PLATE 10 OF 20
Essential health and safety requirements.
The Annex III requirements in the Regulation, and how they map to design decisions.
Pillar guide
Essential health and safety requirements, overview: Annex III as the design basis: how requirements, risk assessment, and verification connect in one chain.
Supporting guides
| Guide | What it covers |
|---|---|
| General principles of safety integration | The Annex III general principles that govern how every other requirement is applied. |
| Materials, substances and emissions | Materials and emissions requirements that affect design, ventilation, and user exposure. |
| Ergonomics in machinery design | Operator position, effort, visibility, and controls designed around the people who will use the machine. |
| Maintenance access and safety | Access for adjustment, cleaning, and maintenance designed so the work can be done without defeating safeguards unnecessarily. |
| Fire and explosion risks | Ignition, fuel, and explosion risks in design, and the measures that contain or prevent them. |
| Noise and vibration | Design measures that reduce noise and vibration at source, and information for the user where exposure remains. |
| Radiation and laser safety | Non ionising and laser risks in machinery design, and the protective measures that belong in the file. |
| Surfaces, temperature and hot parts | Hot surfaces and temperature risks, and the guards, warnings, and information that address them. |
| Stability and mechanical strength | Stability under intended use and foreseeable misuse, and strength for the loads the machine will actually see. |
| Marking on the machine itself | Information marked on the machine, distinct from CE marking, that identifies the product and its safe use. |
| Mapping Directive Annex I to Regulation Annex III | How the Directive safety requirements map to the Regulation, so a file built under one framework can be read under the other. |