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HSE issues new guidance on handfed platens

Following two fatal accidents, HSE has produced new guidance for all employers who use handfed platens. It covers the key issues, in particular:

  • the risks from whole-body access between the platens and the use of dwell
  • it shows a range of guarding options
  • other important issues such as daily checks, periodic inspections
  • training procedures
  • isolation procedures

Link URLs in this page

  1. New guidance on handfed platenshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/pis18.htm
  2. Platens letter to users in December 2010https://www.hse.gov.uk/printing/assets/docs/platens-letter.pdf
  3. Safety at power-operated paper cutting guillotines https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/power-guillotines.htm
  4. Handling newspaper and magazine bundleshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg470.htm

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Updated 2024-12-19