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PUWER, LOLER, pressure systems, electricity, contractors: what the law asks of a maintenance manager.
- Legal duties on site
Interlocked guards and how they get defeated
Every site has an interlock someone has beaten. How guard interlocks get defeated, why people do it, and what PUWER expects you to do about it.
22 October 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
Guarding: PUWER regulation 11 and the order of guards
PUWER sets a strict order for guarding, and breakdowns are where it slips. The four levels, what counts as a fixed guard, and why the bolts matter.
19 October 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
Portable appliance testing on site: what's actually required
PAT isn't a legal must, and a green sticker isn't maintenance. What the law asks for portable kit on a factory floor, and where the real risk sits.
15 October 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
Inspecting and testing fixed wiring in factories
The law gives no date for testing the wiring. It expects you to test often enough that nothing fails between tests. What that means on a factory floor.
12 October 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
Electricity at Work Regulations: duties for maintenance managers
The Electricity at Work Regulations put duties on you, your sparky and anyone who opens a panel. The ones that bite on a night shift, and what to do.
8 October 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
LEV testing: the 14-month rule for dust and fume extraction
Extraction needs a thorough test at least every 14 months, and some kit far more often. What the test covers, and what keeps it working in between.
4 October 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
Air receivers: what the pressure regulations mean for your compressor
The receiver is the biggest store of energy in most compressor houses, and the one nobody looks at. What PSSR asks of it, day to day and after a breakdown.
1 October 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
LOLER thorough examinations: who checks what, and how often
Most sites get the LOLER exam done on time. Where they get caught is what happens after the report lands. Intervals, who can examine, and what to do with the defects.
26 September 2026 · 6 min read - Legal duties on site
Pressure systems: written schemes of examination explained
Your written scheme says what gets examined, how and how often. Most sites have one. Fewer have one that still matches the plant on the floor.
23 September 2026 · 6 min read - Legal duties on site
Method statements for breakdown work
Nobody writes a method statement at 2am. So write the ones you'll need now, for the breakdowns you know are coming, on one side of A4.
19 September 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
Risk assessments for maintenance tasks that people actually read
A 40-page risk assessment in the office protects nobody at the machine. How to write maintenance risk assessments a fitter will read at 3am.
16 September 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
Contractors on site: what you owe them before they start
Your duties don't stop at the gate when someone else picks up the spanners. What you owe a contractor before they start, without losing an hour.
13 September 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
Permits to work: when you need one and how to run it
A permit is only as good as the handover, the hand-back and who signs it. When you need one, when you don't, and how to keep it from becoming paperwork.
9 September 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
Safe isolation: lock off, tag out, prove dead
Everyone knows the words. Steps get skipped when the line's down and the label looks right. The order that keeps fitters safe, and where it slips.
5 September 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
PUWER inspections: what your records need to show
A PUWER inspection record is only as good as what's on it. What needs inspecting, how often, who can do it, and the nine things worth writing down.
1 September 2026 · 5 min read - Legal duties on site
PUWER for maintenance managers: what the regulations actually ask
Managers file PUWER under guarding. Read it again and most of it is about your maintenance team: who fixes what, and whether the kit lets them work safely.
29 August 2026 · 5 min read
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