The principles of prevention are the recognised order of priority for controlling risk, favouring collective controls over protecting individuals.
Span of control describes exactly what an emergency stop will actually bring to a halt, which must be clear to the person pressing it.
UKCA marking is Great Britain’s post-Brexit conformity mark, introduced in 2021 as the domestic equivalent of CE marking.
A safety-related control system comprises of a chain of components, sensor to logic to actuator, that carries out a machine’s safety functions.
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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