Braking

Many serious hand injuries have occurred because workers have accidentally touched tools that are running down, sometimes when the machine has been switched off and left unattended. This is why you need to fit braking devices to reduce the rundown time for cutting tools. All woodworking machines, where a risk assessment shows it to be necessary, should have been fitted with braking by 5 December 2008.

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Updated 2021-07-05