Engineering
As an employer, it is your duty to ensure the health, safety and welfare of your employees
If regulations are not met, you can be held personally responsible which can lead to unlimited fines or even a jail sentence
Your Statutory Duties
The Health and Safety Act 1974 is in place to ensure the health and safety of your employees. This extends to the provision and maintenance of:
- Safe plant and safe systems of work
- Safe handling, storage, maintenance and transport of (work) articles and substances
- Necessary information, instruction, training, and supervision
- A safe place of work, with safe access and exit
- A safe working environment with adequate welfare facilities
To comply with legislation for the provision of ‘safe plant and machinery’, all companies must comply with the following statutory requirements:
- The Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR)
- The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
- A Safe Working Environment with Adequate Welfare Facilities 1989 (EAWR)
How We Can Help
To avoid prosecution and possible disruption to your business, it is essential you meet all the above requirements.
HSB, in association with Broker Network, provides inspection services required to meet legal obligations, and to ensure your employees are adequately protected from unnecessary health risks. In addition, HSB can also provide breakdown insurance for your machinery.
This inspection service can be offered throughout the policy cycle and is conducted by qualified engineers. A wide range of inspection services for plant and machinery is available at competitive prices.
How Engineering Inspection Works
HSB is an in-service inspection body accredited by UKAS to ISO 17020. The wide range of inspection services available to you includes:
- Pressure systems
- Lifting equipment
- Power presses
- Local exhaust ventilation plant
- Electrical installations
- Asbestos services
- Noise surveys
- Health & Safety
Your Benefits
- Reassurance that all statutory requirements are met
- Inspection of all equipment within the frequencies required by any legislation
- The guarantee that all the equipment is thoroughly examined
- Inspections by an independent fully trained engineer surveyor (competent person)
- A report outlining the equipment inspected and its condition at the time of examination
- Confirmation that all equipment complies with current legislation