# Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast) (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1.1.1: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purpose of this Annex:
(a) ‘hazard’ means a potential source of injury or damage to health;
(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;
(c) ‘exposed person’ means any person wholly or partially in a danger zone;
(d) ‘operator’ means the person or persons installing, operating, adjusting, maintaining, cleaning, repairing or moving machinery;
(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;
(f) ‘guard’ means a part of the machinery used specifically to provide protection by means of a physical barrier;
(g) ‘protective device’ means a device (other than a guard) which reduces the risk, either alone or in conjunction with a guard;
(h) ‘intended use’ means the use of machinery in accordance with the information provided in the instructions for use;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/42/annex/I/division/1/division/n5/division/1.1/division/1.1.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n5/division-1.1/division-1.1.1
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