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BS EN 1050 : 1997 - Safety of machinery - Principles for risk assessment
Foreword
This European Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 114, Safety of machinery, the Secretariat of which is held by DIN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 1997, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 1997.
This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s). Annex A is informative and contains examples of hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events. Annex B is informative and contains methods for analysing hazards and estimating risk. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard : Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Scope
This standard establishes general principles for the procedure known as risk assessment by which the knowledge and experience of the design, use, incidents, accidents and harm related to machinery is brought together in order to assess the risks during all phases of the life of the machinery (see 3.11a of EN 292-1 : 1991).
This standard gives guidance on the information required to allow risk assessment to be carried out. Procedures are described for identifying hazards and estimating and evaluating risk. The purpose of the standard is to provide advice for decisions to be made on the safety of machinery and the type of documentation required to verify the risk assessment carried out.
This standard is not intended to provide a detailed account of methods for analysing hazards and estimating risks as this is dealt with elsewhere (e.g. text books and other reference documents). A summary of some of these methods is given for information only (see annex B).
Normative references This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated references, provisions from other publications. These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to this European Standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references, the latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
- EN 292-1 : 1991 Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design ± Part 1 : Basic terminology, methodology
- EN 292-2 : 1991 /A1 : 1995 Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design- Part 2 : Technical principles and specifications
- EN 60204-1 : 1992 Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines- Part 1 : General requirements (IEC 204-1 : 1992, modified)
- CEN/CLC Memorandum No. 9 : 1994 Guidelines for the inclusion of safety aspects in standards (Identical to ISO/IEC Guide 51 : 1990)