice

LAW & Guidance

Acts and Regulations = LAW
Approved Codes Of Practice =
PRACTICAL ADVICE (special legal
status).
Guidance =
BEST PRACTICE

STATUTORY
REQUIREMENTS
Health & Safety At Work Act 1974
Management of Health & Safety at
Work Regulations 1999.
Provision and Use of Work Equipment
Regulations 1998.
Lifting Operations and Lifting
Equipment Regulations 1998.

Ignorance is not an excuse.

HEALTH & SAFETY AT

WORK
ACT
All Acts
and1974
Regulations.
Section 2 General Duties:
It shall be the duty of every employer to
ensure, so far as it is reasonably
practicable, What?

The Companys
Health and Safety
Responsibilities
To Ensure the health and safety of all
their workers through
1. A safe Working Environment.
2. Carrying out risk assessments and
monitoring them.
3. Producing a written Health and
Safety policy.
4. Supplying any safety equipment.
5. Complying with all Health and
Safety legislation.
6. Providing training.

HASAWA
Section 3 protects the general public.
That persons not in his employment who
may be affected thereby are not
thereby exposed to risks to their health
or safety.

HASAWA
Section 4 General duties of persons
concerned with premises to persons other
than their employees.
Section 5 General duty of persons in control
of certain premises in relation to harmful
emissions into the atmosphere.

HASAWA SECTION 6
Duties of manufacturers etc. as regards
articles and substances for use at work:
(a) that the article is so designed and constructed
as to be safe and without risks to health when
properly used;
(b) to carry out or arrange for the carrying out of
such testing and examination as may be
necessary for the performance of the duty
imposed on him by the preceding paragraph;

HASAWA SECTION 7
It shall be the duty of every
employee while at work to

What?

The Employees
Responsibilities
The employee must ensure their own
health and safety and the safety
of those around them.
This includes what they do and what
they dont do.
They must report any hazards and
co-operate with the employer.

HASAWA SECTION 8 &9

8 No person shall intentionally or recklessly
interfere with or misuse anything provided
in the interests of health, safety, or welfare
in pursuance of any of the relevant statutory
provisions.
9 Not to charge employees for things done
or provided in the interest of Health &
Safety

EQUIPMENT
The equipment supplied by the
manufacturer is safe and suitable for its
purpose the manufacturer will:
Identify hazards.
Affixes the CE mark.
Employers have a general duty to provide
their employees with suitable and safe
equipment.

MANAGEMENT OF
HEALTH & SAFETY 1999
Risk Assessment
Health & Safety Arrangements
Information for employees
Capabilities and Training
Employees duties

RISK ASSESSMENT
A systematic examination of work
activities in order to produce suitable
and sufficient records of risks that
reflect both the likelihood that harm
will occur and its severity.
Employers must assess the risks to
employees and others.

RISK ASSESSMENTS
A hazard is something with the potential to
cause harm.
A risk is the likelihood of that potential
being realised.
The extent of risk is dependent, both on the
likelihood of something unsafe happening
and the number of persons who maybe
exposed to it.

Provision & Use Of Work

Equipment
Require that equipment provided for use at
work is:
Suitable for the intended use.
Safe for use, maintained and if necessary inspected.
Used only by people who have received adequate
information, instruction and training
and
accompanied by suitable safety measures, e.g.
protective devices, markings, warnings.

Provision & Use Of

Work Equipment
All work equipment is covered; definitions
are given for new, existing and second hand
equipment that include; machinery, ladders,
cranes, compressors, access platforms,
hammers, electric drills, drill bits etc etc.
Activities include; starting, stopping,
programming,
setting,
transporting,
repairing, modifying, maintaining, servicing
and cleaning.

Provision & Use Of

Work Equipment
Ensure that risks are eliminated or
controlled by:

Hardware measures guards, markings,

warning devices and PPE.
Software measures safe systems of work,
maintenance and the provision of adequate
information, instruction and training for
operators, managers and supervisors.

PUWER 98
Suitability of work equipment.
Maintenance.
Inspection.
Specific risks.
Information and instructions.
Training.
Conformity with Community requirements.

Lifting Operations &

Lifting Equipment
Replaced existing legal requirements
relating to the use of lifting equipment.
Require:

Strong, stable and marked.

Positioned and installed to minimize risks.
Used safely.
On going thorough examination.
Inspection by competent people.

Lifting Operations & Lifting

Equipment
Used Safely:
Regulation 8 Organization of lifting
operations requires that:

Every lifting operation must be properly

planned by a competent person.
Appropriately supervised.
Carried out in a safe manner.

LOLER Regulation 8
Properly planned by a competent person. The
person planning the operation should have
adequate practical and theoretical knowledge and
experience of planning lifting operations.
The Appointed Persons role is detailed in
BS7121, British Standard Code of Practice for
Safe use of Cranes 1998.

LOLER Regulation 8
Appropriate

supervision means that it

should be proportionate to the risk and take
into account the personnel involved in the
particular lifting operation such as those
with disabilities and the inexperienced.
Levels of supervision are determined by the
nature of the work, and the competence of
those involved in using the equipment and
assisting with the lifting operation.

Lifting Operations &

Lifting Equipment
Thoroughly Examined when exposed to conditions
that cause deterioration 9.3a(i):
At least every 6 months when used for lifting
people or an accessory for lifting.
At least every 12 months.
In either case in accordance with an examination
scheme.
Each time exceptional circumstances that are liable
to jeopardize the safety of the lifting equipment
have occurred.

Lifting Operations &

Lifting Equipment
Quote from Regulation 9 (b).
If appropriate for the purpose, is inspected
by a competent person at suitable intervals
between thorough examinations, to ensure
that health and safety conditions are
maintained and that any deterioration can
be detected.

Lifting Equipment Thorough

Examination & Inspection

4 Yearly test.
Can make use of Data Recording Systems.
Can make use of Condition Monitoring
Systems.
12/ Monthly thorough examination.
6 Monthly Man riding duties.
CPA weekly form. F91 section C no longer
required.
6 Monthly Lifting Accessories.

MOBILE CRANE - RECORD OF OPERATOR DAILY CHECKS AND

WEEKLY INSPECTIONS

LOLER 98
Strength and stability.
Lifting equipment for persons.
Positioning and installation.
Organisation of lifting operations.
Marking of lifting equipment.
Thorough examination and inspection.
Reports and defects.
Keeping of information.

A GUIDE TO CONTRACT LIFTING

IF AN IDIVIDUAL OR ORGANISATION DOES NOT HAVE, EXPERTISE
IN LIFTING OPERATIONS THEY SHOULD NOT HIRE CRANES
BUT SHOULD OPT FOR THE CONTRACT LIFT OPTION.
EMPLOYING ORGANISATION
THE ORGANISATION REQUIRING THE LOAD TO BE MOVED.

CONTRACT LIFT
(FULLY CONTRACTED)

HIRED CRANE
(HIRED AND MANAGED)

THE EMPLOYING ORGANISATION MUST:

CARRY OUT ALL WORK IN ACCORDANCE

WITH BS7121
SUPPLY THE APPOINTED PERSON
PLAN THE LIFT AND OPERATE A SAFE SYSTEM
OF WORK
ENSURE THAT THE CRANE HIRED IS OF A
SUITABLE TYPE AND CAPACITY
CHECK THE CREDENTIALS OF THE CRANE
HIRE COMPANY AND CERTIFICATION
SUPPLIED.

THE CRANE OWNER HAS A DUTY TO:

PROVIDED A CRANE THAT IS PROPERLY
MAINTAINED, TESTED AND CERTIFCATED.
PROVIDE A COMPETENT DRIVER.

THE EMPLOYING ORGANISATION SHOULD

SPECIFY:

THAT ALL WORK IS TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN

ACCORDANCE WITH BS7121
THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS TO SUPPLY THE
APPOINTED PERSON.
WHAT INFORMATION AND/OR SERVICES WILL
BE PROVIDED TO THE CONTRACTOR BY THE
EMPLOYING ORGANISATION.

THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:

SUPPLYING THE APPOINTED PERSON
PLANNING THE LIFT, AND OPERATION OF A
SAFE SYSTEM OF WORK. (VIA METHOD
STATEMENT)
ORGANISATION AND CONTROL OF THE LIFTING
OPERATION

LEGAL DUTIES
In law ignorance is
not an excuse. All
legislation must be
considered when
planning your lifting
operations.

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