EN ISO 7010 is the standard that fixes the shapes, colours and pictograms for safety signs, so a warning means the same thing on any site.
EN ISO 12100 is the foundation standard for machinery risk assessment; every machine safety decision traces back to its method.
A method statement is a document setting out how a task will be carried out safely, referenced during audit preparation alongside risk assessments.
Harmonised standards are European standards with legal weight: follow them and your machinery is presumed to meet the essential requirements.
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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