Safety work instruction if the equipment have the CE Marking and a Manual with safety instruction

Ettore

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I have seen security consultants write safety instructions for many companies without reading and/or making any reference to the facility's manual of equipment, only asking all the information to the plant manager. Others of you have seen it done?
 
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Al Rosen

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I have seen security consultants write safety instructions for many companies without reading and/or making any reference to the facility's manual of equipment, only asking all the information to the plant manager. Others of you have seen it done?
I'm not a safety expert, but why would you need a consultant to write the `safety instructions when you can refer to the manual or copy and insert them in your document. What regulatory requirements are you trying to comply with?
 

Ninja

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FWIW...the only "security consultant" I've interacted with is an auditor of a government agency...typically Fire Code enforcement or OSHA, either way on a surprise audit. Until this thread, it had not occurred to me that someone would outsource such a thing...

If you use stuff, you should understand from the seller or manufacturer how to use it safely...it never would occur to me to bring in a consultant.

HTH
 

Ettore

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Probably the property earn so many money (on annual turnover of about 3 B €) that is not a problem paying for this uncomprensible outsourcing service
 

François

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I've followed a training as safety advisor and worked 6 months at this position, so I'm not a big expert and it was 4 years ago.
However, it is common practices to establish safety workstation file to explain the safety rules to apply for a specific place/workstation. This shall be written based on instructions for use of the equipment and a risk analysis performed with operators/managers that will perform the job.

The IFU provides some general warnings and cautions but you also need to address the risk inherent to the work environment or operator qualification/abilities.

This safety workstation file is also used as material for training. The training record could become useful in case of work accident to prove that the employer and management have trained their employee as they're legally bound to do.
 

Ettore

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Today, an Operational Manual for a CE-marked plant must include a description of all residual risks from the assembly to the disassembly phase and how to protect against these risks.
Before the machines directive in Europe, particularly when used plants were purchased and original manual missed, buyers sometimes, not always, this depended on the size of the company, wrote safety work instructions for safe use of the plant, without having the expertise to write them.
But today in Europe a plant cannot be sold and used unless it has been marked Ce And equipped with all the necessary safety requirements including safety instructions relating to residual risks and the precautions to be taken.
I believe rather that the ignorance of the management of the company and the competent bodies in relation to the Machines Directive is enormous and someone, probably ignorant in this matter also, takes advantage of it.
Generally I see this, perfectly drafted manuals remain in the drawers of department managers or in the archives of technical offices. While consultants without reading these manuals and having a deep knowledge of the plants as only can the builders prepare the instructions.
Not to mention the competence of external trainers, it is better to avoid talking about the subject
 
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