Division 1.1.1 Definitions

For the purpose of this Annex:

1. (a)

   ‘hazard’ means a potential source of injury or damage to health;

2. (b)

   ‘danger zone’ means any zone within and/or around machinery in which a person is subject to a risk to his health or safety;

3. (c)

   ‘exposed person’ means any person wholly or partially in a danger zone;

4. (d)

   ‘operator’ means the person or persons installing, operating, adjusting, maintaining, cleaning, repairing or moving machinery;

5. (e)

   ‘risk’ means a combination of the probability and the degree of an injury or damage to health that can arise in a hazardous situation;

6. (f)

   ‘guard’ means a part of the machinery used specifically to provide protection by means of a physical barrier;

7. (g)

   ‘protective device’ means a device (other than a guard) which reduces the risk, either alone or in conjunction with a guard;

8. (h)

   ‘intended use’ means the use of machinery in accordance with the information provided in the instructions for use;

9. (i)

   ‘reasonably foreseeable misuse’ means the use of machinery in a way not intended in the instructions for use, but which may result from readily predictable human behaviour.