Pressure Testing and the Law

If pressure equipment fails in use, it can seriously injure or kill people nearby and cause serious damage to property.

Nearly all Coffee Machines have pressure vessels and are therefore pressurised

The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) say

“Commercial coffee boilers incorporating a pressure vessel (e.g. cappucino makers) generate steam and therefore come under the requirements of PSSR. Regulation 8 requires the drafting and completion of a written scheme of examination (WSE), and regulation 9 requires that this examination be carried out by a competent person.” …

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“A WSE is a document containing information about items of plant or equipment that form a pressure system, operate under pressure and contain a 'relevant fluid'.

PSSR regulation 8 places a duty on the user of an installed system and the owner of a mobile system not to allow pressure systems to be used until they have a WSE covering:

•  protective devices

•  pressure vessels

•  parts which, if they fail, may give rise to danger

The legal responsibility for defining the scope of the WSE rests with the user/owner who may need to seek advice from other sources such as in-house engineering staff, inspection staff or consultants.

The owner/user will appoint a competent person who will help draft a WSE, which will specify the nature and frequency of examinations (including any special measures needed to prepare the system for safe examination), and carry out the examination itself as required by regulation 9.

Note: There is a clear duty on users/owners to ensure that the equipment is not operated beyond the date specified in the current examination report.”