Health & Safety Podcast: Portable Appliance Testing | QCS

Health & Safety Podcast: Portable Appliance Testing

April 23, 2024

This month Neil Hughes-Hutchings, Head of Health and Safety at AfterAthena, embarks on the journey that is Portable Appliance Systems. The hazards presented by Portable electrical appliances in your workplace should be assessed using normal risk assessment techniques.

A robust maintenance program can be achieved by a combination of the three following actions:

  1. Checks by the user
  2. Visual inspection by a person appointed to do this
  3. Combined inspection and tests by a competent person or contractor

Listen to the podcast below and find out what you should be doing now!

AfterAthena
AfterAthena

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