Division 28

Machinery & Equipment

7,135 enterprises

Requirements for all machinery & equipment

These requirements apply to all business activities in this division.

Compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 — general duties

Enforced by HSE

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

General duty to protect employees and others affected by the manufacturing operation — machine shops, welding, assembly, test rigs. Devolved: enforced via the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 in NI.

Insurance Great_Britain Annual

Employers' Liability (Compulsory) Insurance

Enforced by HSE

Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969

Compulsory for any business employing at least one person.

Registration Uk Annual

UK GDPR + Data Protection Act 2018

Enforced by ICO

Data Protection Act 2018; UK GDPR (retained EU law)

Applies to any business processing personal data — staff, customers, suppliers. ICO data protection fee unless specifically exempt.

Compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Equality Act 2010 — protected characteristics

Enforced by EHRC

Equality Act 2010

Discrimination, harassment and victimisation prohibited across the protected characteristics, in employment and in the provision of goods and services.

Compliance England_Wales Ongoing

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Enforced by LOCAL_FIRE_AUTHORITY

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

The responsible person must carry out and maintain a fire risk assessment for factory and workshop premises — a material risk where hot work, oils, solvents, dusts and high-current electrical work are present. Devolved: Fire (Scotland) Act 2005; Fire and Rescue Services (NI) Order 2006.

Compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)

Enforced by HSE

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

Assess and control exposure to hazardous substances used in machinery manufacture — welding fume, metalworking fluids, degreasing solvents, paints, hardening and plating chemicals, and dusts. Devolved: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.

Compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)

Enforced by HSE

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

Work equipment used in the factory (lathes, presses, CNC machines, welding sets, test rigs, conveyors) must be suitable, maintained and safely guarded; operators trained. Read alongside the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, which governs the machinery the business itself manufactures and places on the market.

Compliance Great_Britain Ongoing

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

Enforced by HSE

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

Avoid, assess and reduce the risk from manual handling — heavy castings, motors, gearboxes, sub-assemblies and finished machinery are common loads on the production line. Devolved: Manual Handling Operations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992.

Compliance Uk Ongoing

General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (GPSR)

Enforced by OPSS

General Product Safety Regulations 2005

Baseline safety duty for products supplied to consumers, including traceability, corrective action and notification of unsafe products. Acts as the backstop where the machinery falls outside the scope of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations or no more specific sectoral safety regime applies.

Certification Uk Ongoing

Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008

Enforced by OPSS

Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008

The core product-compliance regime for this industry. Machinery placed on the GB market must meet the essential health and safety requirements, undergo the appropriate conformity assessment, carry the UKCA (or, transitionally, CE) mark, and be supported by a technical file, instructions and an EC/UK declaration of conformity. Applies to virtually all machinery made across this whole industry; enforced by HSE for at-work machinery and OPSS / local Trading Standards for products supplied to consumers.

Activities in this division

Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery nec SIC 28.29 · 1,165 enterprises Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment SIC 28.22 · 790 enterprises · +1 unique requirement Manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment SIC 28.25 · 750 enterprises Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery SIC 28.30 · 595 enterprises Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery nec SIC 28.99 · 570 enterprises Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing SIC 28.93 · 450 enterprises · +1 unique requirement Manufacture of metal forming machinery SIC 28.41 · 375 enterprises Manufacture of other machine tools SIC 28.49 · 310 enterprises Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery SIC 28.96 · 310 enterprises Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines SIC 28.11 · 285 enterprises · +1 unique requirement Manufacture of other pumps and compressors SIC 28.13 · 280 enterprises Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction SIC 28.92 · 280 enterprises Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements SIC 28.15 · 190 enterprises Manufacture of fluid power equipment SIC 28.12 · 170 enterprises Manufacture of other taps and valves SIC 28.14 · 165 enterprises Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners SIC 28.21 · 155 enterprises · +1 unique requirement Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production SIC 28.94 · 150 enterprises Manufacture of office machinery and equipment (except computers and peripheral equipment) SIC 28.23 · 95 enterprises · +1 unique requirement Manufacture of machinery for paper and paperboard production SIC 28.95 · 35 enterprises Manufacture of machinery for metallurgy SIC 28.91 · 10 enterprises Manufacture of power-driven hand tools SIC 28.24 · 5 enterprises · +1 unique requirement