Provides information for people who design, redesign or modify plant to be used in a workplace. Plant includes machinery, equipment, appliances, containers, implements and tools and components or anything fitted or connected to those things. Some examples of plant include lifts, cranes, computers, machinery, scaffolding components, conveyors, forklifts, vehicles, power tools and amusement devices.

This Guide should be read and used together with the Code of Practice: Safe design of structures, and Code of Practice: Safe design of structures.