Work equipment and machinery

• Publications
  • Simple guide to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
  • Simple guide to the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations
  • Buying new machinery
• Maintenance page
• HSE work equipment microsite

Publications

Simple guide to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (157KB)

This HSE leaflet provides information about the legal requirements of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations. PLEASE NOTE - In Northern Ireland these Regulations came into force in 1999.

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Simple guide to the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (59.8KB)

This HSE guide provides information about the legal requirements of the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER). PLEASE NOTE - In Northern Ireland these Regulations came into force in 1999.

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Buying new machinery (191KB)

This leaflet explains the main requirements of the health and safety laws which you need to know about when you are buying new machinery (for second-hand machinery, see question 16).

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Maintenance

For more information please go to 'maintenance' in the 'getting started with health and safety' section of this website.

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HSE work equipment microsite

A lot of useful information can be found on the HSE work equipment microsite:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/equipment/index.htm

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