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What is DSEAR? – A Comprehensive Guide to DSEAR Regulations

Dec 14, 2021

What is DSEAR and Why is it Important? The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmosphere Regulations 2002, or DSEAR for short, were brought into force to require employers to review all potential...

KP Snacks

Jul 5, 2021

KP Case Study First Encounter When we first met KP identifying their problem was pretty simple. They had had PUWER inspections done by various parties. Their own engineers, health and safety...

Machine Safety – Why we need to eliminate Blame Culture

Aug 3, 2017

“Well, if they’re stupid enough to do that then they deserve to get hurt!” If you’ve ever been involved in machine safety or machine risk assessments then I’m sure you’ve heard someone – it may even...

Brexit and The Machinery Directive

Mar 17, 2017

Brexit and The Machinery Directive - ‘Game of Change’ Synopsis The machine safety industry should be watching the Brexit process with baited breath. Nobody truly knows what the outcome will be. In...

Who is responsible for PUWER compliance?

Feb 7, 2017

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) have been in place since 1998, and before that, there were similar regulations passed into UK law in 1992. Both sets of regulations build...

What does it take to be a Machine Safety Engineer?

Dec 12, 2016

What attributes and skills do you need in order to be an effective machine safety engineer in any organisation? Warren Spiers of Spiers Engineering Safety explores the ins and outs of machine safety...

Engineering Managers: Why is it so difficult to get control of machinery safety?

Jun 9, 2016

John is an Engineering Manager. John, like most engineering managers, has huge responsibilities and not enough time or resources. He is stuck in the middle between the demands of PRODUCTION and...

Instruction Handbook: Safety Related Information for Assemblies of Machinery

May 16, 2016

Who likes writing manuals? Exactly. So we should give some thought to what needs to be provided in a manual beforehand to avoid having to repeat the process in reverse further down the line. Often a...

CE Marking Machines Guide for Large Plant

Jan 21, 2016

The facts, the myths and your FAQs. You probably know that new machinery should have a CE mark on it. You might not know the lines of responsibility for that CE mark and its associated requirements....

BS EN 60204-1:2006+A1:2009 Electrical Safety of Machines

Nov 16, 2015

Electrical Safety of Machines – A Guide to Documentation for the Technical File This document has been produced by Spiers Engineering Safety as a guide to our clients for evidencing the design of...

EN 953 to be replaced by EN 14120 | Guarding Standard

Sep 17, 2015

There is a new standard on the way. It updates the guidance on design and selection of guards for machinery and it is going to change the way you design and adapt guarding on your machines in the...

Packaging Machines: Small, Medium and Large Sized Apertures

May 12, 2015

The safe reach distance required for openings in guards is well defined in BS EN 13857. However, some C type standards will make ammendments to these values. In this case, the BS EN 415 series (part...

Protective Devices & Emergency Stops – when should we test them?

Feb 4, 2015

The Testing of Safety Related Systems (including emergency stops and protective devices) for a machine application is a subject that attracts a lot of navel gazing on a regular basis and we hear...

An Introduction to the Technical Construction File (TCF)

Jan 7, 2015

What is the Technical Construction File (TCF)? The Technical Construction File (TCF), is required by the Machinery Directive and its contents are listed in ANNEX VII. The purpose of the technical...

Spiers PUWER Checklist – Short Guide for the PUWER Assessor

Jan 2, 2015

This is a short PUWER inspection guide for the person actually tasked with doing the PUWER inspections and resulting risk assessment (PUWER Assessor). We have stripped out the jargon and legal bumph...

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