Reasonably foreseeable misuse is use of a machine its maker never intended but should have predicted, like bypassing a guard to clear a blockage.
EN ISO 12100 requires designers to account for it alongside correct operation. If operators will predictably defeat an interlock to keep production moving, the design has to remove the incentive or survive the attempt.
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.
An isolator switch is a compliant on-off device, correctly coloured and lockable, that lets maintenance teams safely de-energise a machine before servicing.
PUWER, the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, governs how work equipment is selected, used, maintained and inspected in service within Great Britain.
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
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