Balers & Waste Compactors Safety

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About Course

Balers and waste compactors are found in shops, warehouses, hospitals and recycling plants, and they have killed workers who reached in or climbed in to clear a blockage. This course explains the hazards, the law under PUWER, safe machine features and the safe systems of work HSE expects for operating, clearing and maintaining these machines.

Tutwoo is an independent learning provider. This course is general awareness training written from published official guidance. It does not replace training required for your specific job, and it is not an accredited qualification.

What Will You Learn?

  • Recognise the main crushing, entanglement and fall hazards of balers and compactors
  • Understand the PUWER duties that apply to these machines
  • Know why blockage clearing needs a written safe system and isolation
  • Prevent people being harmed when bins are emptied into compaction vehicles

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Why balers and compactors are dangerous
  • The law and safe machine design
  • Operating, clearing blockages and maintenance
  • Bins, bin-lifts and members of the public

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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