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When the use of wor k equipment is likely to involve a specific risk to the safety or health of workers, the employer shall take
the measure s necessary to ensure that:
(a) the use of work equipment is restr icted to those pe rsons given the task of using it;
(b)
in the case of repairs, modifications, maintenance or ser vicing, the workers concerne d are spe cifically de signated
to carr y out such work.
1. Without prejudice to Article 10 of Directive 8 9/3 91/EEC, the employe r shall take the measures necessar y to ensure that
workers have at their disposal adequate information and, where appropriate, written instructions on the work
equipment used at work.
2.
The information and the wr itten instructions shall contain at least adequate safety and health infor mation concer ning:
(a) the conditions of use of work equipment;
(b) foreseeable abnormal situations;
(c) the conclusions to be drawn from e xperience, where appropriate, in using work equipment.
Workers shall be made aware of danger s rele vant to them, wor k equipment present in the work area or site, and any changes
affecting them, inasmuch as they affect work equipment situated in their immediate wor k area or site, eve n if they do not
use such equipment directly.
3. The information and the written instructions shall be comprehensible to the workers concerned.
4. Without prejudice to Article 12 of Directive 8 9/3 91/EEC, the employe r shall take the measures necessar y to ensure that:
(a) workers given the task of using work equipment receive adequate training, including training on any risks which
such use may entail;
(b) workers referred to in Ar ticle 6 (b) receive adequate specific training.
Article 6
Work equipment invo lving specific risks
Article 8
Info rming wo rkers
Article 9
Training of workers
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