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  • BS EN ISO 13857:2008

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    Safety of machinery. Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by upper and lower limbs

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  11-11-2022

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-04-2008

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Safety distances to prevent access by upper and lower limbs
      4.1 General
      4.2 Safety distances to prevent access by upper limbs
      4.3 Safety distances to prevent access by lower limbs
    Annex A (informative) - Use of Tables 1 and 2 with intermediate
            values
    Annex B (informative) - Distances to impede free access by lower
            limbs
    Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this International
             Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
             Directive 98/37/EC
    Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this International
             Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
             Directive 2006/42/EC
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    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Provides values for safety distances in both industrial and non-industrial environments to prevent machinery hazard zones being reached.

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    Committee MCE/3
    Development Note Supersedes BS EN 294, BS EN 811 & 06/30150507 DC. (04/2008)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 6440:2011 Powered vertical lifting platforms having non-enclosed or partially enclosed liftways intended for use by persons with impaired mobility. Specification
    PD 5304:2014 Guidance on safe use of machinery
    BS 5900:2012 Powered homelifts with partially enclosed carriers and no liftway enclosures. Specification
    13/30291774 DC : 0 BS EN 378-2 - REFRIGERATING SYSTEMS AND HEAT PUMPS - SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS - PART 2: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, TESTING, MARKING AND DOCUMENTATION
    11/30194294 DC : 0 BS 6440 - POWERED LIFTING PLATFORMS WITH NON-ENCLOSED LIFTWAYS FOR USE BY PERSONS WITH LIMITED MOBILITY - SPECIFICATION
    PREN 378-2 : DRAFT 2013 REFRIGERATING SYSTEMS AND HEAT PUMPS - SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS - PART 2: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, TESTING, MARKING AND DOCUMENTATION
    11/30194292 DC : 0 BS 5900 - POWERED HOME LIFTS WITH FULLY OR PARTIALLY ENCLOSED CARS AND NO LIFT-WELL ENCLOSURES - SPECIFICATION

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    ISO 13855:2010 Safety of machinery Positioning of safeguards with respect to the approach speeds of parts of the human body
    ISO 14738:2002 Safety of machinery — Anthropometric requirements for the design of workstations at machinery
    ISO 14121-1:2007 Safety of machinery Risk assessment Part 1: Principles
    EN 547-3:1996+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Human body measurements - Part 3: Anthropometric data
    ISO 12100-1:2003 Safety of machinery Basic concepts, general principles for design Part 1: Basic terminology, methodology
    1998/37/EC : 1998 DIRECTIVE 98/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 22 JUNE 1998 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO MACHINERY
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