These guidelines provide advice on how to manage the health and safety risks around the use of machinery in the workplace. They can help persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) meet their duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA).
Key points
- Machinery is a major cause of injury and death in New Zealand workplaces.
- Designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant have duties to make sure that the machinery is safe before it goes into use.
- Guarding is an important control in isolating a hazard, but it should always be secondary to eliminating the hazard.
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