Health and Safety

Health and Safety.....
The harnessing of electrical power for use on numerous electrical machines, devices and appliances, has contributed to the material standard of life around the world. It must not be forgotten however, that electricity is - even at low voltages - fundamentally dangerous. A vast number of injuries and deaths occur every year due to electric shocks from misused or faulty electrical equipment, to which can be added a significant number of fires whose origins are in electrical faults. If we are concerned about safety either personally or professionally, such facts are ignored at our peril.
PA Testing Ireland has the complete electrical safety testing solution for the equipment and tool hire industry.
Ensure that the tools you hire out are electrically safe Show your customers that tests were carried out Satisfy your Insurance Company and reduce your premiums Have proof of testing for the HSA Regulation S.I. 1.88 of 2001 In the case of accident be in a position to prove reasonable care
How to conform with S.I. 188: 2001
So exactly what tests have to be carried out, how frequently, in order to comply with S.I. No. 188: 2001. The Regulations do not give specific answers, but the Health and Safety Authority has stated that in the absence of such definitions by Regulation then it use. IEE Regulations and Codes of Practices. Also, the EU "Use of Work Equipment" Directive (89/655/EEC) places a responsibility on all organisations to ensure that their employees can use equipment at work "without impairment to their safety or health". Definitive answers to those two questions may only come as a result of High Court cases -but employers would be well advised not to wait until then, but act now, for the safety of their employees and to be able to show any Court that they have exercised all due diligence by being able to well documented records of safety checks. Electrical retailers would be giving themselves additional "protection" if they are able to show that all portable electrical appliances have been checked at the time of delivery to the consumer. PA Testing , which forming a business partnership with Seaward Electronic Ltd, market leaders in manufacturing equipment for appliance testing. The two companies held well-attended seminars in Dublin this month to outline the implications of the legis

1 Knockmitten Close, Western Industrial Estate, Dublin 12, Phone: 01-4659487 - E-Mail: info@patesting.ie