Machine safety that satisfies WorkSafe — and still lets you make product
Machine safety compliance isn't optional, and after a WorkSafe visit it isn't gradual either. Mobile Automation designs, installs, upgrades and validates machine safety systems to AS/NZS 4024:2019 — the full lifecycle from risk assessment to validated safety controls, delivered by a team that understands production can't stop while you get compliant.
Our machine safety services
- Risk assessment and reduction to AS/NZS 4024.1201, using recognised methods (parts 1302/1303)
- Safety control system design and validation (parts 1501–1503) — safety relays, controllers and safety PLCs
- Guarding, interlocks and devices (parts 1601–1604) — fixed and interlocked guards, light curtains, area scanners, two-hand controls, e-stops
- Electrical equipment of machines to AS/NZS 4024.1204 / IEC 60204-1
- Robot cell safety — including collaborative robot risk assessments, guarding and validation
- Post-inspection remediation — practical, prioritised compliance programs after WorkSafe notices
Safety hardware we install
Pilz, Rockwell (Allen-Bradley Guardmaster), Sick, Siemens, Schneider and Dold safety systems — selected for your application, wired by our own electricians, integrated with your controls by our own engineers, and documented properly.
Designed by people who also build machines
Safety engineering done in isolation produces machines nobody can operate. Because we also program PLCs, build control cabinets, install robot cells and maintain plants, our safety solutions protect people without strangling production — guarding designed around operator access, safety circuits that diagnose their own faults, and interlocks your maintenance team can actually work with.
Frequently asked questions
We've had a WorkSafe inspection — what now?
Move quickly but sensibly: we conduct a formal risk assessment, prioritise the genuinely dangerous items, and deliver a staged remediation program with documentation that shows WorkSafe you're acting. We've walked many Victorian manufacturers through exactly this.
What is AS/NZS 4024 and does it apply to us?
It's Australia's machine safety standard series (26 parts, 2019 edition). If your people work with powered machinery, it applies. It covers risk assessment, guarding, interlocks and safety control systems.
Do old machines have to comply?
The duty to provide a safe workplace applies regardless of machine age. Old machines can almost always be brought to an acceptable risk level with guarding, interlocks and safety circuit upgrades — usually far cheaper than replacement.
Do collaborative robots need safety systems too?
Yes. 'Collaborative' doesn't mean exempt — payload, speed and tooling determine the required controls. Every cobot installation needs a documented risk assessment; we design and validate these in-house.
Can you do the safety upgrade without stopping production?
Mostly, yes — we stage work around production windows, weekends and shutdowns, exactly as we do for switchboard changeovers. Minimising downtime is the family trade.