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‘You’re Only Doing Stat Inspections!’

“You’re Only Doing Stats!”

A common phrase used when the inspection company asks for a detailed description of the

equipment to be inspected and gives an estimate of the time required to carry out said inspections.

‘You’re Only Doing Stats!’

Guidance for Duty Holders and Responsible Persons

What is a Statutory Inspection and why are they necessary?

A Statutory Inspection is defined as an Inspection as per Statute or an

Inspection as required by current local Legislation and Regulation.

In the UK, a Statutory Inspection is carried out in conjunction with the Provision and Use of Work

Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998 and The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER)

1998.

What is a Statutory Inspection and why are they necessary?

Legislation ensures that employers and owners of equipment safeguard personnel working with and operating equipment and controls the way in which they use and maintain that equipment.

‘Ensure that work equipment is maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair.’‘Ensure that where any

machinery has a maintenance log the log is

kept up to date.’

PUWER 1998 Regulation 5 States:

PUWER 1998 Regulation 6 States:‘Ensure the results of and inspection activity is

recorded and kept until the next inspection.’

LOLER 1998 Regulations State:‘owners of equipment have a responsibility to safeguard people working with and operating lifting equipment,

LOLER 1998 Regulations State:‘and to control the way in which they use and maintain that lifting equipment.’

Unfortunately, Statutory

Inspections are seen as a

‘necessary evil’

STATUTORY INSPECTIONS NEED TO

BE SEEN AS A ‘MUST HAVE’

Unfortunately, Statutory

Inspections are seen as a

‘necessary evil’

STATUTORY INSPECTIONS, IF carried out correctly and

acted upon accordingly, would have prevented the

following incident examples

A Newhaven Waste Management

Company and its Directors have been

fined after an employee got his arm

caught in a conveyor at a material

recycling plant.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the incident

which occurred on 12 February 2016, found the company failed to ensure

the conveyor guards were maintained and fully functioning at all times.

Presenter

Presentation Notes

Mark Penfold, Director of Skip-It Containers Ltd, pleaded guilty to Regulation 5(1) and Regulation 6(2) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 and was given a 16 week custodial sentence, suspended for nine months, as well as a fine of £2293.00. Rachael Penfold, Director of Skip-It Containers Ltd, pleaded guilty to Regulation 5(1) and Regulation 6(2) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 and was given a 16 week custodial sentence, suspended for nine months, as well as a fine of £2293.00.

Kamkee Food Limited has been prosecuted

for health and safety breaches after one of

its workers was left seriously-injured.

Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 13 February 2017, the worker

was seriously injured when the sleeve of his overcoat got caught in a large

industrial food mixer at the company’s factory premises at Kingside Business

Park in London. The injuries included broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a large

blood clot under the armpit.

Presenter

Presentation Notes

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the incident found the machine was fitted with an interlock bowl guard designed to prevent access to the rotating mixing arm however it had been deliberately overridden. Kamkee Food Limited of Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff on Sea , was found guilty of breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and Regulation 11 (1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. The company has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,599.60.

Wilko’s failure to act on warnings from staff

and maintenance engineers that a goods lift

at a Leicester shop was not correctly

levelling with the floor has cost the firm

£2.2m after an employee was left paralysed

when a roll cage fell on her.

“This was not the first time that the lift didn't level and something happened.

Wilko was aware that staff had complained that it wasn't levelling. The lift

engineers had given advice as to what should be done to rectify the issue.”

Presenter

Presentation Notes

The retail giant was prosecuted by Leicester City Council after the heavily laden metal cage, used to move stock around the store, toppled over a ledge that was created when the lift stopped at a slightly lower level than the floor.

The safety of personnel

using equipment at work is

partly dependent on how

that equipment is operated

The personnel using the

equipment must receive

adequate training to

operate the equipment

The safety of personnel

using equipment at work is

partly dependent on the

care and maintenance of

that equipment

The equipment must be

subjected to a documented

planned maintenance and

inspection regime

The employer or owner of the work equipment used onsite must delegate a person (or persons) to be responsible for the onsite

equipment.This person will be the site Duty Holder or

Responsible Person.Who holds this role on your site?

The equipment Duty Holder must have an overview of all of the equipment he

has a responsibility for:-

This includes information from the equipment Manufacturers:

User manuals, maintenance manuals,service and best practice guides, duty cycle

evaluations and recommended service intervals

&…

• Installation date• Date into service• Last and next inspection date• Last and next service date• Actual equipment duty cycles• Results of last inspections• Completed pre-operational check list• Defects found• Defects rectified

Also includes information regarding the onsite equipment history:

To be confident that the

equipment the Duty Holder is

responsible for is kept in a

good and safe condition, they

must be involved in the

allocation of the personnel

who carry out the Statutory

work.

Due diligence must be

carried out to ensure that the

personnel who are carrying

out this type of work are

trained and competent to do

so.

‘such appropriate practical and theoretical knowledge and experience of the equipment to be examined as will enable them to detect defects or

weaknesses and to assess their importance in relation to the safety and continued use of the

equipment’

(ACoP LOLER 1998)

Competence is defined as –

Inspection and Maintenance Regimes

Competent Statutory Inspectors and

trained Service Technicians provide

an accurate regular assessment of

the condition of your onsite work

equipment.


Inspectors and Service

Technicians provide

detailed reports, which are

valuable information for the

reference of Duty Holders:


All work equipment must be

subjected to a pre

operational check by the

operator or user, as defined

in the Manufacturers’

manuals


All pre operational checks

by the operator or user,

must be filed and saved for

reference by the site


What is the point to file

save all of this information?


Because Legislation

demands it


This information is also

referenced for the

following;


For reliability data for future

purchases, possible warranty or

modification information of

onsite work equipment.


For future Risk Based Analysis for Written Schemes

of Examination for the onsite work equipment.


A Written Scheme of Examination can be drafted and

implemented by a suitably independent and competent

person


The author of this Scheme will rely heavily on historic data

of the equipment to draft this document


Written Schemes are becoming more commonplace as

there is a drive to reduce costs and visits to the equipment


To highlight any gaps in training and target training

refreshers and updates for equipment operators in real

time and when differences or modifications occur to

the onsite equipment.


A proactive planned

preventive maintenance

program is crucial to

improving safety, efficiency

and productivity.


What is Maintenance???

Inspection and Maintenance RegimesAre the following activities classed as maintenance???

Adjustments?


Adjustments?

Servicing?


Adjustments?

Servicing?

Lubrication?


Adjustments?

Servicing?

Lubrication?

Cleaning?


Adjustments?

Servicing?

Lubrication?

Cleaning?

Repairs?

Repairs?

All repairs must be carried out

by suitably qualified and trained

personnel.

All repairs must be ‘signed off’

and closed before the

equipment can be operated

again.


Preventive maintenance

reduces downtime and

increases reliability of

the equipment.


Regular service visits can

help reduce component wear

and unplanned stoppages,

and maintain equipment

performance and availability.


Duty Holders, Inspectors and Service Technicians

should always follow the equipment manufacturers

guidance.

Presenter

Presentation Notes

Regulation 5 of PUWER – Maintenance manager


The equipment manufacturers

are the experts on their own

equipment and provide

detailed guidance on the care

and maintenance of their

manufactured equipment

Equipment manufacturers information

Who has access to the

equipment manufacturers

information?

Equipment manufacturers information

Who has access to the equipment manufacturers information?

The equipment owners and designated

Duty Holders or Responsible Persons

onsite

Therefore…

…when the inspection company asks for a detailed description of

your work equipment…

…please DON’T respond…

“You’re Only Doing Stats!”

Many thanks for watching

and listening!Please feel free to open a discussion, or

ask any questions regarding the

subject.

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