Where it is not practicable to safeguard the condition or situation contemplated in subregulation (1), the employer
or user of machinery, as the case may be, shall take steps to reduce the risk as much as is practicable, and shall provide free of charge and maintain in a good and clean condition such safety equipment and facilities as may be necessary to ensure that any person exposed to any such condition or situation at a workplace or in the course of his employment or on premises where the machinery is used is rendered safe.