A duty holder is the person or organisation legally responsible for ensuring compliance with a given piece of health and safety legislation.
Designated standards are Great Britain’s equivalent of harmonised standards, carrying a presumption of conformity with UK product legislation.
Due diligence is the process an end user follows to satisfy themselves that machinery is genuinely CE/UKCA compliant, starting with checking the Declaration of Conformity.
A light curtain is an optoelectronic device that projects a field of infrared beams in front of a hazard and stops the machine the instant a beam is broken.
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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