HEALTH AND SAFETY
The
CE
mark on this
maeh
i
llC
signifies that
an
EC
dedaration of oonformily
is
d
rawn
up
i
nd
icating that the machine
ia
manufactured
in accordance with the Essential Health and
Saf
ety
Requirements
of
the '
Supply
of
Machinery (Safely) Regulations 1992.'
The '
requirements
101 supply of relevent
machinery'
in
the General Requirement
01
the
Reguletions are not only that the machine
satlslies the relevant assentlal health and
safety
requi
re
men
ts, Dut
also
that
'the
manulacture ..... carries out the necessary
research or lests
on
components, fittings or
the
complete machine
10
determine wh(lth\!r
by its desi
gn
or construction Ih\! machi
ne
is
capabts
of
bslng erected and
put
In
to service
safel
y.'
PGr
sons who install this machine
have
duties
under
Ihe
'Provis
i
on
and
Use
01
W
ork
Equipment Regulations 1992'. An indication
of these
duties
Is
given
In
the following
ex
tr
acts, but
lt1e
user should be familiar with
the
lull Implications
ollhe
regulations.
REGULATION 5 requires that;
Every
employer
shall
ensure
Ihat
work
equipment is
50
constrocted
Of
adapted as to
be suitable for the purpose lor which it
is
used
or
provided.
In
selecting work equipment, every employer
shall heve regard to the working conditions
and
to the
risks
to
heallh
end
safety
01
pe
rsons
whleh
exist
in
Iho
prom
i
"o"
or
undertakings
in
which
tha
\ work
equ
ipment
is
to
be
used and any additional
ris
k posed
by
t
he
USII
of
that work
equ
ipment.
Every
employer
shall
ensure
that
work
equipment is used only for the operations lor
which, and under conditions lor which, it is
suitable.
In
lhls regulation 'suitabte' means suitable in
any
respect
whi(:h
it
is
reasonab
ly
foreseaable will affect
hea
lt
h or safely
of
any
person.
Tho Provision
and
Uso
01
Work Equipment
Regulations also
in
dude
requirements as
follows:
regulation 6 ·
ma
lntell3.noo
regulati
on
7 - specific ris
ks
regulaMn a-information and
insttuc~ons
regula
ti
on
9 - tr
ain
i
ng
Note:-
Attention is drawn
10
those requirements
of
the 'Woodworki
ng
Machi
nes
Regulations
1974' which are
1"101
replaced by the Supply of
M
achl
n
~ry
(Safety) Re9ulations or
oth~r,
~.g.:
Regulation
13
of
the Wooctworking Machinery
Rsgulation, -'Training', still
appj
i
es.
Whi
lst
the
prime duly for
Bf1suring
health and
safely
res
ts with e
mp
toyers, employoes too
have
legal
du
ti
es,
pa
rticularly under sections
7
and
a of
the
Health and Safety
at
Work Act.
They
In
clude:
Tak
ing
reasonabl ~
CSr8
for their own heallh
and safety and that
01
o
th
ers who may be
affected
by
w
ha
t they do or don't do;
co-operating with Iheir employer
on
health
and safely:
nol
interfering with
Of
misusing
anyth
ing
provided for their health, safely and
we
lfare.
Those
dutie6
on
employaes
have
been
supp
le
mented
by
rogu
l
a\ion
12
ot
the
Management of Health and Safely at Work
Regu
lalions
'992.
One
01
the
new
raquirements is that employees should use
correctly all work items provided by their
employer in accordance with their training
and Ihe Instructions they recei
ve
to enabte
them
to
use the items
safely.
