Guards and protective devices shall:
- a)be of robust construction;
- b)be securely held in place;
- c)not give rise to any additional hazard;
- d)not be easy to by-pass or render non-operational;
- e)be located at an adequate distance from the danger zone;
- f)cause minimum obstruction to the view of the production process, and;
- g)enable essential work to be carried out on the installation and/or replacement of tools and for maintenance purposes by restricting access exclusively to the area where the work has to be done, if possible without the guard having to be removed or the protective device having to be disabled.
In addition, guards shall, where possible, protect against the ejection or falling of materials or objects and against emissions generated by the machinery or related product.