Own-use machinery is equipment a business designs, builds or modifies for use on its own site; the law treats the business as the manufacturer regardless.
The PPE at Work Regulations 1992 require employers to assess health and safety risks, provide suitable PPE free of charge, ensure it’s used correctly, and maintain it properly.
CE marking is a manufacturer’s own declaration that machinery meets the EU’s essential health and safety requirements.
Placing on the market is the point at which discrete machinery is first made available in the UK or EU, triggering full legal responsibility for its compliance.
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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