Work at Height Regulations 2005 require employers to prevent falls from height wherever possible, and to minimise the distance and consequences where a fall can’t be ruled out.
Trapped key interlocking, or a trap key system, uses a key that must be removed to cut power and then used to open a guard, preventing the machine restarting while…
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.
A Declaration of Incorporation is the document issued with partly completed machinery in place of a Declaration of Conformity.
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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