Good Morning All,

I will be having a meeting with one of the project managers this week. We are a multi national company and will be receiving equipment onto our site from Switzerland and India over the next few months that are currently being used on other sites.

CE marking has been mentioned. Upon arrival of these pieces of equipment, they will be inspected, checked and serviced before they enter production and they will have user manuals for them in English. We will be receiving certificates of incorporation.
The SSOW will also be reviewed and amended where required in conjunction with the production teams that will be running them before any commencement of work starts.

I am aware that the CE marking is not a guarantee that the machine is safe but complies with the law. I have started looking through the PUWER regs but what else do I need to consider. Our aim is to be proactive and have this all in place as far as possible. I

Any thoughts/suggestions would be most welcome.

Thank you.

Fantastic, thank you.

Hi there,

Some good advice has already been given above.

The only thing I would add is that from my own experience a Pre-delivery inspection (PDI) of the equipment before it is shipped is always worth considering (costly but worth it).

I have been in situations in the past where the equipment has turned up to site and did not do what it said on the tin (no team involvement during the initial spec / purchasing). The PDI gives you the opportunity to critique the equipment from a safety point of view (EHSR as stated above), operational point of view (will it do what you thought it would do and do it safely), sanitation point of view (can it be cleaned? Are there any hang up points) and finally a maintenance point of view. If you then find things that are not to the required standard I have found it far easier and quicker to get them rectified at the manufacturer as opposed to when it lands at your site.

The company I currently work for do this as a team event and send people from the relevant departments to assist the PDI (The same team are involved in the initial spec of the equipment also)