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.
Self-certification is the conformity route that lets a manufacturer declare compliance without third-party involvement, available for all machinery not explicitly listed in Annex I of the Machinery Regulation.
The principles of prevention are the recognised order of priority for controlling risk, favouring collective controls over protecting individuals.
Automatic disconnection of supply is the protective measure that removes power to a faulty circuit within a required time to prevent electric shock.
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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