The working load limit is the maximum load a piece of lifting equipment is rated to lift, which the equipment must be marked with and used within.
Harmonised standards are European standards with legal weight: follow them and your machinery is presumed to meet the essential requirements.
Residual risk is the risk left over once all your control measures are in place, and it decides whether a machine is acceptable to run or needs further work.
Essential health and safety requirements are the legally binding requirements machinery must meet before it can be placed on the UK or EU market.
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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