Plant Risk Assessment
Tools, machinery and equipment - plant, used in the workplace can cause injury through accidents. The staff, students and visitors who use the University must be protected against such accidents.
The Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act, 1986 (OHS&W) and the OHS&W Regulations 1995 - Part 3, require each workplace to assess and control risks associated with plant.
WHAT IS PLANT
Definition: Plant describes any machinery, its related equipment, appliances, implements or tools and any components or fittings. It includes things as diverse as power tools, forklifts, farm machinery, lawnmowers, welding equipment, and concrete mixers. Consistent with Part 3 of the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare (OHSW) regulations (SA), 1995, this guideline does not apply to 'hand held AND manually powered' tools or equipment.
The plant regulations do not apply to tools that are both manually powered and hand-held tools. That is, if something is both held in the hand and manually powered it is not ‘plant’.
Plant Register Sheet
Basic hazard and risk assessment seminar information presented by Alex Wiseman in December 2007 and March 2008.
Major Plant (eg. lathe)
Plant Hazard Assessment
A Plant Hazard Assessment requires completion of the following four sheets and must be carried out for all major plant.
Item |
Manually powered |
Hand held |
Therefore it is: |
Chain saw |
NO |
YES |
Plant |
Drill press |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Hammer |
YES |
YES |
Not plant |
Hand saw |
YES |
YES |
Not plant |
Band saw |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Lathe |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Desk/table |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Chair |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Computer |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Lap top computer |
NO |
YES |
Plant |
Printer |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Scanner |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Photocopier |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Shredder |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Fax machine |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Desk top guillotine |
YES |
NO |
Plant |
Scissors |
YES |
YES |
Not plant |
Bed |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Toaster |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Iron |
NO |
YES |
Plant |
Kettle |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Oven |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Fridge |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Small kitchen appliances (powered) |
NO |
YES |
Plant |
Microwave |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Ironing board |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Centrifuge |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Autoclave |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Automatic pipette |
YES |
YES |
Not plant |
Heating mantle |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Waterbath |
NO |
NO |
Plant |
Radio |
NO |
NO |
Plant
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Created: 4 July 2007, Updated: 30 June 2008
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