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A missed defect on a gym machine is a live injury risk, not a paperwork miss: that machine may be used hundreds of times before anyone looks again. This check catches the specific faults that cause UK personal injury claims and PUWER enforcement: failed treadmill stops, frayed cables, loose structural bolts, trip hazards, and missing defect records.
HSE Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER), Regulation 5 (maintenance) and Regulation 6 (inspection, competent person, records kept until at least the next inspection); HSE work-equipment inspection guidance (hse.gov.uk, confirming risk-based frequency and that the competent person need not be independent); HSE leaflet INDG291 "Providing and using work equipment safely"; BS EN ISO 20957-1 (general safety requirements for stationary training equipment, stability and structural integrity) and the BS ISO 20957 part-specific standards for treadmills and strength equipment; General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (UK benchmark for safe fitness products).
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Daily check logs do not, on their own, satisfy PUWER. Regulation 6 also requires inspection at suitable intervals by a competent person, someone with enough knowledge to know what to look for and what to do about a fault. Two myths to drop: PUWER sets no fixed annual date (frequency comes from your risk assessment and the maker's service schedule, not a calendar rule), and the competent person does not have to be an outside third party (experienced in-house staff can qualify). The legal floor for keeping the record is until the next inspection, though keeping it for the life of the machine is sensible.
Source: HSE Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER), Regulation 5 (maintenance) and Regulation 6 (inspection, competent person, records kept until at least the next inspection); HSE work-equipment inspection guidance (hse.gov.uk, confirming risk-based frequency and that the competent person need not be independent); HSE leaflet INDG291 "Providing and using work equipment safely"; BS EN ISO 20957-1 (general safety requirements for stationary training equipment, stability and structural integrity) and the BS ISO 20957 part-specific standards for treadmills and strength equipment; General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (UK benchmark for safe fitness products).
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A missed defect on a gym machine is a live injury risk, not a paperwork miss: that machine may be used hundreds of times before anyone looks again. This check catches the specific faults that cause UK personal injury claims and PUWER enforcement: failed treadmill stops, frayed cables, loose structural bolts, trip hazards, and missing defect records.
Daily check logs do not, on their own, satisfy PUWER. Regulation 6 also requires inspection at suitable intervals by a competent person, someone with enough knowledge to know what to look for and what to do about a fault. Two myths to drop: PUWER sets no fixed annual date (frequency comes from your risk assessment and the maker's service schedule, not a calendar rule), and the competent person does not have to be an outside third party (experienced in-house staff can qualify). The legal floor for keeping the record is until the next inspection, though keeping it for the life of the machine is sensible.
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