HSB Inspection Services

Overview

Periodic engineering inspections on plant and equipment operated in the workplace can help maintain a safe operating environment, and add value by helping the business operate efficiently; whilst also ensuring employer conformity to applicable health and safety legislation.

Failure to comply with the law can have serious consequences for a business. Risks can include damage to a business’s reputation, a reduction in workforce efficiency, increased risk of accidents and ill health, and even enforcement by regulators; which, ultimately, can lead to heavy fines or even imprisonment.

HSB provides inspection services for the following classes of plant and equipment to assist in compliance with health and safety legislation:
Equipment category Legislation (1)
– Boiler/pressure – Pressure System Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR)
– Lifting – Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
– Electrical/mechanical – Provision and Use of Work Equipment 1998 (PUWER)
– Local exhaust ventilation – The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
– Power presses and associated machinery – Provision and Use of Work Equipment 1998 (PUWER)
– Fixed electrical wiring – Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 (EAWR)

(1) For Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, similar statutory equipment legislation is applicable. Inspection services in the Republic of Ireland are provided to comply with the equivalent legislation.

HSB’S inspection services are also available for plant and equipment covered by other legislation not listed above, including:
-Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (COMAH)
-Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR)
-Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002 (CLAW)

HSB’s inspection services are provided in the role of ‘Competent Person’ for all service areas in which we are accredited by UKAS to -‘ISO/IEC 17020 – In-Service Inspection Bodies’; carried out by our network of competent, technically-experienced Engineer Surveyors.
Inspection services in the Republic of Ireland are provided to comply with the equivalent legislation.

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Documents

HSB Inspection Services Policy Wording