12. Machinery for underground working of the following types;
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machinery on rails: locomotive and brake vans;
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hydraulic-powered roof supports;
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internal combustion engines to be fitted to machinery for underground working.
13. Manually-loaded trucks for the collection of household refuse incorporating a
compression mechanism.
14. Guards and detachable transmission shafts with universal joints as described in
paragraph 3.4.7 (This is a reference to section 3.4.7 of the Essential Health and
Safety Requirements set out in Schedule 3 to the Regulations, as amended/Annex I
of the Machinery Directive).
15. Vehicles servicing lifts.
16. Devices for the lifting of persons involving a risk of falling from a vertical height of
more than three metres.
17. Machines for the manufacture of pyrotechnics.
Safety Components
1.
Electro-sensitive devices designed specifically to detect persons in order to ensure
their safety (non-material barriers, sensor mats, electromagnetic detectors, etc.)
2.
Logic units which ensure the safety functions of bi-manual controls.
3.
Automatic movable screens to protect the presses referred to in 9, 10, and 11.
4.
Roll-over protection structures (ROPS).
5.
Falling-object protective structures (FOPS)
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