Health and Safety Course, Machinery Safety

1. on Manufacturers & Suppliers
Duties
European Standards relating to machinery

2. Intended to ensure that all machinery

throughout the EC was constructed to the same
standards of h&s
Contained in Annex 1 to the Machinery

Directive and as an appendix to BSEN 292-2

3. Requirements:

Hierarchy of control defined (PoP)

Construction of machine

Lighting

Safe handling

Controls

Protection against mechanical hazards

Characteristics of guards/protective devices

Protection against other hazards

Maintenance

Indicators

Marking

Instructions


4. Annex IV of Machinery Directive lists certain types

of high-risk machine, including:
Circular saws

Woodworking machines

Presses

Injection moulding machines

Locomotives

Passenger carrying vehicles used underground

This specified machinery is required to be subject

to a type examination prior to approval being given

5. Application is made which contains:

Name and address of manufacturer

 Technical file (see later)
 Example of machine or details of where one may be
examined
Notified body verifies information and issues

EC-type examination certificate.
CE mark can then be fixed and machine can be

sold openly throughout EC

6. For machinery not covered in Annex IV,

approval process is one of self-certification on
the basis that technical file is produced and
reviewed and machinery meets the
requirements of the Directive.
The manufacturer must just draw up a technical

file, upon which he bases his approval

7. Consists of all relevant material upon which

manufacturer bases decision as to whether to
sign the CE declaration of conformity
Signature completes declaration, allowing CE

marking to be affixed
Not all info has to be kept together, but it must

be made available within reasonable time when
requested

8. Consists of:
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Drawings of machine

Drawings of control circuitry

Details of tests carried out against essential h&s

requirements
Description of methods adopted to eliminate hazards

Any technical reports obtained to support declaration

Any test results against harmonised standards carried

out
Measures taken to ensure production machinery is to

same standard

9. Drawing up the declaration procedure

whereby responsible person declares
machinery which he supplies into EC complies
with all the essential h&s requirements
applying to it

10. It includes:

Name and address of responsible person and

manufacturer
Description of machinery including:

 Make
 Type
 Serial no.
Indication of all provisions with which machinery

complies
State the name and address of approved body which

issued type approval (if applicable)
Signature of responsible person


11. Can only be applied when a declaration of conformity is

supplied, or for the high risk machinery, the approvals
process confirms compliance
Marking must include the following information

(indelible):
Name and address of manufacturer

CE mark (to include year of construction)

Designation of series or type

Serial no., if any

If designed for such, info regarding use in an explosive

atmosphere
Any safety related info regarding the machinery in use e.g. max

speed of rotating parts

12. Type A: Basic Safety - Applicable to all machines

Type B: Group Safety - Dealing in a single safety aspect

that can be applied to a wide range of machines
Type B1: Specific safety aspect e.g. noise, lighting

Type B2: Safety devices, guards, interlocks etc.

Type C: Detailed standards that apply to specific groups

of machine or a single type of machine e.g. chainsaws
The standard for Type A is BSEN 292 “Safety of

Machinery” and is in 2 part
Annex 1 of the Machinery Directive “Essential H&S

Requirements” is included as appendix to BSEN 292-2

13. 2 Parts:

Part 1 - Safety of Machinery: Covers basic concepts,

general principles for design
Part 2 - Safety of Machinery: Covers basic concepts,

general principles for design and technical principles
and specification
Intended to assist designers, manufacturers

and other interested bodies to interpret the
essential H&S requirements in order to achieve
conformity with European Legislation

14. Describes principals for machinery RA

Procedures described for identifying hazards

and estimating and evaluating risk
Appendix table includes examples of hazards

grouped under headings:
Mechanical

 Electrical
 Noise
 Vibrations
 Materials and Substances
 Ergonomics

15. Manufacturers responsibilities:

RA to identify and assess hazards that could be present when

machine is used
Design out significant hazards and ensure design satisfies EHSRs

and is designed in accordance with applicable standards
Incorporate measures such as physical barriers to prevent access to

dangerous parts; or safeguard against other hazards that cannot be
designed out
Provide warning signs for hazards that cannot be designed out or

safeguarded (e.g. noisy machine signs)
Fix CE marking to show that it complies with EHSRs
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Issue “Declaration of Conformity” for machine

Provide user with instructions on how to install use and maintain

safely
Keep information, explaining what has been done and why, in a

technical file