We were recently approached by a company who had imported a new machine from Asia. They were concerned that the distance between the light curtains and the hazard zone may be insufficient. After looking through the minimal documentation that was supplied with the machine, the light curtains do not appear to have any certification and […]

If your work equipment is listed in Regulation 2 of PUWER, then YES, you do need to carryout a PUWER assessment and the PUWER assessments must be carried out by a competent person. We are often ask that ‘as our new machine is CE Marked, do we really need to carry out a PUWER assessment?’ […]