At the beginning of this year, there were changes to the guidelines that cover fixed wire testing in the workplace. Many businesses still do not even know about the changes, let alone have considered implementing them.
Protecting those that work for you and those that visit your premises is part of any business’s duty of care. This means that businesses have a duty to make sure that all electrical items, both portable and fixed, are in the correct working order and pose no threat to their users.
The changes to the guidelines covering fixed wire testing change the way that checks need to be carried out by businesses and to the way in which observations about safety are made.
Understanding the changes to electrical inspection are extremely important if you want to ensure that your testing procedure is compliance with the latest British Standard. Whilst it may be possible to carry out certain checks yourself, for the likes of fixed wire testing, it is often far easier and far more effective to periodically task an external company to undertake such inspections for you.
For those who wish to have more information on the changes to testing, there will be free information packs available from the relevant companies.
No matter whether you undertake electrical inspection yourself, or utilise others to carry out such tasks, knowledge of the new regulations will be extremely important to ensure that you can act upon any findings in the right way and keep your staff physically protected and yourself legally protected.
Many companies fail to realise the importance of such testing in the workplace and can often find that not only do they face expensive repair work further down the line but that they also see fines or, far worse, injuries to staff.
