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Maintenance Safety: A Guide To

This document provides guidance on maintenance safety. It outlines the legal requirements to regularly inspect and test work equipment. It discusses the dangers of maintenance like increased risks when safety controls are removed. It provides safety considerations for maintenance like controlling obstructions, fire risks, and exposure to hazards. It stresses controlling risks through following the basic risk assessment process and employing safe systems of work.

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Maintenance Safety: A Guide To

This document provides guidance on maintenance safety. It outlines the legal requirements to regularly inspect and test work equipment. It discusses the dangers of maintenance like increased risks when safety controls are removed. It provides safety considerations for maintenance like controlling obstructions, fire risks, and exposure to hazards. It stresses controlling risks through following the basic risk assessment process and employing safe systems of work.

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A guide to

Maintenance
Safety

Aim
There is a legal requirement for regular and effective maintenance,
inspection and testing of work equipment.
This training tool covers:

Legislation, Testing and Inspection


Introduction
Dangers of Maintenance
Aim
Safety considerations
in Maintenance Operations
Testing and Inspection
Controlling Maintenance Work Risks

Legislation, Testing and Inspection


Testing may involve operation of the
equipment or the use of tools or
equipment to measure or test a part
or function of the equipment.
Provision and Use of Work Equipment
Regulations 1998 require employers
to inspect their work equipment and
Aim requirements for
have specific
inspection of power presses.
Lifting Operations and Lifting
Equipment Regulations 1998 specify
inspection of lifting equipment.
Inspection and testing of safety
devices is particularly important.

Introduction
Maintenance should be carried out on all plant, equipment and machinery to
ensure its correct functioning and continued safe operation.
The lack of regular maintenance has been identified as the major contributor to
recent incidents that have resulted in the deaths of employees and members of
the public
By performing regular maintenance, hazards are removed at source and risks
Aim
are reduced to
a minimum.

Dangers of Maintenance
Many of the risk controls and
protective devices must be
removed or overridden to perform
maintenance, increasing the risk
to maintenance operatives.
During maintenance, access will
be gained to parts that are
Aimby position or
normally safe
guarding, thus posing a greater
hazard.
These hazards include hot or cold
surfaces, sharp edges or
hazardous substances normally
contained within the equipment or
items being maintained.

Safety Considerations in Maintenance


Operations
Maintenance operations can
cause obstruction in corridors,
walkways or parts of the
associated work area.

Aim

Maintenance operatives should


not be adversely affected by
others walking past.
Obstruction must not block a
fire escape route; if this is not
practicable, make suitable
alternative escape
arrangements.
Hot work or use of flammable
materials may increase the risk
of fire.
Consider risks to children if the
general public has access to the
area

Safety Considerations in Maintenance


Operations
Parts of the equipment that are
normally internal or adequately
guarded may be exposed. These
may be static hazards, e.g. sharp
edges, radiation and hazardous
substances.
They also may be moving hazards;
Aim
exposure to
moving parts is to be
avoided where practicable as it
risks entrapment.
Risks due to remote hazards fall
into two main areas those posed
by remote operation of equipment,
and remote application of power or
ingress of materials into the part
of the equipment being worked on.

Controlling Maintenance Work Risks


Follow the 8 basic risk
assessment principles:
1) Identify the hazards.
2) Identify those that will be
affected by the hazards.

Aim

3) Evaluate the risks the hazards


pose.
4) Determine and implement
suitable means to adequately
control the risk so far as is
reasonably practicable.
5) Monitor the risk controls to
ensure that they are, and
remain, suitable and
sufficient.

Controlling Maintenance Work Risks


6) If the machinery is large and
has many hazardous areas,
a key exchange (trapped
key) system may be
required.

Aim

7) If it is impossible to
eliminate or exclude the
hazard, employ a safe
system of work.
8) Supervision should be
directly proportional to the
risks involved and the
competence and experience
of the maintenance staff.

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