Risk Assessments and Safe Machinery
Ensuring Compliance with the EU Directives
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book describes the prerequisites for the placing on the market and the safe use of machinery in compliance with the relevant EU Directives, especially the Machinery Directive 2006/42. It provides readers with high-level knowledge concerning the...
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This book describes the prerequisites for the placing on the market and the safe use of machinery in compliance with the relevant EU Directives, especially the Machinery Directive 2006/42. It provides readers with high-level knowledge concerning the Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSR) that machinery must fulfill. The approach and principles of the Machinery Directive were most recently made worldwide acknowledged in the ILO code of practice on safe machinery, released in 2013. The book addresses that code, as well as providing valuable insight into other EU Product and Workplace legislation.Focusing on the key aspect of safe machinery, the "machinery safety risk assessment", which allows readers to better understand the more difficult aspects of risk assessments, the book equips readers to tackle problems at the manufacturing stage and in different use scenarios, introducing them to risk reduction techniques and functional safety aspects.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Risk Assessments and Safe Machinery “
EU Legislation - Some Basic Aspects.- Machinery Directive and Related Aspects.- Selected EHSR.- Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction Methodologies.- Basic Knowledge on Fires and Explosions.
Autoren-Porträt von Torben Jespen
Torben Jespen received his Master of Science degree in ChemicalEngineering from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and holds aBachelor's degree in International Trade from Copenhagen Business School (CBS).He spent 5 years as an Assistant Professor at the DTU'sInstitute of Chemical Industry - teaching chemical process and reactionengineering - and 25 years in different positions at the Confederation ofDanish Employers, where he provided assistance to Member Organizations andCompanies concerning occupational health and safety matters, especially withaspects related to EU legislation.
Torben has over 9 years' experience as a Technical Adviser at aglobally operating Danish engineering company and industrial plant equipmentsupplier company, and in the course of his 20 years as an advisory expert tothe European Commission regarding Product and Workplace health and safetylegislation, he served as the chairman of several advisory groups.
He has also held the vice-chair and employer spokespersonpositions at the European Agency on Occupational Safety and Health (EuropeanOSHA) in Bilbao, Spain, and has been actively involved in several ILOactivities, including the elaboration of Conventions, Recommendations andGuidelines, such as those on "occupational safety and health managementsystems".
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Torben Jespen
- 2016, 1st ed. 2016, XI, 256 Seiten, 256 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3319313606
- ISBN-13: 9783319313603
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.05.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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