UNIVERSAL TESTING SOLUTIONS

Your Specialists for Portable Appliance Testing (PAT), based in Barnsley South Yorkshire and covering the whole of Yorkshire and the North West of England. We offer a 24 hour 7 day a week Portable Appliance Testing service at no extra cost, and we will carry out the Portable Appliance Tests when it is most convenient for you, without causing any disruption to the day to day running of your business.   All our engineers are City and Guilds 2377 Qualified, fully insured and Disclosure and Barring Service(DBS) checked to be able to complete Portable Appliance Testing on your premises. We pride ourselves in our smart appearance, fast reliable and professional service.  

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 Universal Testing Solutions has established an excellent reputation throughout the UK. Our customer base covers all areas of industry and commerce in the public and private sectors, from small organisations to large multi-national companies and local authorities.  

The Electricity at  Work Regulations 1989 state;

As may be necessary to prevent danger, all systems shall be maintained so as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, such danger.

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

Every employer shall make a suitable and sufficient assessment of:
(a) the risks to the health and safety of his employees to which they are exposed while they are at work, and (b)the risks to health and safety of persons not in his employment arising out of or in connection with the conduct by him of his undertaking (Regulation 3(1)).

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports that 25% of all reportable electrical accidents involve portable appliances. Many fires are due to faulty electrical appliances.

Employee sustained broken shoulders when testing a incorrectly wired appliance.
​An employee sustained a 240 volt electric shock that broke both shoulders whilst attempting to test a newly manufactured appliance that had been incorrectly wired to the mains lead. Suitable precautions had not been taken to prevent electrical injury to employees engaged in testing work on electrical appliances. Employees were exposed to live wires at 240 Volts ac, there was exposed metal in the test area, there was no PAT test of mains lead prior to live test and no risk assessment for electrical testing work.
Action:
​The employers were prosecuted under The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 (No 14), The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 (No 3) paragraph 1 and received a fine.
Source; hse.gov.uk

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​New health and safety offences sentencing guidelines
 10th March 2016
 
New sentencing guidelines for corporate health and safety offences came into effect from 1st February. Fines are now based on a company’s turnover, reaching up to £10 million for serious infractions and £20 million or more for fatalities.
 
More emphasis is now being placed on the risk or likelihood of harm with fines intended to have a “real economic impact”. Organisations will be required to submit detailed financial information including turnover figures, pre-tax profit, director remuneration, pension provision, assets and debt exposure for the past three years.
 
Overall the changes signal the perpetuation of the recent trend for increasing fines for health and safety failings and, as with sentencing for environmental offences, heralds the onset of a far more stringent analysis of offending behaviour and the financial position of the offender.
 
Find out more at https://sm.britsafe.org/

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Universal Testing Solutions cover the following areas for Portable Appliance Testing (PAT);
Pat Testing in Barnsley, Pat Testing South Yorkshire, Pat Testing in Wakefield,  Pat Testing in Sheffield,  Pat Testing in Rotherham, Pat Testing  in Dewsbury, Pat Testing in  Leeds, Pat Testing in Halifax, Pat Testing in Huddersfield, Pat Testing in Doncaster, Pat Testing in Chesterfield, Pat Testing in Bradford,  Pat Testing in Manchester
We offer a nationwide service, please contact us for more details.