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HEAL
TH
AND SAFETY
The
CE
mark on
1his
machine signifies that
an
EC
declaration
of
confonnity is drawn up
indicating that the machine
is
manufactured
in
accordance with the Essential Health
and
Safety Requirements
of
the 'Supply
of
Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992'.
The 'requirements for supply
of
relevant
machinery'
in
the General Requirement of
the.
Regulations are
not
only that the machine
satisfies the .relevant essential health and
safety requirements,
but
also that
~he
manufacture......carries out the necessary
research or tests
on
components, titting.s or
the complete machine.
to
determine whether
by its design or construction the machine
is
capable
of
being erected
and
put into service
safely'.
Persons
who
install this machine
have
duties
under
1he
'Provision
and
Use
of
Work
Equipment Regulations
1.992'.
An
indication
of
1hese duties is given
in
the following extracts,
but the user should
be
familiar with
1he
full
implications
of
the regulations.
REGULATION 5 requires that;
Every employer shall ensure
1hat
work
equipmenl
is
so constructed or adapted as
to
be suilable for
1he
purpose for which it is used
or provided.
In
selecting work equipment, every·employer
shall
have
regard to the working conditions
and tothe risks to health
and
safety
of
persons
which exist
in
the premises or undertakings
in
which that work equipment is to
be
used and
any additional
risk
posed by the use of that
work equipment.
Every employer shall ensure that work
equipment is used only for the operations for
which,
and
under conditions for which, it is
suitable.
In
this regulation 'suitable' means suitable
in
any respect which
It
is reasonably foreseeable
will affect heatth orsafety
of
any person.
The Provision and
Use
of
Work
Equipment
Regulations also include requirements
as
follows:-
regulation 6 - maintenance
regulation 7 - specific risks
regulation 8
-.
information and instructions
regulation 9 -1raining
Note:-
Attention
is
drawn to those requirements
of
the
'Woodworking Machines Regulations 1974'
which
are
not replaced by the Supply
of
Machinery
(Saf.ety)
Regulations
or
other,
eg.;
Regulation 13 of the Woodworking. Machinery
Regulation, -'Training', still applies.
Whilst the prime duty for ensuring health and
safety rests wtth employers, employees too
have legal duties, particularty undersections 7
and 8
of
the Health
and
Safety
at
Work
Act.
They include:
Taking reasonable
care
for their
own
health
and safety and
1hat
of
others
who
may
be
affected
by
what they
do
or don't do;
co-operating wtth their employer
on
health and
safety;
nol
intertering with or misusing anything
provided
for
their health, safety andwettare.
These duties on employees have been
supplemented
by
regulation 12
of
the
Management
of
Health
and
Safety at Work
Regulations 1992.
One
of
the new
requirements
is
that employees should use
correctly
all
work
ttems
provided by their
employer
in
accordance with their training and
the instructions they receive to enable them to
use
the items·safely.
