 |
| Suffolk Technical & Logistics Ltd. |
| Hadleigh Business Centre Crockatt Road Hadleigh Suffolk IP7 6RH |
Tel: 01473 826070 Fax: 01473 826071 |
 |
|
SERVICES
Risk Assessment | PUWER 98 | CE Marking | Safety System Design, Installation and Commissioning Organisation Development | Plant Safety | Chemical safety | Workplace Environment | Training|CDM Regulations|PLC Software
Risk Assessment
Risk assessments of existing machinery to Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER).
Risk assessments of new machinery to The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992.
Advice and reference on The Machinery Directive, CE marking, Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs) and Harmonised European Safety Standards.
Assisting key managers to conduct risk assessment of all work activities, using structured inspections, standard checklists and Job Safety Analysis techniques. Managers are assisted to develop and maintain simple record systems appropriate to the business needs. (Risk Assessment projects will generally incorporate training of key personnel).
PUWER 98
Equipment Safety Audits/ PUWER
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) requires users of work equipment to carry out risk assessment and provide work equipment that is suitable for its intended task and can be used without putting persons at risk. The Regulations cover any machinery, appliance, apparatus, tool or installation for use at work (whether exclusively or not) - effectively it is anything used at work.
The 1998 regulations (updating the original 1992 Regulations) introduce requirements to ensure that, for reasons of health and safety, inspections are carried out:
After installation and before being put into service for the first time; or after assembly at a new site or in a new location to ensure that it has been installed correctly and is safe to operate.
After work equipment has been exposed to any conditions causing deterioration, which is liable to cause a dangerous situation.
At suitable intervals; and
Each time that exceptional circumstances have occurred that are liable to jeopardise the safety of work equipment. The results of these inspections have to be documented and kept until the next subsequent inspection is recorded. So in other words you should have a current inspection report at all times.
The regulations now make it an offense to allow work equipment to leave an employers undertaking, or if obtained from another undertaking, be used, unless it is accompanied by physical evidence that the last inspection has been carried out.
ST&L Limited will work closely with your personnel to ensure compliance and can provide our training seminars at your premises, a venue of your choice or at our training facility.
Alternatively, ST&L Limited can complete the whole task on your behalf and present you with a comprehensive report backed up by all documentation required by the Regulations, which would include:
Quick and efficient risk assessment
Hazard identification
Risk Evaluation
Recommendations for control measures ‘To do list’
Full documentation
CE Marking
All machines sold in the European Economic Area (EEA) from January 1st 1995, must comply with the Machinery Directive and be safe.
There are few exclusions to the Directive making this one of the most significant of all the New Approach Directives.
The scope of the Machinery Directive defines a machine as the following:
An assembly of linked parts of components, at least one of which moves, with the appropriate actuators, control and power circuits, joined together for a specific application, in particular for the processing, treatment, moving or packaging of a material.
An assembly of machines which, in order to achieve the same end, are arranged and controlled so that they function as an integral whole;
Attachments that are sold separately from the main machine and designed to be changed regularly by the operator.
Safety components for machinery, described as:
Components which are supplied separately to fulfill a safety function when in use and the failure or malfunctioning of which endangers the safety or health of exposed persons.
There are 5 main steps to CE Marking a machine. They are:
Risk Assessment
Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSR)
Technical File
Declaration of Conformity
Affix CE Marking
For most machinery (other than those listed in Annex IV of the Directive), the compliance route is Self-Declaration. Machinery that is listed in Annex IV has to be approved by a Notified Body.
ST&L Limited is not a Notified Body for The Machinery Directive, however, where the compliance route is Self-Declaration, we can complete the conformity assessment procedure
ST&L Limited can assist with all stages of the CE Marking process including:·
Providing advice and information
Carrying out inspections
Providing Risk Assessments
Ensuring compliance with the EHSR’s and EN Standards
Compiling Technical Files
Issuing the Declaration of Conformity
Acting as the Authorised representative within the EEA
For suppliers based outside of the EEA, ST&L Limited can act as the ‘responsible person’ within the EEA by holding a copy of the Technical File and signing the Declaration of Conformity on their behalf.
Safety System Design, Installation and Commissioning
Design, installation and commissioning of electrical safety systems.
Design, installation and commissioning of mechanical guarding systems.
Upgrading of existing machinery to meet the requirements of the PUWER.
Project Management of the above services.
Please note that we are not tied to any safety component manufacturer or supplier and will work with any certified system preferred by the client.
'Please see the 'Our Clients' section for examples on the wide-ranging scope of safety system installations we have carried out'.
Organisation Development
Review of Company Safety Policy, and the development of effective management organisation and arrangements in accordance with Guidance in British Standard BS 8800 : 1996 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. An approach is advocated to integrate the management of risks to health and safety in a common structure with the environmental risks and quality assurance procedures.
Plant Safety
Specialist assistance with the detailed assessment of complex plant and operational procedures, including participation in HAZOP studies and the development of procedures for formal design review.
Audit of operating plant and procedures, and the formulation of recommended actions to minimise risks identified.
Preparation of systems of work for safe operation, including the development of Permit to Work procedures and arrangements for routine inspection and testing of safety critical elements.
Chemical safety
Survey and review of work requiring the use of ‘substances hazardous to health’.
Assistance in the preparation of COSHH assessments and initial appraisal of ventilation equipment.
Where necessary, atmospheric monitoring and laboratory analysis may be arranged using specialist subcontractors.
Workplace Environment
Initial survey and review of work requiring exposure to high noise levels.
Assistance in the designation of hearing protection areas and general recommendations on noise reduction measures.
Where necessary, detailed measurement and analysis of complex noise exposures may be arranged using specialist subcontractors.
Training
Courses are tailored to meet the specific requirements of the particular target group using a range of training modules.
All courses follow an approach encouraging maximum participation from trainees, with a variety of exercises or syndicate work.
The content and presentation style may easily be adapted to meet the needs of all levels of management and employees.
Modules of approximately 2 hours are available on the following subjects:
Risk Management Essentials of Safety Law
Introducing Risk Assessment Further Risk Assessment
Accident Investigation Workplace Inspection
Chemical Safety Safe Systems of Work
Machinery Safety Guarding Machinery
Communicating Safety
Standard one-day packages include the following seminars:
Introduction to Risk Assessment
PUWER 98
The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations
Safety Legislation
Safety for Employee Safety Representatives
The Construction Design and Management Regulations
Permit To Work Systems
Construction Design and Management
Current Regulations
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulation 1994 place duties on all those who can contribute to the health and safety of a construction project. The Regulations place duties upon clients, designers, contractors and planning supervisors, and require the production of certain documents - the health and safety plan and the health and safety file.
To which projects do the CDM Regulations apply?
The CDM Regulations apply to most construction projects. However, there are a number of situations where the Regulations do not apply. These include:
Construction work other than demolition that does not last longer than 30 days and does not involve more than four people;
Construction work for a domestic client (although the Regulations do apply to designers);
Construction work carried out inside offices and shops or similar premises without interrupting the normal activities in the premises and without separating the construction activities from the other activities;
The maintenance or removal of insulation on pipes, boilers or other parts of heating or water systems unless this work forms part of a larger construction project.
People who, as part of their business, construct houses for subsequent transfer with land (whether by sale or other means) to domestic clients are known as developers under the CDM Regulations and have duties as clients.
The Planning Supervisor
ST&L Limited can assist you with your project by providing a Planning Supervisor to ensure your compliance by performing the following tasks;
Co-ordinate the health and safety aspects of the project at the design and planning stages,
Ensure that the Designer is provided with:
• any relevant Safety Files that exist and are relevant to the considered project.
• any relevant Risk Assessment, PHASE Assessment or HAZOP's that exist and are relevant to the considered project.
Ensure that the Designer has carried out his duties, if there are several Designers involved on the project, the Planning Supervisor will act to co-ordinate them to ensure that health and safety problems are resolved which involve the interaction between different aspects of design.
Ensure that the Health and Safety File is prepared and contains all relevant information given. He retains responsibility for the file throughout the project. The Health and Safety File must be passed on to the Client when the project is complete.
Initiates a Pre-Tender Health and Safety Plan which must be provided to the Principal Contractor at the tendering stage, it is the Planning Supervisor's job to ensure that the contents are adequate. The contents of the Pre-Tender Health and Safety Plan will vary from project to project.
The Planning Supervisor will transfer responsibility for the Health and Safety Plan to the Principal Contractor as soon as possible after the appointment of the Principal Contractor.
Notification to the HSE on Form 10 (rev) as required.
The Planning Supervisor is required to advise the Client when the Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan has been sufficiently well developed to allow the construction phase of the project to begin.
Perform regular audits of the site and working practices of the contractors and provide and action list for corrective by site management.
ST&L can offer writing, modifying, or developing PLC software for a wide range of PLCs.
We specialise in Siemens S7 and Allen Bradley Control Logix.
With over 20 years of experience we can offer customers a practical solution to control problems with not just Software development but understandable writing for the maintenance Engineer which can include training to suit the application.
Our mission is not to complicate the system but to give a Solution with ease of use to suit the Customers requirements.
We have carried out Software for the following Industries;
Bottling
Packaging
Food
Machinery
Pharmaceutical
Print Industries
Aerospace
MOD
Engine Manufacture
