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The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

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(Annex IV of the Machinery Directive)

1.  Circular saws (single or multi-blade) for working with wood and meat.

1.1 Sawing machines with fixed tool operation, having a fixed bed with manual feed of the workpiece or with a demountable power feed.

1.2 Sawing machines with fixed tool during operation, having a manually operated reciprocating saw-bench or carriage.

1.3 Sawing machines with fixed tool during operation, having a built-in mechanical feed device for the workpieces, with manual loading and/or unloading.

1.4 Sawing machines with movable tool during operation, with a mechanical feed device and manual loading and/or unloading.

2.  Hand-fed surface planing machines for woodworking.

3.  Thicknessers for one-side dressing with manual loading and/or unloading for woodworking.

4.  Band-saws with a mobile bed or carriage and manual loading and/or unloading for working with wood and meat.

5.  Combined machines of the types referred to in 1 to 4 and 7 for woodworking.

6.  Hand-fed tenoning machines with several tool holders for woodworking.

7.  Hand-fed vertical spindle moulding machines.

8.  Portable chain saws for woodworking.

9.  Presses, including press-brakes, for the cold working of metals, with manual loading and/or unloading, whose movable working parts may have a travel exceeding 6 mm and a speed exceeding 30 mm/s.

10.  Injection or compression plastics-moulding machines with manual loading or unloading.

11.  Injection or compression rubber-moulding machines with manual loading or unloading.

12.  Machinery for underground working of the following types:

  • machinery on rails: locomotives and brake-vans.

  • hydraulic-powered roof supports.

  • internal combustion engines to be fitted to machinery for underground working.

13.  Manually-loaded trucks for the collection of household refuse incorporating a compression mechanism.

14.  Guards and detachable transmission shafts with universal joints as described in section 3.4.7(1).

15.  Vehicles servicing lifts.

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This is a reference to section 3.4.7 of the essential health and safety requirements set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

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