Machine Safeguarding Specification
TEG Risk are experts in machine safety and engineering safety, helping make your machinery and your workplace conform to health and safety requirements. Our standards-aligned specifications ensure your machines are safeguarded compliantly and effectively.
In high-risk manufacturing environments, the success of a machine safety project hinges on the quality of its foundation. Having robust, standards-aligned specifications is key to setting up any machine safety project for success and ensures workplace safety.
What is the machine guarding?
Machine guarding is the use of barriers, shields, or devices to protect employees and visiting contractors from moving parts and other hazards on machinery. For new machinery, and existing manufacturing equipment, machine guarding ensures safe operation, reduces accident risks, and supports compliance with safety standards.
Two key documents, critical to machine guarding success, need to be developed in the early stage of a machinery project. Our safety engineers specialise in developing these critical documents to ensure that machine safeguarding solutions are not only compliant but practical, cost effective, and tailored to your manufacturing safety and operational needs.
Scope of Works (SOW)
The SOW defines a detailed set of instructions for mechanical, electrical or automation contractors you may have for a guarding project. The SOW ensures that all parties quote on a compliant system that meets your expectations, removes any ambiguity and judgement and embeds safety expectations directly into contractual obligations.
This clarity helps avoid costly rework, ensures consistency, and supports efficient project delivery.
Safety Requirements Specification (SRS)
At a more detailed level, a SRS defines the safety functions required for machinery, the performance levels they must achieve and how they should be realised.
It provides a clear and structured basis for the automation contractors to design the safety systems to meet regulatory safety standards including the AS /NZS 4024 series.
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Why Is Machine Safeguarding Important?
Developing these documents at the right stage (before design and procurement of new machinery) ensures that safety is embedded from the outset and not retrofitted as an afterthought - at great cost. It also enables better budgeting, clearer communication with suppliers, and smoother project execution. TEG Risk’s team includes TUV-certified engineers and CPEng-accredited professionals. We bring our deep technical expertise and regulatory knowledge to every specification we produce.
For manufacturers in all sectors, TEG Risk offers a trusted and experienced partner to help define the machine safety requirements that will shape successful, compliant, and risk-minimised machine safety projects.
Why Choose TEG Risk To Manage Your Machine Safeguarding Specifications?
We Are Safety Engineering Experts
When it comes to safety engineering, TEG Risk's world class team is highly skilled in technical, industrial workplace health and safety.
Our Engineers have extensive, specialist and practical industry experience supported by a variety of industry leading training and certifications in machinery, functional safety, HAZOP and Hazardous Areas.
We Are Experienced Engineers
We have decades of experience between us, and pride ourselves on practical solutions.
As experts in specification, planning, prioritisation and project management, we always suggest solutions and programmes that not only comply, but are practical and make the best use of your resources and budget.
We Add Value To Your Workplace Safety
Our team identifies and prioritises risks using structured assessments and advanced tools like MinRisk, then translates findings into cost-effective, actionable plans.
Whether it's machine guarding, hazardous area compliance, or safety in design, we help clients reduce incidents, meet regulatory obligations, and protect their most valuable asset: their people.
We Work As Part Of Your Health And Safety Team
We tailor our processes and reporting to suit your team's requirements. Stakeholder engagement is a priority for us and we spend time on the factory floor, talking to your operators and understanding your processes to deliver the exact solutions your company needs.
We establish your objectives and how best to deliver those, so we work efficiently and effectively, minimising disruption and providing results or outcomes that you can more easily integrate into your existing systems.