How can I manage situations where there are different assessments of the same risk by different machine builders?

Machine risk assessment is part qualitative, part quantitative requiring judgment by competent persons. Consequently there is likely to be a dispersion of the results achieved by different manufacturers or their authorized representatives when carrying out a risk assessment on the same or similar equipment. With the strength of the obligation in the directive machine builders may expect that machinery buyers and statutory authorities will seek more opportunity to examine the procedures followed, the assumptions and judgments made, and the results achieved.

Additionally the demands on machine builders to provide more detailed instructions will provide traceability between Risk Assessment and Instructions.