GUIDANCE

MACHINERY  - SAFETY  CHECKLIST 
	This checklist may be copied and used for all potentially hazardous equipment other than simple and straightforward items.

	INFORMATION,  INSTRUCTIONS  AND  SAFE  USE

	1.	Are there written instructions covering:

	a)	any unusual hazards or complicated features?	Y	N	N/A

	b)	where appropriate, emergency shutdown?		Y	N	N/A

2.	a)	has instruction, in readily comprehensible form
		(written or verbal) on all hazards, been passed
		on to all those who use the equipment?		Y	N	N/A

	b)	have any written instructions provided by the
		manufacturer been passed on to users?		Y	N	N/A

3.	a)	have all users of the equipment been given 
		adequate training in correct use, risks and
		precautions?						Y	N	N/A

	b)	is a training record kept which verifies this?	 	Y	N	N/A

4.	Is the equipment being used in accordance with the
	manufacturer's instructions?					Y	N	N/A

5.	If it has been adapted, is the adaptation suitable and safe?	Y	N	N/A

6.	Is the equipment used in an appropriate environment?
	(consider e.g. ventilation, damp, flammable conditions)	Y	N	N/A

7.	If the equipment may be moved, is the weight known?	Y	N	N/A

8.	a)	are the start and stop controls clearly marked?	Y	N	N/A

	b)	are other operating controls, and the contents of
		any containers, clearly marked?			Y	N	N/A

9.	Are there clear warning notices or markings (e.g. to	
	wear personal protection, restriction on use, list of
	authorised users) where appropriate?				Y	N	N/A

MAINTENANCE

10.	What are the appropriate intervals for checking:

	a)	electrical safety?	................................................

	b)	any safety devices?	................................................

11.	If inadequate maintenance could cause the equipment, 
	guards, or other protection to fail in a dangerous way,
	is there a system of planned preventive maintenance,
	including, where appropriate, the periodic replacement
	or refurbishing of items before they reach the end of
	their useful life?						Y	N	N/A

12.	Have clear maintenance instructions been given to
	those responsible for maintaining the equipment?		Y	N	N/A

SPECIFIC  HAZARDS

13.	Is protection adequate in relation to:

	a)	items falling from the equipment?			Y	N	N/A

	b)	items being ejected?					Y	N	N/A

	c)	overturning?						Y	N	N/A

	d)	collapse?						Y	N	N/A

	e)	overheating or fire?					Y	N	N/A

	f)	disintegration?						Y	N	N/A

14.	Is the equipment made stable where appropriate by
	bolting, clamping or tying?					Y	N	N/A

15.	Is there sufficient general and, where necessary,
	local lighting?							Y	N	N/A

16.	a)	is there protection against contact with hot or
		very cold temperature, so far as appropriate?		Y	N	N/A

	b)	if the possibility of such contact is unavoidable
		has appropriate instruction and training been
		given?							Y	N	N/A

17.	In the case of pressurised equipment, is there a written
	scheme of examination?					Y	N	N/A

18.	If gas fume or dust is released when the equipment is
	used, is there:

	a)	local exhaust ventilation, tested annually		Y	N	N/A
	or
	b)	a COSHH specific assessment?			Y	N	N/A

DANGEROUS  PARTS  OF  MACHINERY

19.	Are all dangerous parts of the machinery guarded?		Y	N	N/A

20.	Are all guards of good construction, adequate strength 
	and well maintained?						Y	N	N/A

21.	Do guards permit an adequate view of the operation
	where this is necessary?					Y	N	N/A

22.	Is it difficult to bypass or disable guards?			Y	N	N/A

23.	Can the machinery only be started when a specific
	labelled start device is used?  (N.B. the normal cycle
	of automated machinery is exempt from this require-
	ment)								Y	N	N/A

24.	Is it impossible to start the machine just by resetting
	a safety device?						Y	N	N/A

25.	Is there a readily accessible stop device which stops
	the machinery in a safe way?					Y	N	N/A

26.	Where appropriate (i.e. where in a foreseeable
	emergency it could help) is there a prominent easily
	accessible emergency stop device?				Y	N	N/A

27.	Can controls be operated safely and easily?			Y	N	N/A

28.	Is there any system of work which ensures that
	nobody is in a dangerous position when machinery is
	about to be started?						Y	N	N/A

29.	Does the start device need to be activated to restart
	the machine if:

	a)	the power fails?					Y	N	N/A

	b)	a control or safety device fails to trip out?		Y	N	N/A

30.	If the power is isolated does the machinery come to rest
	safely without the possibility of access to dangerous 
	parts?							Y	N	N/A

31.	Can the equipment be securely isolated from power,
	to prevent inadvertent reconnection:

	a)	by removing  a plug from a socket which is
		easily visible to the person at risk?			Y	N	N/A
	or
	b)	by locking it off?					Y	N	N/A

32.	SUMMARY

Action to be taken in order of priority:	..................................................................

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Date by which action to be taken:	..............................................................................

Date for review (maximum interval 5 years)	......................................................