This article provides a short introduction to yInterlock Machinery Risk Asssessment  web-application. To understand whether this tool is right for you, please read carefully the information below:

1. This Risk Assessment app is most suitable for assessing the risks associated with machines or with group of machines working together in a co-ordinated manner.
2. The assessment techniques and methodology are based on ISO 12100:2010 international standard and ISO/TR 14121-2 technical report. Aspects such as machinery limits, risk estimation scales and assumptions are also based on or designed to meet EU machinery directive standards (IEC) EN 60204-1:2018, (IEC) EN/UL 61010-1:2019, (ISO) EN 13849-1:2015 and IEC 62061:2005 + A2:2015.
3. The process is split into 9 stages and is designed to maximally help users develop a well-rounded and comprehensive Risk Assessment document. Users can chose to skip the majority of steps and jump straight to the Risk Assessment Table in stage 8, though some form details in stage 1 and 7 are mandatory (marked with * ). At stage 9 users can preview and download the Risk Assessment in PDF or Excel formats.
4. Each stage is carefully crafted with extensive explanatory details and examples to help users easily navigate through the complex assessment process. Each stage is also designed to encourage assessment author(s) think about all aspects and conditions of machinery use and reasonably foreseeable misuse.
5. Adherence to the application's assessment stages helps users attain strong compliance with the ISO 12100 guidelines and procedures. The app's generated documents also follow a formal structure and can serve as the basis fo the CE marking process and associated technical file compilation.
6. At any time, users can navigate back and forth between stages to add, remove or edit parts of the Risk Assessment, including changing the risk estimation scale, risk table column options and assumptions. Once you've added all the Risk Assessment details you can export your document in PDF or Excel formats.
7. The app is free to use throughout the entire process (including the PDF and Excel export option) and requires no card input details.
8. Finally, this application is not a substitute for the ISO 12100 standard itself but rather a framework to follow it. To get the fundamental understanding of the safety of machinery principles for design, risk assessment and risk reduction users are encouraged to review the standard.