| Abstract |
This second edition guidance contains updated contact details and references to regulations and publications. The guidance aims to clarify when terms are used precisely and when you need to interpret and apply the requirements of a regulation to your situations. The Regulations deal with the work equipment and machinery used everyday in workplaces: factories, offices, shops, hospitals, construction sites, farms - wherever equipment and machinery is used at work. It is intended to be used by local authority health and safety inspectors, health and safety enforcement officers, health and safety professionals providing health and safety services within medium to large companies, for example health and safety officers and health and safety training personnel, HSE inspectors and legal professionals. But anyone who wishes to know the requirements of PUWER 1998 should find this guidance useful. Contents: Introduction; The Regulations; Feedback and answers; Further information. |