What is plant?
Plant includes any machinery, equipment or tool, and any component thereof.
Common types of plant include:
- boilers and other pressure equipment
- power presses, packaging machines, shrink-wrap machines and de-palletisers
- trains, tractors and earthmoving machinery
- electrical generators
- cranes, forklifts, hoists and elevated work platforms
- vehicles used for work purposes such as cars, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles
- industrial robots
- lasers
- scaffolds
- amusement structures
- ships or vessels
- hand tools (either powered or non-powered) including drills, hammers, saws
- computer equipment
- photocopiers and fax machines
The term 'plant' may include all the machinery and equipment which may be employed at a workplace. It is not limited to machinery used in production or mechanical or electrical equipment only and may even include items such as a chair which is employed by a person at work.
