What is this standard about?
This is a basic machine safety standard specifying minimum gaps to avoid parts of the human hand and body being crushed in a machine.
Who is this standard for?
- Machine manufacturers
- Health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.)
- Machine users/employers
- Machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs)
- Service providers, e.g. for maintenance
- Consumers (where machinery is intended for use by consumers)
Why should you use this standard?
It enables users to avoid hazards from crushing zones by specifying minimum gaps relative to parts of the human body. It applies when adequate safety can be achieved by this method.
In specifying minimum gaps a number of aspects are taken into consideration, including:
- Accessibility of the crushing zones
- Anthropometric data
- Technical and practical aspects
Users of this document will be able to:
- Identify crushing hazards
- Assess the risks from these hazards in accordance with BS EN ISO 12100 on risk-assessing the design of safe machinery
NOTE: This document applies to risks from crushing hazards only and does not apply to other possible hazards, e.g. impact, shearing and drawing-in, for which additional or other measures are to be taken.
What’s changed since the last update?
This second edition is a minor revision of the first edition (ISO 13854:1996) to bring it up to date. It also replaces the current BS EN 349.
