PAT Testing - Why You Need Your Appliances Tested
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There are a number of additional reasons why appliances should be
tested on a regular basis with the most important ones being:
- To comply with The Electricity at Work Regulations
- To comply with the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations
- To minimise the risk of fire and injury caused by electrical
appliances (Each year about 1000 accidents at work involving electric
shock or burns are reported to the Health and Safety Executive.
About 30 of these are fatal).
- To satisfy your Insurance Company
- To comply with all Health & Safety requirements and ISO
standards
- To comply with Quality Assurances
- As part of your Fire Risk Assessment compliance
- You need to have your equipment tested once a year.
What The Regulations Say
The UK Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 requires that "every employer shall ensure that work equipment is so constructed or adopted as to be suitable for the purpose for which it is used or provided".
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1998 states "As may be necessary to prevent danger, all systems shall be maintained so as to prevent so far as reasonably practicable, such danger."
This means that employers (and the self-employed) have a duty of care to ensure that all electrical work equipment is safe, suitable for the purpose and properly maintained in good order. PAT testing is the best way you can fulfill this obligation.
PAT TESTING SERVICE IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM SCARLET MUSIC.
WE CAN VISIT YOUR PREMISES
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(OUR ENGINEER HOLDS AN ENHANCED CRB)
OR YOU CAN DROP YOUR EQUIPMENT OFF TO US TO BE TESTED.
Please call us on 01775 841750 for details and rates.
