Machinery – design, manufacture & purchase
These web pages are for people who design, manufacture. supply and buy agricultural machinery. Here you will find out about:
- Why design safety is important
- What the law requires
- The essential health and safety requirements for new machines
- The basic principles of risk assessment
- Common hazards and causes of accidents
- How to use standards to aid safe design
Buying new machinery
A summary of the law, what you have to do in practice and checklists to use when buying new machinery.
Buying second hand machinery
As a user, you have a duty to make sure that second-hand machinery is safe when put into use suitable for the selected work and maintained in a safe condition.