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.