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Article 2 Definitions

United Kingdom

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For the purposes of this Directive, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) ‘work equipment’
  • any machine, apparatus, tool or installation used at work;

  • (b) ‘use of work equipment’
  • any activity involving work equipment such as starting or stopping the equipment, its use, transport, repair, modification, maintenance and servicing, including, in particular, cleaning;

  • (c) ‘danger zone’
  • any zone within or around work equipment in which an exposed worker is subject to a risk to his health or safety;

  • (d) ‘exposed worker’
  • any worker wholly or partially in a danger zone;

  • (e) ‘operator’
  • the worker or workers given the task of using work equipment.