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Hi,
Just a quick one if possible could anyone tell me what they believe comes under PUWER in laymans terms if possible, I am interested to hear peoples terms and also do you believe a security shutter on the front of a shop which is operated twice a day fro access/egress would come under it?
Thanks in advance
Alan
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PUWER is deliberately very broad in its scope, and practically everything apart from private cars is included. I guess the bit about the shutter is, would you consider it to be part of the building's fixtures and fittings or not?
In part the operation will be covered by the electrical safety regs as part of the fixed installation (I'm guessing it's not plugged in???), but I can see a good case for regarding it as work equipment, in that such a device is demountable; PUWER explicitly includes equipment inclluding 'an automatic bottling plant', so it's not a question of size or prtability in determining what is or is not work equipment.
In a way though whether or not it is part of a PUWER regime is a red herring. The question to ask is 'could a fault in operation cause an injury?', and given that the answer is assuredly 'yes' then you would have to include it in your ppm schedule. In my view PUWER would apply (ducks to avoid brickbats), but even if it doesn't, you should behave as though it does,
John
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hi mate,
simple terms..any equipment used by an employee at work is covered by puwer regs, so probably your shutters will be covered under puwer!
Regards
matt
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PUWER, Work Equipment! Roller shutter used whilst at work so yes I would complete a PUWER assessment for the time it takes, I would of thought it should only need doing once as it'll probably never get relocated, modified or any other piece of work equipment added to it, etc etc.
I suppose it is one of the pain in the backside assessments but needs doing.
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What do you mean by 'what comes under PUWER'? Do you mean what is classed as work equipment? If so, as others have said just about anything from a chair to a machine.
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Spud - I suspect you are looking for guidance on maintain this equipment - PUWER is a broad definition and could be vague here but still relevant to the door and its working mechanisms.
Reference Reg 5 of the Workplace Welfare Regs and more specifically Reg 18. Yes these rags are broad too but you'll find what your looking for here in these two sections.
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Powered Roller Shutters (doors or gates etc) are covered by Regulation 18 of the Workplace (Health, Dafety & Welfare Regulations). The ACoP to Regulation 18 requires that power operated doors and gates should have safety features to prevent people being injured as a result of being struck or trapped.
Please refer to the Regulation 18 and its accompanying ACoP/Guidance at :-
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l24.pdf
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