Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Introduction to Fire Safety Management
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Other guards or protection devices, where prac-
ticable or
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Jigs, holders, push-sticks or similar protection 
appliances, where practicable or
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Information, instruction, training and supervision
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All guards and protection devices must:
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Be suitable for the purpose
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Be of good construction, sound material and 
adequate strength
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Be maintained in an effi cient state, in effi cient 
working order and in good repair
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Not give rise to any increased risk to health and 
safety
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Not be easily bypassed or disabled
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Be situated at suffi cient distance from the dan-
ger zone
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Not unduly restrict the view of the operating 
cycle of the machinery
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Be constructed or adapted to allow operations 
necessary to fi t or replace parts and for mainte-
nance without having to dismantle the guard or 
protection device
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Measures (other than the provision of PPE or infor-
mation, instruction, training or supervision, so far as 
is reasonably practicable) are taken to ensure that 
exposure of persons to the following specifi ed haz-
ards is either prevented or adequately controlled:
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Articles or substances falling or being ejected 
from the work equipment
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Rupture or disintegration of parts of work 
equipment
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Work equipment catching fi re or overheating
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Unintended or premature discharge of any arti-
cle or of any gas, dust, vapour or other sub-
stance produced, used or stored in the work 
equipment
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Unintended or premature explosion of the work 
equipment or any materials or substance pro-
duced, used or stored in the work equipment
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Where work equipment, parts of work equipment 
and any article or substance produced, used or 
stored in the work equipment is at a very high or low 
temperature, it should have protection where appro-
priate to prevent injury to any person by burn, scald 
or sear
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Where appropriate, work equipment is provided 
with one or more controls (which require deliberate 
action to operate them) for:
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Starting, including restarting after a stoppage
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Controlling any change in speed or pressure or 
other operating condition where such a change 
in conditions results in a different or greater risk 
to health and safety
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Where appropriate, work equipment is provided 
with one or more readily accessible controls to bring 
the work equipment to a safe condition in a safe 
manner. Where necessary for health or safety, the 
control should:
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Bring the work equipment to a complete stop
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Switch off all energy sources after stopping the 
functioning of the work equipment
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Operate in priority to any control which starts or 
changes the operating conditions of the work 
equipment
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Where appropriate, work equipment is provided with 
one or more readily accessible emergency stops 
which operate in priority to any of the controls men-
tioned above
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All controls must be clearly visible and identifi able 
(by appropriate marking where necessary) and be 
positioned so that no person operating the control is 
exposed to a risk to their health or safety
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Where appropriate, systems of work are effective 
in preventing any person being exposed to a risk to 
their health or safety when equipment is about to 
start
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Where appropriate, audible, visible or other suitable 
warnings are given whenever work equipment is 
about to start
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Control systems are safe and chosen taking account 
of expected failures, faults and constraints in the 
planned use of the work equipment
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Control systems do not create increased risk to 
health or safety and that any fault in or damage to 
any part of the control system or loss of supply of 
energy used by the work equipment cannot result 
in additional or increased risk to health or safety or 
impede the operation of stop and emergency stop 
controls
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Where appropriate, work equipment is provided with 
suitable means (which are clearly identifi able and 
readily accessible) to isolate it from all its sources of 
energy
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Appropriate measures are taken to ensure that recon-
nection to any energy source does not expose peo-
ple to any risks to their health or safety
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Work equipment or any part of the work equipment 
is stabilised by clamping or otherwise for the pur-
poses of health or safety
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Suitable and suffi cient lighting is provided at any 
place where people use work equipment, taking 
account of the operations to be carried out
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Appropriate measures are taken to ensure that work 
equipment is:
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Constructed or adapted to ensure that mainte-
nance operations which involve a risk to health 
or safety can be carried out while the work 
equipment is shut down or
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Can be carried out without exposing people to 
risk to their health or safety or

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