Work equipment using products or materials which emit gases, vapours, dust or other flammable waste must be fitted with protective devices to prevent a rise in the temperature of a component or sparks of electrical or mechanical origin from causing a fire or explosion.
Work, adjustment or maintenance areas on work equipment are adequately lit for the work to be carried out.
Work equipment used for lifting loads is equipped and installed in such a way as to ensure its strength and stability during use, taking particular account of the loads to be lifted and the stresses induced at the points of suspension or attachment to structures.
Equipment used for lifting loads must bear a visible indication of the maximum working load(s) and, where applicable, a load plate giving the nominal load for each configuration of the equipment.
Lifting accessories are marked in such a way as to enable the characteristics essential for safe use to be identified.
If work equipment used for lifting is not intended for lifting people and there is a possibility of confusion, appropriate signs must be affixed in a visible position.
Work equipment used for lifting loads is equipped and installed in such a way as to reduce the risks associated with the movement of loads, so that they: 1° Do not strike workers; 2° Do not drift dangerously; 3° Do not come loose unexpectedly.
Work equipment used for lifting and moving workers is chosen or equipped to : 1° Prevent the risk of the user falling from the enclosure, where this exists, by means of appropriate devices; 2° Prevent the risk of the user falling from the enclosure, where this exists; 3° Prevent the risk of the user being crushed, trapped or struck; 4° Guarantee the safety of workers trapped in the enclosure in…
Mobile work equipment with ride-on workers is selected, taking into account the work to be carried out and the actual conditions of use, in such a way as to prevent the risk of the equipment overturning or tipping over and of objects falling.
Where the risk of mobile work equipment overturning or tipping over cannot be completely avoided, such equipment shall be fitted either with a structure preventing it from overturning by more than a quarter turn, or with a structure or other device of equivalent effect guaranteeing sufficient space around the workers carried if the movement can continue beyond that limit. Such protective structures are not required where the equipment is stabilised…
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