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Introduction to machinery Health and Safety requirements
Essential health and safety requirements relating to the design and construction of machinery and CE marking. General duties of manufacturer or authorised representative as regards products; Safety components and assembly instructions for partly completed machinery. Standard Operating Procedures; Safety Data Sheets; hazard communication standards, accidental release measures, first-aid meanures; handling and storage of chemicals and exposure controls.
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Audits and safety checks
Assessment of conformity with internal checks on the manufacture of machinery.
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Principles of safety integration
The 3-step method; Preventing abnormal use; PPE;Handling of machinery and parts of machinery; Ergonomic principles; Operating positions in hazardous environments
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Control systems and protection against mechanical hazards
Functional Safety of Control Systems; Required characteristics of guards and protective devices; Risks due to other hazards; Hazards due to machinery mobility.
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Machine Maintainance
Access to operating positions and servicing points; Isolation of energy sources and electrical safety; Operator intervention; Cleaning of internal parts.
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Health and safety requirements for specific categories
Hygiene requirements for machinery intended for use with
foodstuffs or with cosmetics or pharmaceutical products;Supplementary requirements for portable hand-held and handguided machinery; Declaration of vibrations transmitted by portable hand-held and hand-guided machinery; Portable fixing and other impact machinery
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Module Resources
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Recommended Book Resources |
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Jespen, Torben. (2016), Risk Assessments and Safe Machinery: Ensuring Compliance with the EU Directives, Springer.
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This module does not have any article/paper resources |
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Other Resources |
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[EC Directive], EC, 2010. Guide to application of the Machinery
Directive 2006/42/EC.
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[S.I. No. 407/2008], S.I. No. 407/2008 - European Communities
(Machinery) Regulations 2008.
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