Legal Requirements
The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 puts the duty of care upon both the employer and the employee to ensure the safety of all persons using the work premises, including visitors, contractors and customers.
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) state:
"Every employer shall ensure that work equipment is maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair."
PUWER 1998 only applies to work equipment used by employees at work. This includes all work equipment (fixed, transportable or portable) connected to a source of electrical energy.
The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 state:
"Every employer shall make suitable and sufficient assessment of:
(a) the risks to the health and safety of his employees to which they are exposed whilst at work, and
(b) the risks to ensure the health and safety of persons not in his employment arising out of or in connection with the conduct by him or his undertaking."
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 state:
"All systems shall at all times be of such construction as to prevent, so far as reasonably practicable, such danger.……. all systems shall be maintained so as to prevent, so far as reasonably practicable, such danger."
"'System' means an electrical system in which all the electrical equipment is, or may be, electrically connected to a common source of electrical energy and includes such source and such equipment"
"'Electrical Equipment' includes anything used, intended to be used or installed for use, to generate, provide, transmit, transform, rectify, convert, conduct, distribute, control, store, measure or use electrical energy."
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 require, every employer to ensure that work equipment is suitable for the purpose for which it is provided, only used in the place and under the provisions for which it is provided. The equipment must not be allowed to deteriorate in function or performance to such a level that it puts people at risk. The result of this means a properly structured maintenance and testing schedule is essential.
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 state:
“It shall be the duty of every employee while at work:
(a) to co-operate with his employer so far as is necessary to enable any duty placed on that employer by the provision of the Regulations to be complied with: and
(b) to comply with the provision of these regulations in so far as they relate to matters which are within his control."
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