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Technical Paper December 2015

Technical Paper July 2016/1

Preparation in maintenancePart 5: Quality of maintenance

Author: Trevor Kletz

Gulf Professional publishing

An effective maintenance program will make plant and equipment morereliable. Fewer breakdowns will mean less dangerous contact with machineryis required, as well as having the cost benefits of better productivity andefficiency.

Additional hazards can occur when machinery becomes unreliable anddevelops faults. Maintenance allows these faults to be diagnosed early tomanage any risks. However, maintenance needs to be correctly planned andcarried out. Unsafe maintenance has caused many fatalities and seriousinjuries either during the maintenance or to those using the badly maintainedor wrongly maintained/repaired equipment.

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations require work equipmentand plant to be maintained so it remains safe and the maintenance operationis carried out safely.

In the following paper you will see many incidents have occurred becausemaintenance work was not carried out in accordance with the good rules ofengineering practice.

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