ABSTRACT

Any equipment used by an employee at work is generally covered by the term ‘work equipment’. The scope is extremely wide and includes hand tools, power tools, ladders, photocopiers, laboratory apparatus, lifting equipment, fork-lift trucks, and motor vehicles (which are not privately owned). Virtually anything used to do a job of work, including employees’ own equipment, is covered. The uses covered include starting or stopping the equipment, repairing, modifying, maintaining, servicing, cleaning and transporting.