‘Every year people are killed or seriously injured in accidents involving PTOs and PTO drive shafts’

A tractor power take-off(PTO) and the power take-off drive shaft of a machine are very dangerous if used and not correctly guarded.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 places general obligations on employers to:-

• ensure the safety of their employees at work, for example by maintaining safe plant, safe systems of work and safe practices;
• to provide training, instruction and supervision of employees, as necessary to ensure their safety;

To download the full HSE
publication at
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/as24.pdf

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Contact KNW Training on 01677 424 633.

 

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