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Best practices

Hi all can someone please give me some advice on the following? 

 

  1. say you’re maintaining a circuit and you realise parts of the circuits do not comply to the regulations what is the standard procedure for example ZS values that do not comply or IR that’s too low. I know in the industrial setting we are pressured to keep things going (critical kit) but say even if we’ve got it in writing we’ve said it’s potentially dangerous and we’ve been told in writing to switch it back on who is then at fault?

 

  1. say the circuit is an old installation and complied at the time of installation if we were then doing work on that circuit say for instance changing adding a spur to sockets that aren’t RCD protected what is the protocol with regards to bringing it up to current standard? 

 

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  • I would not allow any dangerous non compliance at work to be tolerated,  whoever was in charge. It would be my head on the block if things went very wrong.    In the work environment I am responsible for my safety and the safety of others.      That is a legal requirement.

    I would not switch on a potentially dangerous circuit or machine. Let the boss do it.     Imagine yourself in court having to reply to the lawyer:

    “Why did you switch on the circuit/machine knowing full well the dangers involved, you have already admitted to knowing the there was a safety issue?”                                                                                                

    132.16

    641.5

    644.1.2

     

    Latest Health & Safety Prosecutions for unsafe machinery (sponmech.co.uk)

    Z.

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  • I would not allow any dangerous non compliance at work to be tolerated,  whoever was in charge. It would be my head on the block if things went very wrong.    In the work environment I am responsible for my safety and the safety of others.      That is a legal requirement.

    I would not switch on a potentially dangerous circuit or machine. Let the boss do it.     Imagine yourself in court having to reply to the lawyer:

    “Why did you switch on the circuit/machine knowing full well the dangers involved, you have already admitted to knowing the there was a safety issue?”                                                                                                

    132.16

    641.5

    644.1.2

     

    Latest Health & Safety Prosecutions for unsafe machinery (sponmech.co.uk)

    Z.

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