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Document ID (ISN)73698
CIS number 99-1429
ISBN(s) 0-11-079599-7
Year 1998
Convention or series no. Statutory Instruments 1998 No.2306
Author(s)
Health and Safety Executive
Title Health and Safety: The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 [United Kingdom]
Bibliographic information HMSO, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1998. 20p. Price: GBP 3.70.
Abstract These Regulations (entry into force 5 Dec. 1998) repeal Statutory Instruments 1974/903 (CIS 75-1464) and 1992/2932 (CIS 93-5) in their entirety and Regulation 27 of Statutory Instrument 1996/1592 (CIS 97-364). Topics: control and regulation; emergency stop devices; equipment, workplaces and operations; fork-lift trucks; illumination levels; information of personnel; inspection records; inspection; law; machinery guarding regulations; machinery; maintenance; marking; power presses; protection against extreme temperatures; responsibilities of employers; safety checks; safety devices; United Kingdom.
Descriptors (primary) safety devices; equipment, workplaces and operations; machinery guarding regulations; machinery; United Kingdom
Descriptors (secondary) illumination levels; emergency stop devices; responsibilities of employers; control and regulation; maintenance; power presses; information of personnel; protection against extreme temperatures; inspection; inspection records; marking; law; safety checks; fork-lift trucks
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Mechanical hazards, transport
Browse category(ies) Safety devices