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#1 Posted : 15 May 2009 11:14:00(UTC)
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Posted By Robert_N
On site we have a compactor which also bales the cardboard this has no inspection records does this class as a breach of PUWER?

Many thanks
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#2 Posted : 15 May 2009 11:20:00(UTC)
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Posted By paulw71
It should have some form of inspection documentation.
see below


6. - (1) Every employer shall ensure that, where the safety of work equipment depends on the installation conditions, it is inspected -


(a) after installation and before being put into service for the first time; or

(b) after assembly at a new site or in a new location,


to ensure that it has been installed correctly and is safe to operate.

(2) Every employer shall ensure that work equipment exposed to conditions causing deterioration which is liable to result in dangerous situations is inspected -



(a) at suitable intervals; and

(b) each time that exceptional circumstances which are liable to jeopardise the safety of the work equipment have occurred,


to ensure that health and safety conditions are maintained and that any deterioration can be detected and remedied in good time.

(3) Every employer shall ensure that the result of an inspection made under this regulation is recorded and kept until the next inspection under this regulation is recorded.

(4) Every employer shall ensure that no work equipment -



(a) leaves his undertaking; or

(b) if obtained from the undertaking of another person, is used in his undertaking,


unless it is accompanied by physical evidence that the last inspection required to be carried out under this regulation has been carried out.


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#3 Posted : 15 May 2009 11:22:00(UTC)
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Posted By paulw71
sorry meant to add, therefor it is a breach of puwer
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#4 Posted : 15 May 2009 16:05:00(UTC)
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Posted By Kenneth Patrick
Do you have an Environmental permit for the baler?
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#5 Posted : 19 May 2009 08:44:00(UTC)
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Posted By Julie Manuel
I'm guessing your primary activity as a business is not baling of cardboard. Therefore you don't actually need a permit, what you need is an exemption from the waste management licensing.
It is a 2 min job on the EA or SEPA's website database and they'll email you the exemption.
More info at:
http://www.netregs.gov.uk/netregs/63484.aspx
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