{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-104/annex-I/division-MINIMUM/division-2/division-2.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-104/annex-I/division-MINIMUM/division-2/division-2.8.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/104",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-104",
  "path": "annex/I/division/MINIMUM/division/2/division/2.8",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.8",
  "heading": "Where there is a risk of mechanical contact with moving parts of work equipment which could lead to accidents, those parts must be provided with guards or devices to prevent access to danger zones or to halt movements of dangerous parts before the danger zones are reached.",
  "text": "The guards and protection devices must:\nbe of robust construction,\nnot give rise to any additional hazard,\nnot be easily removed or rendered inoperative,\nbe situated at sufficient distance from the danger zone,\nnot restrict more than necessary the view of the operating cycle of the equipment,\nallow operations necessary in order to fit or replace parts and for maintenance work, restricting access only to the area where the work is to be carried out and, if possible, without removal of the guard or protection device.",
  "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/2009/104/annex/I/division/MINIMUM/division/2/division/2.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:07.386185+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."
}