Required Performance Level is the reliability target a safety function must achieve, set during risk assessment from severity, frequency and avoidability.
The risk graph in EN ISO 13849-1 walks through those three factors to land on PLr, and the designed system’s achieved PL has to match or exceed it. Serious injury, frequent exposure and little chance of avoidance all push the target up.
A competent person is someone with the practical and theoretical knowledge and experience needed to carry out a specific safety-critical task, such as a LOLER thorough examination.
COSHH is the UK regulation governing the control of substances hazardous to health, covering everything from chemical storage to housekeeping in an audit.
EN ISO 13850 is the standard that sets the design principles for emergency stop functions: actuation, reset, priority and span of control.
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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