EN ISO 13857 defines the safety distances that stop people reaching hazard zones over, under, around or through guard openings with their upper or lower limbs.
The 2019 edition tabulates safe distances by opening size, for people aged 14 and over; openings above 120 mm fall outside the tables and need the full clause 4.2.2 treatment. Knox Thomas has a free online calculator built on Table 4 of the standard.
An original equipment manufacturer is the company that designs and builds machinery, often relying on specialist compliance support to navigate CE, UKCA and PUWER requirements.
A lifting beam is a rigid lifting accessory, sometimes just a plate with a welded lifting eye, that distributes a load across multiple attachment points.
Work at Height Regulations 2005 require employers to prevent falls from height wherever possible, and to minimise the distance and consequences where a fall can’t be ruled out.
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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