Harmonised standards are European standards with legal weight: follow them and your machinery is presumed to meet the essential requirements.
They are cited in the Official Journal of the EU and split into A, B and C types: A for general principles, B for particular safety aspects or devices, C for individual machine types. Nothing has yet been harmonised under the new Machinery Regulation 2023/1230, so presumptions earned under the old Directive cannot be assumed to carry over.
A machinery safety audit checks your machines against PUWER and current standards and ends in a prioritised, risk-rated action plan.
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.
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the foundational UK law setting out the general duties employers and employees owe each other for health and safety at work.
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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