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The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
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Regulations 11 and 12
PART 4E+W+SAnnex IV: Categories of machinery to which one of the procedures referred to in regulation 11 or 12 must be applied
| 1. | Circular saws (single- or multi-blade) for working with wood and material with similar physical characteristics or for working with meat and material with similar physical characteristics, of the following types: |
| 1.1. | sawing machinery with fixed blade(s) during cutting, having a fixed bed or support with manual feed of the workpiece or with a demountable power feed; |
| 1.2. | sawing machinery with fixed blade(s) during cutting, having a manually operated reciprocating saw-bench or carriage; |
| 1.3. | sawing machinery with fixed blade(s) during cutting, having a built-in mechanical feed device for the workpieces, with manual loading and/or unloading; |
| 1.4. | sawing machinery with movable blade(s) during cutting, having mechanical movement of the blade, with manual loading and/or unloading. |
| 2. | Hand-fed surface planing machinery for woodworking. |
| 3. | Thicknessers for one-side dressing having a built-in mechanical feed device, with manual loading and/or unloading for woodworking. |
| 4. | Band-saws with manual loading and/or unloading for working with wood and material with similar physical characteristics or for working with meat and material with similar physical characteristics, of the following types: |
| 4.1. | sawing machinery with fixed blade(s) during cutting, having a fixed or reciprocating-movement bed or support for the workpiece; |
| 4.2. | sawing machinery with blade(s) assembled on a carriage with reciprocating motion. |
| 5. | Combined machinery of the types referred to in points 1 to 4 and point 7 of this Annex, for working with wood and material with similar physical characteristics. |
| 6. | Hand-fed tenoning machinery with several tool holders for woodworking. |
| 7. | Hand-fed vertical spindle moulding machinery for working with wood and material with similar physical characteristics. |
| 8. | Portable chainsaws for woodworking. |
| 9. | Presses, including press-brakes, for the cold working of metals, with manual loading and/or unloading, whose movable working parts may have a travel exceeding 6 mm and a speed exceeding 30 mm/s. |
| 10. | Injection or compression plastics-moulding machinery with manual loading or unloading. |
| 11. | Injection or compression rubber-moulding machinery with manual loading or unloading. |
| 12. | Machinery for underground working of the following types: |
| 12.1. | locomotives and brake-vans; |
| 12.2. | hydraulic-powered roof supports. |
| 13. | Manually loaded trucks for the collection of household refuse incorporating a compression mechanism. |
| 14. | Removable mechanical transmission devices including their guards. |
| 15. | Guards for removable mechanical transmission devices. |
| 16. | Vehicle servicing lifts. |
| 17. | Devices for the lifting of persons or of persons and goods involving a hazard of falling from a vertical height of more than three metres. |
| 18. | Portable cartridge-operated fixing and other impact machinery. |
| 19. | Protective devices designed to detect the presence of persons. |
| 20. | Power-operated interlocking movable guards designed to be used as safeguards in machinery referred to in points 9, 10 and 11 of this Annex. |
| 21. | Logic units to ensure safety functions. |
| 22. | Roll-over protective structures (ROPS). |
| 23. | Falling-object protective structures (FOPS). |
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