How does the manufacturer make sure that machinery can be used safely?
There are several procedures which they must follow, but in particular they should: • identify the health and safety hazards (trapping, crushing, electrical shock, dust or fumes, noise, vibration, etc) that are likely to be present when the machinery is used; • assess the likely risks; • eliminate the risks, or if that is not possible: • provide safeguards (eg guarding dangerous parts of the machinery, providing noise enclosures) or, if that is not possible: • provide information about any residual risks and place signs on the machinery to warn of risks that cannot be reduced in other ways (eg ‘noisy machine’ signs). Manufacturers may wish to refer to standards or other specifications when designing machinery.
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