Production & Process Machinery
Risk assessment of CNC equipment, conveyors and packaging lines against PUWER suitability and guarding duties.
Work Equipment Compliance Audits
PUWER Risk Assessments in London
Independent PUWER 1998 risk assessments for work equipment outside LOLER's lifting-equipment scope — covering suitability, guarding, control systems and maintenance regimes, with a defensible written assessment for your enforcing authority and insurer file.
26+ Years Hands-On Engineering Experience
Independent of Maintenance Contracts
7 Days a Week, 6am to 6pm
Same-Day Reports, With Photos
Inspection overdue or equipment out of compliance? You're exposed to enforcement action, and your insurance may not respond, until it's resolved.
Written and reviewed by Mark Crowley, Director, Integrity Lift Compliance Ltd — 26+ years of hands-on lifting equipment engineering. NHS estates, commercial property and industrial lifting compliance.
Engineering Approach
What our PUWER risk assessment programme delivers
Independent, defensible inspection by an engineer with deep hands-on plant experience.
- Written risk assessment against PUWER 1998 Regulations 4 to 24 (suitability, maintenance, guarding, controls, warnings)
- Site walk-through survey of the equipment in its actual operating environment
- Practical, prioritised remedial recommendations rather than a generic tick-box checklist
- Assessment format suitable for HSE inspection and insurer audit
- Independent of your maintenance contractor — no conflict of interest
- Follow-up re-assessment available once remedial actions are complete
What a PUWER risk assessment covers
PUWER 1998 applies to all work equipment, not just equipment that lifts. The assessment looks at each machine against the regulations that matter for it:
- Suitability: whether the equipment is right for the job and the place it is used
- Maintenance and inspection: whether it is maintained, and inspected where it can deteriorate
- Specific risks: whether use is restricted to trained people where the risks call for it
- Information and training: instructions, training and supervision for operators
- Guarding: fixed and interlocked guards and other protection against dangerous parts
- Controls and emergency stops: start, stop and emergency stop controls
- Isolation: means of isolating the equipment from its energy sources
- Stability, lighting and markings: fixings, lighting, warnings and markings
Missing or defeated guards and absent isolation arrangements are the most common findings.
When to carry out or review one
A PUWER risk assessment should be done when equipment is introduced, and reviewed when it is modified, moved, used differently, or after an incident or near miss. Equipment exposed to conditions that could cause dangerous deterioration must also be inspected at intervals the assessment sets.
PUWER risk assessment and maintenance explainedWhat you get
A written assessment you can show an inspector or insurer, listing each item, the risks found and what needs doing, in priority order. On top of that:
- Photographs: of each machine and of anything that needs attention
- Prioritised actions: what to fix first, rather than a generic checklist
- Records and reminders: we keep the record and remind you when inspections or reviews fall due
Because we sell no machinery, guarding or repairs, nothing in the assessment is a sales pitch.
Assets We Examine
Asset classes covered under our PUWER risk assessment programme.
Fixed & Mobile Guarding
Review of interlocked guards, fixed enclosures and light guards against PUWER Regulation 11.
Control Systems & Emergency Stops
Verification of isolation points, emergency-stop function and two-hand control arrangements.
Workshop & Maintenance Equipment
Assessment of bench tools and hand-fed machinery used in workshop and maintenance settings.
Trusted by Critical Estates
Independent. Defensible. Genuinely Endorsed.
SAFed-aligned defect classification, and the endorsement below is a genuine NHS Trust quote — not stock marketing copy.
NHS
NHS
Critical estate passenger lift compliance experience
SK
Skanska
Construction & engineering compliance support
A·B·C
SAFed-Aligned Defect Grading
Defects graded A, B or C to the published SAFed severity scale — a grading standard we follow, not a membership we hold
DBS
Enhanced DBS
Director Mark Crowley holds an enhanced DBS check
NHS Trust Endorsement
“Exceptional response times and thorough documentation. Managing compliance across multiple critical medical estates is complex, but their team makes statutory lift auditing seamless.”
Phillip Nai
Critical Healthcare Estates Manager
Barts Health NHS Trust
Areas We Cover
Independent PUWER risk assessments across London.
Common Questions
PUWER Risk Assessment FAQs
What is a PUWER risk assessment?
A written assessment of work equipment against the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998: whether it is suitable for the job, properly guarded and controlled, maintained, inspected where needed, and used by trained people.
Is a PUWER inspection the same as a LOLER examination?
No. LOLER covers lifting equipment specifically, with fixed examination intervals. PUWER covers all work equipment, and the inspection intervals are set by the risks. Lifting equipment is covered by both.
How often does work equipment need inspecting under PUWER?
PUWER sets no single interval. Equipment exposed to conditions that could cause dangerous deterioration must be inspected at suitable intervals by a competent person, and after anything that could affect its safety. The risk assessment is where those intervals are set.
What do I get from the assessment?
A written report you can show an inspector or insurer, listing each item, the risks found and prioritised actions, rather than a generic checklist.
Do I need a PUWER risk assessment for every machine?
Every item of work equipment needs its risks assessing, but similar machines used in the same way can be covered together. The assessment should be specific enough to show the risks for each.
Who can carry out a PUWER risk assessment?
Someone competent: with the knowledge and experience of the equipment and the regulations to identify the risks and the right controls.
Do you assess equipment that does not lift?
Yes. That is what PUWER is for: machines, power tools, presses, saws, conveyors and any other work equipment.
Request a Survey
Tell us what needs inspecting and where. We'll reply within one business hour.
Already have an asset list or examination schedule? Email it to info@integrityliftcompliance.co.uk and we'll come back with a survey plan rather than ask you to retype it.
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Further reading on PUWER risk assessments
PUWER Risk Assessment & Maintenance Duties
PUWER 1998 requires work equipment to be suitable for the risks it presents, kept properly maintained and used only by trained operators, and the Management Regulations require those risks to be assessed — obligations that continue even where LOLER's periodic examination has just been completed.
What Is PUWER?
PUWER is the set of UK laws that keeps people safe when they use machinery and tools at work. It covers everything from a hand tool to a factory machine or a vehicle, and it says equipment must be right for the job, kept in safe working order, checked regularly, and used only by people trained to use it. The formal name is the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
PUWER 1998 Regulation by Regulation
PUWER is broader than LOLER and much less discussed, because almost nobody sells a PUWER inspection the way they sell a thorough examination. It applies to every piece of work equipment you have, it sets no fixed interval for most of it, and it is where guarding, training and isolation duties actually live.
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