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Machine safety guide Safe Machinery Handbook Contents Introduction Why safety Legal framework Risk assessment Safe design and safeguarding Functional Safety Control system standards including worked examples Sources of information Annexes - architectures

Safe Machinery Handbook Contents Introduction Why safety Legal framework Risk assessment Safe design and safeguarding Functional Safety Control system standards including worked examples Sources of information Annexes - architectures For more information call us on or visit www schneider-electric co uk Introduction There are various guides to machinery safety legislation which tend to present a distorted view of the requirements of that legislation This handbook is an attempt to provide information that is up-to-date and unbiased in order to help machine builders and users to provide workers with machines that are safe legal and e ?cient It is not intended as an exhaustive guide to compliance with safety legislation nor as a replacement for referring to the relevant standards themselves it is to guide you through the logical steps and to point you to the relevant sources of information Why safety As well as the moral obligation to avoid harming anyone there are laws that require machines to be safe and sound economic reasons for avoiding accidents Safety must be taken into account right from the design stage and must be kept in mind at all stages in the life of a machine design manufacture installation adjustment operation maintenance and eventual scrapping Design manufacture Installation Adjustment operation Maintenance New machines - the Machinery Directive In the UK at present the Machinery Directive EC is implemented as the Supply of Machinery safety regulations as amended From December the relevant UK regulations will be the Supply of Machinery safety regulations which implement the European Machinery Directive EC Machines have to comply with the Essential Health and Safety Requirements EHSRs listed in Annex I of the Directive thus setting a common minimum level of protection across the EEA European Economic Area Machine manufacturers or their authorised representatives within the EU must ensure that the machine is compliant the Technical File can be made available to the enforcing authorities on request the CE marking is a ?xed and a Declaration of Conformity has been signed before the machine may be placed on the market within the EU Existing machines ?? the Work Equipment Directive This is implemented in UK law as the Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations PUWER It applies to the provision of all work equipment including mobile and lifting equipment in all workplaces and work situations where the Health and Safety at Work etc Act HSW Act applies and extends outside Great Britain to some o ?shore activities They require that all equipment is suitable for use and is inspected and maintained as necessary to ensure that it remains so The cost of accidents Some of the costs are obvious such as sick pay for injured employees whereas some costs are harder to identify The Health and Safety Executive HSE give an example of an accident at a drilling machine that resulted in costs to the business of ? HSE INDG However this does not include some of the less obvious costs and some estimates amount to double that ?gure