I am an experienced machinery safety professional and trained engineer.

Currently I am working as an independent consultant working through my own limited company – Neuguard.

Throughout my career, I have supported the compliance of machine building and integration projects in the following industries; Automotive, Powertrain, Steel, Paper, Food & Beverage, Medical, Material Handling, Chemical and Aviation/Aerospace.

I accept instructions concerning machinery safety, industrial automation and machinery compliance, including:

• Machinery-related accidents, injuries and dangerous occurrences
• Machine guarding, interlocks, access controls, protective devices and safety distances
• Machinery risk assessment, hazard identification and accident causation
• PUWER 1998 compliance and the adequacy of workplace machinery safeguards
• CE marking, UKCA conformity assessment and the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
• Safety-related control systems, functional safety, emergency stops and validation

• Robotic cells, automated production lines, conveyors, packaging machinery and process equipment
• Electrical safety of machinery and IEC EN 60204-1
• Application of machinery safety standards, including EN ISO 12100, EN ISO 13849-1, IEC 62061, EN ISO 13857 and EN ISO 14120
• Machinery modifications, system integration and the responsibilities of manufacturers, integrators and users
• Technical-file, declaration, risk-assessment, instruction-manual and maintenance-record reviews
• Foreseeability of misuse, adequacy of safeguards and whether machinery was reasonably safe for its intended and foreseeable use

My sector experience includes automotive manufacturing, food and drink, packaging, process industries, industrial robotics and automated material-handling systems.