Posted By Martin Hartland Hi Mike If you go to http://www.machinerysafety.co.uk/risk.html you can get a free copy of Procter Machinery Guarding's excellent risk assessment calculator. This will give you the info you require. Regards Martin Hartland

Posted By James Perry Mike, We are just about to install this kit into a small workshop for our maintenance engineers. Should you get something nailed down, would it be possible to send me a copy? Regards Jim Perry Safetyrep

Posted By Tom Doyle A Canadian perspective. Normally the manufacturer of the equipment should have completed a risk assessment prior to applying the CE mark. In my experience I have found that much of the new CE marked equipment shipped to Canada comes complete a manual that lists the hazards, the injury severity, and the standard used to assess the risk (EN1050, ISO 14121, EN 292). What is usually missing is the documentation that supports the reliability of the risk reduction measures or the control circuit performance (EN 954-1, ISO 13849-1, IEC 61508). It seems to me to make very little sense for a manufacturer to inform the user of the risks without informing them of the measures that have been taken to reduce the end users exposure to those risks. This documentation is integral to the determination the likelihood of a person being injured. In our risk assessment system we provide a selection list of control system performance standards. As each hazard is assessed, a level of risk is determined. The next logical step is to determine the ability of the control system to control the hazard by determining the probability of the system as a whole to fail in an unsafe state (IEC 61508, IEC 62061, EN 954-2). Finally it is very important that the facility itself be considered in the risk assessment process. This can be achieved by evaluating the permit to work system, experience, training, PPE evaluation, the provision of task specific work instruction, and enforcement of company safety policies. One thing that you should be wary of is risk assessment tools that do not provide you with the ability to measure the reliability of the engineering controls. These tools will often indicate a low risk rating without considering the control system performance. More information is available at www.cirsma.com Cheers, Tom Doyle