Introduction to this document

Machinery purchasing safety checklist

When purchasing machinery you must be sure that it will be safe to use and won’t result in unmanageable health risks. Work through our checklist to help ensure that it’s fit for purpose.

What’s covered?

Use our Machinery Purchasing Safety Checklist to ensure that the item is fit for purpose, to check that it will be safe to use, whether it will create health concerns and how easy it will be to maintain in the future.

The advantage of this type of checklist is that it will enable you to comply with the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 once the machinery is installed.