Hi all, I have been asked to work with our engineers to look at getting a CE Marking on a product we manufacture. Just been looking at Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs - see Schedule 2, Part 1 of the Regulations) and trying to get my head around the Risk Assessment phase. Does anyone in the forum have experience of carrying out a Risk Assessment, as required by the principles contained in the The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, Schedule 2, Part 1? This Schedule details the types of hazards that must be considered however, is there a particular layout that this assessment must take? Thanks in advance. Barry

As stated there is no set format for product safety assessments. To some extent it depends what your product is/market it is aimed for/hazards and risks associated with the product. Design risk assessments can be anything from * simple checklists * HAZID study * HAZOP study * FMEA study * PED assessment * Fault Trees/Event Trees * DSEAR/Hazardous Area Classification * Human Factors Review * SIL assessment * EHSRs (as indicated) Send me a message if you would like to discuss further

We help clients with CE marking of Machinery all the time. It is pretty straightforward if your machines are reasonably well in compliance with EU requirements. I will PM you and ask if you wish me to send you the templates we use for Technical Files, EHSR checklists and Risk assessments. Compliance with EN harmonised standards is the best way to achieve conformity but always possible. There is no single right way to do machinery risk assessments, but my basic suggestions are:- - Consider Who, What, Where, When. Different hazards may present different risks to different people at different times - Use EN12100 to give you a list of hazards to consider. - Score the risks in some way to help you prioritise. - Aim to get your risk assessment to show you measures used to reduce risk by design (e.g. guards) in one column and measures used to control residual risks (e.g. labels, training or warnings in the manual) in another. You can then use these as a checklist that all measures have been adequately implemented.