A duty holder is the person or organisation legally responsible for ensuring compliance with a given piece of health and safety legislation.
The Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC sets the safety requirements for electrical equipment operating within defined voltage ranges, one of the directives a compliant control panel must meet.
EU-type examination is a conformity assessment route requiring a notified body to examine and certify a machine design before it can be placed on the market.
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 require employers to avoid hazardous manual handling where reasonably practicable, and to assess and reduce the risk where it can’t be avoided.
For nearly two decades, the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) has been the backbone of machinery safety compliance across Europe.
Introduction Machinery is now software-defined, connected, and increasingly autonomous. The Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 treats software failures as
A question we hear regularly from clients is which assessment do they actually need for their machinery —
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