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Forklifts moving stock, abrasive wheels cutting and grinding, and process chemicals in use on the same shop floor is a normal manufacturing shift. PHW trains the forklift operators and supplies the packs for the hazards that sit around them.
In your own terms, not a generic hazard list.
Counterbalance and reach forklifts moving stock between goods-in, production and despatch, often alongside people on foot, is the core manufacturing site risk.
Cutting and grinding discs used incorrectly, or mounted incorrectly, are a recognised cause of serious injury, covered by their own assessed practical standard.
Solvents, coolants and cleaning agents used in production fall under COSHH, with exposure controlled and, where needed, monitored.
Stock and components moved by hand, hand tools used for extended periods, and electrical work on production machinery each carry their own, separate duty.
Named, not paraphrased into a claim.
PUWER 1998 regulation 9 places the duty to train and assess forklift operator competence on the employer, with the Approved Code of Practice L117 setting out the training model.
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 cover solvents, coolants and cleaning agents used in production.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 and the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 cover handling and hand tool use respectively.
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 apply to electrical work on production machinery.
The employer still authorises each operator or member of staff in writing; PHW's certificates, records and packs are the evidence the employer relies on for that decision, not a substitute for it.
The machines and packs that fit this trade.
The evidence trail a site, a licensing officer or an insurer can check.
Tell us the machines, the pack, and the numbers, and we will come back with a price and dates.
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