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BS EN 292-1:1991

Superseded

Superseded

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Safety of machinery. Basic concepts, general principles for design Basic terminology, methodology

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

20-12-1991

Superseded date

07-11-2003

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Summarise this standard

Foreword
0. Introduction
1. Scope
2. Normative references
3. Basic concepts
3.1 Machinery (machine)
3.2 Reliability of a machine
3.3 Maintainability of a machine
3.4 Safety of a machine
3.5 Hazard
3.6 Hazardous situation
3.7 Risk
3.8 Risk assessment
3.9 Hazardous machine function
3.10 Danger zone
3.11 Design of a machine
3.12 Intended use of machine
3.13 Safety functions
3.14 Automatic monitoring
3.15 Unexpected (or unintended) start-up
3.16 Failure to danger
3.17 Fail-safe condition (minimized failure to danger)
3.18 Risk reduction by design
3.19 Safeguarding
3.20 Information for use
3.21 Operator
3.22 Guard
3.23 Safety device
3.24 Deterring/impeding device
4. Description of hazards generated by machinery
4.1 General
4.2 Mechanical hazard
4.3 Electrical hazard
4.4 Thermal hazard
4.5 Hazards generated by noise
4.6 Hazards generated by vibration
4.7 Hazards generated by radiation
4.8 Hazards generated by materials and substances
4.9 Hazards generated by neglecting ergonomic principles
      in machine design
4.10 Hazard combinations
5. Strategy for selecting safety measures
5.1 Specification of the limits of the machine
5.2 Systematic assessment of hazardous situations
5.3 Removal of the hazards or limitation of the risk
5.4 Safeguarding against hazards which could not be
      avoided or sufficiently limited according to 5.3
5.5 Informing and warning users about residual hazards
5.6 Additional precautions
5.7 Remarks
6. Risk assessment
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Factors to be taken into account when assessing
      a risk
Annex A (informative) General schematic representation
        of a machine
Annex B (informative) Trilingual alphabetical index

Specifies general design methods to help designers and manufacturers achieve safety of machinery.

Committee
MCE/3
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 89/75660 DC. Also available as part of KIT 8 and KIT 54. (07/2002)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
30
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
NF EN 292-1 : 1991 Identical
I.S. EN 292-1:1993 Identical
NBN EN 21992-1 : 1992 Identical
EN 292-1 : 1991 Identical
NS EN 292-1 : 1ED 1991 Identical
NEN EN 292-1 : 1994 Identical
UNE-EN 292-1:1993 Identical
DIN EN 292-1:1991-11 Identical

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