Workshop platforms
Machine platforms for work stations - supplementary information
Tool directive 2009/104/EC
Applies to machines placed on the market or put into service in the European Economic Area before 1May 2004. Similarly, a "new machine" is any machine that was first placed on the market or put into service in the EEA after 1 May 2004 r.
Old machines must meet at least the minimum requirements of Directive 2009/104/EC, while new machines - the essential requirements of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
According to the Directive, the employer must pay attention to the following related matters in order to ensure safety for employees working on machines:
- Control system
- The use of machines as intended
- Protection against hazards resulting from the detachment or disintegration of machine parts
- Lighting of places and workplaces or maintenance of machines
- Disconnecting from the power supply
- Protection against moving elements
- Protection against electrical hazards
- Safety during machine maintenance
- Starting machines
- Safe access to various parts of the machine due to its use
- Machine controls
- Warning devices - safety signs and signals
- Protection against dangers caused by thrown objects and emission of gas, vapors, liquid or dust
- Warning before starting the machine
- Protection against fire and explosion
- Emergency stop
- Stability
- Protection against burns and frostbite
- unfinished machines.
What you need to do to adapt the "old machine" to the minimum requirements ?
Employer with machines that do not meet the minimum requirements should follow the diagram below:
- create a checklist in accordance with the requirements of Directive 2009/104/EC
- ask competent people in the field of mechanical engineering
- check the machine in terms of minimum requirements
- plan adaptation activities to the minimum requirements
- implement planned corrective and adaptive actions
- prepare machine documentation to confirm compliance with the minimum requirements of the Directive