HSB Inspection Services

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Periodic engineering inspections of workplace plant, machinery and equipment form a vital part of an employer’s duty; ensuring the health, safety and welfare of their employees and workplace visitors.

Inspections also ensure employer conformity to health and safety regulatory requirements and, ultimately, add value by helping the business to operate efficiently.

HSB Inspection Services

Throughout the UK and Ireland, our network of competent, multi-skilled Engineer Surveyors are focused on helping businesses, of all sizes and industry types, to:

Maintain workplace equipment safety

Optimise the efficiency of plant and equipment

Comply with applicable health and safety legislation

We provide impartial engineering inspection services in the role of 'Competent Person' to assist with statutory inspections across a vast range of plant and equipment.

UK

The UK Health & Safety Executive defines a 'Competent Person' as "someone who has the necessary skills, experience and knowledge to manage health and safety".

Depending on the particular legislation, the Competent Person can be either an individual or the body which employs the individual to provide inspection services.

The 2005 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act defines a 'Competent Person' "where, having regard to the task he or she is required to perform and taking account of the size or hazards (or both of them) of the undertaking or establishment in which he or she undertakes work, the person possesses sufficient training, experience and knowledge appropriate to the nature of the work to be undertaken".

Classes of plant and equipment we inspect

Our Engineer Surveyors can help businesses achieve regulatory compliance for the following classes of plant and equipment:

UK

Equipment category	Legislation (1)
Boiler/pressure systems	Pressure System Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR)
Lifting	Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
Electrical/mechanical	Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)
Local exhaust ventilation	The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
Power presses and associated machinery	Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)
Fixed wiring (electrical)	Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 (EAWR)

Within the UK, we can also inspect many types of equipment used by the general public which do not necessarily require statutory examinations.

(1) For Northern Ireland, similar statutory equipment legislation is applicable.

Ireland

Equipment category	Legislation
Boiler/pressure systems	S.I. No. 445 of 2012: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Lifting	S.I. No. 299 of 2007: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007
Electrical/mechanical	S.I. No. 299 of 2007 (Regulation 30): Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007
Local exhaust ventilation	Health & Safety Authority: Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) Guidance document
Power presses and associated machinery	S.I. No. 299 of 2007: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007
Fixed wiring (electrical)	S.I. No. 299 of 2007 (Part 3): Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007

HSB Connect: our online inspection reporting tool

Helping businesses - of all sizes and industry types - to remain compliant and safe.

We provide our customers with access to HSB Connect, online access to their inspection reports and management information; accessible across multiple devices.

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Accreditations, certificates and memberships

We hold many accreditations, certificates and memberships in relation to the health and safety of our people, our customers and our inspection services.

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Why choose HSB?

A leading specialist provider of engineering inspections in the UK and Ireland
Proactive service carried out by our network of competent, technically-experienced Engineer Surveyors located throughout the UK and Ireland
HSB Engineering Inspection Services Limited are a UKAS-accredited Inspection Body (No. 0010)
Provides customers with direct access to their key inspection reports and documentation via our online inspection reporting tool, HSB Connect
UK-based arm of HSB Group, the equipment breakdown insurance and inspection market leader since 1866

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Brokers can also access HSB Inspection Services online via our e-trade solutions: HSB Fast Track or Acturis; developed to make the full item selection, quote and bind process as simple as possible.

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Helping businesses - of all sizes and industry types - to remain compliant/safe.

...very professional, giving us great confidence that our equipment has been competently inspected.

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Accessories for lifting (lifting tackle)

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