Use of work equipment Indication of damage

If damage has occurred in your company due to the failure of components or safety equipment, you must report this to the competent authority.

The competent authority must be notified immediately of any cases of damage in which components or safety equipment have failed.

Locally responsible regional council

Specific data that can be used to identify the components or safety-related equipment concerned must be communicated to the competent body.
The data includes, for example

• Manufacturer
• designation
• manufacturing number
• Year of manufacture

There are no fees or expenses.