PCBU duties – design plant

The designer of the plant must ensure that the design provides for the device to be positioned on the plant to ensure the device will work to best effect.

Despite anything to the contrary in this regulation, the designer must ensure — (a) that the guarding is of a kind that can be removed to allow maintenance and cleaning of the plant at any time that the plant is not in normal operation; and (b) if the guarding is removed, that, so far as…

A designer of plant must ensure that the design provides for any operator’s controls for the plant to be — (a) identified on the plant so as to indicate their nature and function and direction of operation; and (b) located so as to be readily and conveniently operated by each person using the plant; and…

If the need for plant to be operated during maintenance or cleaning cannot be eliminated, the designer of the plant must ensure that the design provides for operator’s controls that — (a) permit operation of the plant while a person is undertaking the maintenance or cleaning of the plant; and (b) while the plant is…

If plant is designed to be operated or attended by more than 1 person and more than 1 emergency stop control is fitted, the designer of the plant must ensure that the design provides for the multiple emergency stop controls to be of the “stop and lock-off” type so that the plant cannot be restarted…

If the design of the plant includes an emergency stop control for the plant, the designer of the plant must ensure that the design provides — (a) for the stop control to be prominent, clearly and durably marked and immediately accessible to each operator of the plant; and (b) for any handle, bar or push…

This regulation applies if the design of plant includes an emergency warning device or it is necessary to include an emergency warning device to minimise risk.