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This book describes the prerequisites for the placing on themarket and the safe use of machinery in compliance with the relevant EUDirectives, especially the Machinery Directive 2006/42. It provides readerswith high-level knowledge concerning the Essential Health and SafetyRequirements (EHSR) that machinery must fulfill. The approach and principles ofthe Machinery Directive were most recently made worldwide acknowledged in the ILO code of practice on safe machinery, released in 2013. The book addressesthat code, as well as providing valuable insight into other EU Product andWorkplace legislation.
Focusing on the key aspect of safe machinery, the "machinerysafety risk assessment", which allows readers to better understand the moredifficult aspects of risk assessments, the book equips readers to tackleproblems at the manufacturing stage and in different use scenarios, introducingthem to risk reduction techniques and functional safety aspects.
List of contents
EU Legislation - Some Basic Aspects.- MachineryDirective and Related Aspects.- Selected EHSR.- Risk Assessment and RiskReduction Methodologies.- Basic Knowledge on Fires and Explosions.
About the author
Torben Jespen received his Master of Science degree in Chemical
Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and holds a
Bachelor’s degree in International Trade from Copenhagen Business School (CBS).
He spent 5 years as an Assistant Professor at the DTU’s
Institute of Chemical Industry – teaching chemical process and reaction
engineering – and 25 years in different positions at the Confederation of
Danish Employers, where he provided assistance to Member Organizations and
Companies concerning occupational health and safety matters, especially with
aspects related to EU legislation.
Torben has over 9 years’ experience as a Technical Adviser at a
globally operating Danish engineering company and industrial plant equipment
supplier company, and in the course of his 20 years as an advisory expert to
the European Commission regarding Product and Workplace health and safety
legislation, he served as the chairman of several advisory groups.
He has also held the vice-chair and employer spokesperson
positions at the European Agency on Occupational Safety and Health (European
OSHA) in Bilbao, Spain, and has been actively involved in several ILO
activities, including the elaboration of Conventions, Recommendations and
Guidelines, such as those on “occupational safety and health management
systems”.
Summary
This book describes the prerequisites for the placing on the
market and the safe use of machinery in compliance with the relevant EU
Directives, especially the Machinery Directive 2006/42. It provides readers
with high-level knowledge concerning the Essential Health and Safety
Requirements (EHSR) that machinery must fulfill. The approach and principles of
the Machinery Directive were most recently made worldwide acknowledged in the ILO code of practice on safe machinery, released in 2013. The book addresses
that code, as well as providing valuable insight into other EU Product and
Workplace legislation.
Focusing on the key aspect of safe machinery, the “machinery
safety risk assessment”, which allows readers to better understand the more
difficult aspects of risk assessments, the book equips readers to tackle
problems at the manufacturing stage and in different use scenarios, introducing
them to risk reduction techniques and functional safety aspects.
