Givens Engineering provides pre-start health and safety review services for lifting devices, safeguarded machinery and racks. A PSR is required by the Ontario Health and Safety Act, Reg 851, Section 7 for:
- Safeguarding devices that signal the apparatus to stop, including but not limited to two-hand control systems.
- A travelling crane or other lifting device suspended from or supported by a structure.
- A structure that is a rack or stacking structure.
Offering PSR Services for a Variety of Machinery
To help manufacturing facilities remain compliant with the Ontario Health and Safety Act, Givens Engineering offers the following PSR services:
What is a Pre-Start Health and Safety Review?
A Pre-Start Health and Safety Review (PSR) is a mandatory review conducted on a device or process to evaluate and ensure its safety in compliance with the Ontario Health and Safety Act. The PSR is mandatory requirement for factories and must be performed by a qualified engineer, unless an exemption applies. The objective of the PSR is to comprehensively assess the safety of the equipment or process before it commences operation, emphasizing the importance of preventive measures and risk mitigation to safeguard the well-being of workers and comply with statutory health and safety standards. This regulatory requirement, applicable exclusively in Ontario, Canada, was established in October 2000 and underwent revisions in 2022.
Starting a PSR
With almost all PSRs, the first step is to find a drawing sealed by a P.Eng.
- Applies to all lifting devices, cranes
- Applies to some machines with safeguarding
- If a lifting device, for example, has no sealed drawing, then the cost of an engineering analysis has to be added to the PSR.
Schedule Your Pre-Start Health and Safety Review
Givens Engineering designs and fabricates lifting equipment and custom machinery! Contact us to learn more, or see our FAQ page for commonly asked questions.
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