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Your FREE practical guide to machinery safety
Further guidance is available, free to download, in the newly
re-written A practical guide to machinery safety sponsored by
Laidler Associates, one of the UK’s leading safety and
compliance consultants and Safety Systems Technology, the
independent electrical safety system product supplier and
provider of remedial services and project management. The
guide can be downloaded from:
www.laidler.co.uk.
The easy to read guide covers the very latest information
on the new Machinery Directive and other legislation
including the EMC and Low Voltage Directives and the ATEX
Directive. It also covers risk assessment and hazard analysis;
This means that if, say, a production line is created from a includes step-by-step advice on CE marking and the Provision
series of existing machines, the production line as a whole is and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER).
treated as a new machine that must comply with the directive. As well as featuring information about what to look for in a
It’s important to note that this applies irrespective of the age of pre-purchase audit and a section on different types of
the existing machines. electrical safety products the guide also features forms,
Clearly the implications of the new Machinery Directive are far charts and checklists that can be used to conduct a
ranging, and its requirements are sometimes complex. This machinery safety inspection. An EN (ISO) 954-1 chart appears
short article has only provided a brief overview of a few alongside an EN (ISO) 13849-1 equivalent as well as an EN
selected issues, and those with a professional interest should (ISO) 14121-1 check list and CE and PUWER check lists.
always familiarise themselves with the full text of the directive. Free to download and available to request as a hard copy via
This is available as a free download by following the links on the
www.laidler.co.uk, A practical guide to machinery safety
European New Approach website,
www.newapproach.org. provides suggestions and guidance for the best route to
For more information visit:
www.laidler.co.uk compliance.
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