This standard is now the basis for the IBM Corporate safety standard. It is the intention of IBM UK to comply with the spirit and the letter of section 6 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 in respect of the products it markets. IBM has always sought to design and manufacture equipment which is safe and without risk to health at all times when it is being set, used, cleaned or maintained. In this respect the proper setting, use and cleaning of the equipment is covered in the installation and operating instruction manuals related to the equipment and provided to the customer.
Proper maintenance is covered in the maintenance documentation applicable to the equipment.
In order to ensure that IBM designs and manufactures equipment to be safe when it is being set, used, cleaned and maintained, IBM has long established Corporate Safety Standards with which all products must comply. These standards reflect and are compatible with the developed and still developing international standards upon which national standards for office machines and data processing equipment are based. They and hence the IBM Corporate Product Safety standards, comprehensively cover not only electrical and mechanical safety but also the testing necessary to determine that equipment is in compliance.