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Division 9.1

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

Installations, machinery and equipment, including hand tools whether power-driven or not, must be:

  1. (a)

    properly designed and constructed X1taking account, as far as possible, of the principle of ergonomics;

  2. (b)

    kept in good working order;

  3. (c)

    used solely for the work for which they were designed;

  4. (d)

    operated by workers who have received appropriate training.

Annotations

Editorial notes

X1

Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Directive 92/57/EEC of 24 June 1992 on the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites (eighth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (Official Journal of the European Communities No L 245 of 26 August 1992).

Notes on Division 9

Footnotes

f1

This point will be specified in the framework of the future Directive amending Directive 89/655/EEC, particularly with a view to supplementing point 3 of the Annex thereto.