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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n5/division-1.1/division-1.1.6",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2006/42",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42",
  "path": "annex/I/division/1/division/n5/division/1.1/division/1.1.6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.1.6",
  "heading": "Ergonomics",
  "text": "Under the intended conditions of use, the discomfort, fatigue and physical and psychological stress faced by the operator must be reduced to the minimum possible, taking into account ergonomic principles such as:\nallowing for the variability of the operator's physical dimensions, strength and stamina,\nproviding enough space for movements of the parts of the operator's body,\navoiding a machine-determined work rate,\navoiding monitoring that requires lengthy concentration,\nadapting the man/machinery interface to the foreseeable characteristics of the operators.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/42/annex/I/division/1/division/n5/division/1.1/division/1.1.6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:36.910149+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}