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PUWER Compliance
Newly arrived machinery, tasks that have changed since the equipment was assessed, guarding that no longer looks adequate or inspection arrangements nobody can confirm all prompt a PUWER review on a managed site. Note when the concern started and any change in use, operation or layout. That record separates a new fault from an existing limitation or an improvement already planned.
Overview
Estate instructions should itemise each affected site. Equipment showing the same symptom in different buildings may be failing for different reasons, so record each site's history and restrictions separately.
Our full service catalogue, including every individual service, is available across every listed sector and location. For one site or several, we agree the scope, access and programme around the buildings concerned.
What the work can include
The review lists the equipment on site and how each item is used, looks at controls, maintenance and the information given to operators, arranges inspections where needed and follows improvements through to completion. The scope is agreed in writing, stating inclusions, exclusions and the completion record.
Every finding is referenced to the asset identifiers and locations in your register, so it feeds budgeting, repeat work and the inspections that follow.
Important decisions
No single documentation exercise makes a machine suitable for its use. The equipment, the task, the people using it and the surroundings have to be considered together.
Before we visit
Send the equipment list, manuals, usage details, maintenance records and any known defects.
Let us know the site contact, who approves the technical scope and who takes the action list. Permit, shutdown or contractor coordination requirements need identifying before we arrange to attend.
How the work proceeds
We review the equipment alongside the way it is operated, set out appropriate actions and agree the evidence needed to close each one.
Within a wider programme, the order of sites and the route for escalating material findings are agreed first. A site with open actions stays partially complete rather than closed as a whole.
What affects cost and timing
The more varied the machines and the more guarding questions, operating risks and information gaps there are, the more work the review involves. Your enquiry and records show what is priceable at once and where a site assessment comes first.
Suitable tasks can be combined in one programme, but access windows and operational dependencies still need checking for each building. How additional findings are reported and priced is agreed beforehand.
Applications across sectors
Laboratories and industrial premises often involve process-specific substances and equipment. Managing agents need the landlord and occupier boundaries to be clear; education and care settings need coordination around vulnerable users. Controls are decided by the workplace as it really operates. Browse the sectors we serve and describe the building's use.
Locations covered
We take on work from Northumberland down to Tees Valley, through Tyne and Wear and County Durham, so Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, Darlington and Middlesbrough are all covered, together with the wider towns and communities in our location directory. For several addresses, send the site list plus a local contact for each.
Frequently asked questions
Is a manufacturer's manual enough to demonstrate safe use?
No. The manufacturer's instructions matter, but so do equipment condition, the task, the training given and the workplace arrangements.
What information should I send about PUWER compliance?
Your equipment list and manuals first, then usage, maintenance records and any defects you already know about. Tell us the site as well, and whether the aim is to investigate a fault, plan a repair or set up a programme.
What affects the price and programme?
How many different machines there are, what guarding concerns exist, how risky the operation is and how much information is missing shape the price. Additional work is defined and authorised on its own scope.
What should the completion information explain?
A record you can act on names each machine reviewed, what was checked and done, where the review was limited and what remains open, keyed to your site and asset identifiers so the next inspection or maintenance visit can rely on it.
Useful guidance and records
Our guide to remedial action tracking sets out the supporting decisions and records. The same guide describes how a defect is carried through to evidenced closure. Wider technical and management context is provided by the official guidance.
Related work and your next step
See Asbestos Management for related work and the Compliance and Specialist Risk overview for the wider group. Ongoing work is handled under maintenance, larger changes under projects, and the full range is under services.
Send Black & White Facilities the equipment or site list, any findings and the operational constraints, and the review will be scoped with clear responsibilities and reporting. Make an enquiry.
Discuss the scope
Tell us what needs attention.
Share the site, the issue and any access requirements so we can discuss the next step.