Work equipment
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General situation
The general provisions on the use of work equipment can be found in section 2 of book IV of the Code on Well-being at Work. There are also specific provisions on:
- mobile work equipment (section 3 of book IV of the Code);
- work equipment for lifting loads (section 4 of book IV of the Code);
- work equipment for temporary work at height (section 5 of book IV of the Code).
Scope of application
Employers, workers and similar persons as stated in the Act on Well-being.
What is work equipment?
All the machines, devices, tools and installations used in the workplace; in brief, anything that allows work to be carried out.
The use of work equipment means each activity involving work equipment, including commissioning or decommissioning, use, transport, repair, transformation, maintenance and servicing (also cleaning).
Opinions of the Supreme Council for Prevention and Protection at Work are available on our French and Dutch pages.
- Act of 4 August 1996 on well-being of workers in the performance of their work (PDF, 512.19 KB)
- In de eerste plaats bij de preventieadviseur van de interne en/of de externe dienst voor preventie en bescherming op het werk.
- In de tweede plaats bij de bevoegde regionale directie van het Toezicht op het Welzijn op het Werk.
- Over de interpretatie van de regelgeving: schriftelijk bij de Algemene Directie Humanisering van de Arbeid.