“Standards listed in bold are accepted by the Ministry as good engineering practice in complying with the Regulation for Industrial Establishments. Standards not listed in bold have not been reviewed by the Ministry, but are considered good practice. Such standards must be reviewed by a professional engineer to ensure that adherence to them would satisfy all the requirements of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments.” – Ministry of Labour

“Guidelines for Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews: How to Apply Section 7 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments” April 2001

CSA Standards:

CSA Z432‑04Safeguarding of Machinery
CSA Z142‑02Code for Power Press Operation: Health, Safety, and Guarding Requirements
CSA Z434‑03Industrial Robots and Robot Systems – General Safety Requirements
CSA Z615‑87 (R2000)Code for Hot Forging Producers, Health and Safety Requirements


ANSI Standards:

ANSI B11.1‑2001Machine Tools – Mechanical Power Presses – Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use
ANSI B11.2‑1995 (R2000)Machine Tools – Hydraulic Power Presses, Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use
ANSI B11.3‑2002Machine Tools – Safety Requirements for Power Press Brakes
ANSI B11.4‑2003Machine Tools – Safety Requirements for Shears
ANSI B11.5‑1988 (R1994)Machine Tools – Iron Workers – Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use
ANSI B11.6‑2001Safety Requirements for Manual Turning Machines with or without Automatic Control
ANSI B11.7‑1995Machine Tools – Cold Headers and Cold Formers, Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use
ANSI B11.8‑2001Safety Requirements for Manual Milling, Drilling and Boring Machines with or without Automatic Control
ANSI B11.9‑1975 (R1997)Grinding Machines, Safety Requirements for the Construction, Care, and Use of
ANSI B11.10‑1990Metal Sawing Machines, Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use of
ANSI B11.11‑2001Safety Requirements for Gear and Spline Cutting Machines
ANSI B11.12‑1996Machine Tools – Roll-Forming and Roll-Bending Machines – Safety Requirements for the Construction, Care, and Use
ANSI B11.13‑1992 (R1998)Machine Tools – Single- and Multiple-Spindle Automatic Bar and Chucking Machines – Safety Requirements for Construction, Care and Use
ANSI B11.14‑1996Machine Tools – Coil-Slitting Machines Safety Reqirements for Construction, Care, and Use
ANSI B11.15‑2001Safety Requirements for Pipe, Tube, and Shape Bending Machines
ANSI B11.16‑1988Metal Powder Compacting Presses, Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use Administratively Withdrawn 7/28/2000
ANSI B11.17‑1996Machine Tools – Horizontal Hydraulic Extrusion Presses,- Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use
ANSI B11.18‑1997Machine Tools – Machines and Machinery Systems for Processing Strip, Sheet, or Plate from Coiled Configuration – Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use
ANSI B11.19‑2003Performance Criteria for Safeguarding
ANSI B11.20‑1991 (R1997)Machine Tools – Manufacturing Systems/Cells – Safety Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use
ANSI B11.22‑1997Machine Tools – Machine Tools Using Lasers for Processing Materials – Safety Requirements for Design, Construction, Care, and Use
ANSI B65.1‑1995Safety Standard – Printing Press Systems
ANSI B65.2‑1999Safety Standard – Binding and Finishing Systems
ANSI B65.5‑1995Safety Standard – Stand-Alone Platen Presses
ANSI 01.1‑1992Woodworking Machinery – Safety Requirements (electronic copy currently unavailable)
ANSI Z244.1‑1982Safety Requirements for the Lockout/Tagout of Energy Sources (under review)
ANSI Z268.1‑1982Metal Scrap Processing Equipment (electronic copy currently unavailable)
ANSI ALCTV‑1998Automotive Lifts – Safety Requirements for Construction, Testing and Validation (electronic copy currently unavailable)
ANSI ALOIM‑2000Automotive Lifts – Safety Requirements for Operation, Inspection and Maintenance (electronic copy currently unavailable)
ANSI 15.06.5‑1999Industrial Robots and Robot Sytems – Safety Requirements
ANSI/SPI B151.1‑1997Plastics Machinery – Horizontal Injection Molding Machines – Safety Requirements for Manufacture, Care, and Use
ANSI/SPI B151.27‑1994Plastics Machinery – Robots Used with Horizontal Injection Molding Machines – Safety Requirements for the Integration, Care, and Use
ANSI Z245.1‑1999Refuse Collection, Processing, and Disposal Equipment – Mobile Refuse Collection and Compaction Equipment – Safety Requirements (see additional requirements issued by MOL)
ANSI Z245.2‑1997Equipment Technology and Operations for Wastes and Recyclable Materials -Stationary Compactors – Safety Requirements
ANSI Z245.5‑1997Equipment Technology and Operations for Wastes and Recyclable Materials – Baling Equipment – Safety Requirements


World Standards:

Type A Standards
ISO 12100‑1&2Safety Of Machinery: Basic Concepts, General Principles for Design (electronic copy currently unavailable)
ISO 12100:1999Safety of Machinery – Principles of Risk Assessment
IEC 61508‑1 Ed. 1.0 b:1998Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems – Part 1: General requirements
IEC 61508‑2 Ed. 1.0 b:2000Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems – Part 2: Requirements for electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems
IEC 61508‑3 Ed. 1.0 b:1998Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems – Part 3: Software requirements
IEC 61508‑4 Ed. 1.0 b:1998Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems – Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations
IEC 61508‑5 Ed. 1.0 b:1998Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety related systems – Part 5: Examples of methods for the determination of safety integrity levels

Type B Standards
ISO 13852:1996Safety of machinery – Safety distances to prevent danger zones being reached by the upper limbs
ISO 13853:1998Safety of machinery – Safety distances to prevent danger zones being reached by the lower limbs
ISO 13854:1996Safety of machinery – Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body
ISO 13855:2002Safety of machinery – Positioning of protective equipment with respect to the approach speeds of parts of the human body
ISO 13851:2002Safety of machinery – Two-hand control devices – Functional aspects and design principles
ISO 14120:2002Safety of machinery – Guards – General requirements for the design and construction of fixed and movable guards
ISO 14118:2000Safety of machinery — Prevention of unexpected start-up
ISO 14119:1998Safety of machinery – Interlocking devices associated with guards – Principles for design and selection
ISO 13856‑1:2001Safety of machinery – Pressure-sensitive protective devices – Part 1: General principles for design and testing of pressure-sensitive mats and pressure-sensitive floors
IEC 60947 5‑1 Ed.2.2 b.2000Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear – Part 5-1: Control circuit devices and switching elements – Electromechanical control circuit devices
IEC 60947 5‑2 Ed.2.1 b.1999Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear – Part 5-2: Control circuit devices and switching elements – Proximity switches
IEC 60947 5‑3 Ed.1.0 b.1999Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear – Part 5-3: Control circuit devices and switching elements – Requirements for proximity devices with defined behaviour under fault conditions
ISO 4413:1998Hydraulic fluid power — General rules relating to systems
ISO 4414:1998Pneumatic fluid power — General rules relating to systems
IEC 61496‑1 Ed. 1.0 b:1997Safety of machinery – Electrosensitive protective equipment – Part 1: General requirements and tests
IEC 61496‑2 Ed. 1.0 b:1997Safety of machinery – Electro-sensitive protective equipment – Part 2: Particular requirements for equipment using active opto-electronic protective devices (AOPDs)


Type C Standards

Machines for cold working of metals
DIN EN 692Mechanical presses – Safety (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 693Machine tools – Safety – Hydraulic presses; English version of DIN EN 693 (FOREIGN STANDARD)
Rubber and plastic machines
DIN EN 201Rubber and plastics machines – Injection moulding machines – Safety requirements (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 289Rubber and plastics machinery; compression and transfer moulding presses; safety requirements for the design (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 422Safety of rubber and plastics machines – Blow moulding machines intended for the production of hollow articles – Requirements for design and construction (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 1114‑1Rubber and plastics machines – Extruders and extrusion lines – Part 1: Safety requirements for extruders (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 1114‑2Rubber and plastics machines – Extruders and extrusion lines – Part 2: Safety requirements for die face pelletisers (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 1114‑3Rubber and plastics machines – Extruders and extrusion lines – Part 3: Safety requirements for haul-offs; English version of DIN EN 1114-3 (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 1417Rubber and plastics machines – Two roll mills – Safety requirements (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 1612‑1Rubber and plastics machines – Reaction moulding machines – Part 1: Safety requirements for metering and mixing units (FOREIGN STANDARD)
Packaging machines
DIN EN 415‑1Safety of packaging machines – Part 1: Terminology and classification of packaging machines and associated equipment; English version of DIN EN 415-1 (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 415‑2Safety of packaging machines – Part 2: Pre-formed rigid container packaging machines; English version of DIN EN 415-2 (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 415‑3Safety of packaging machines – Part 3: Form, fill and seal machines; English version of DIN EN 415-3 (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 415‑4Safety of packaging machines – Part 4: Palletisers and depalletisers (FOREIGN STANDARD)
EN 415‑5Wrapping Machines (electronic version currently unavailable)
EN 415‑6Machines for form collective packaging (electronic version currently uavailable)
EN 415‑7Machines to ensure cohesion of load units (electronic version currently unavailable)

Food processing machines
DIN EN 1678Food processing machinery – Vegetable cutting machines – Safety and hygiene requirements (FOREIGN STANDARD)
SS‑EN 1974Food processing machinery – Slicing machines – Safety and hygiene specifications (FOREIGN STANDARD)

Wood working machines
DIN EN 848‑1Safety of woodworking machines – One side moulding machines with rotating tool – Part 1: Single spindle vertical moulding machines (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 848‑2Safety of woodworking machines – One side moulding machines with rotating tool – Part 2: Single spindle handfed/integrated fed routing machines (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 848‑3Safety of woodworking machines – One-side moulding machines with rotating tool – Part 3: Numerical control (NC) boring machines and routing machines (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 859Safety of woodworking machines – Handfed surface planing machines (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 860Safety of woodworking machines – One-side thickness planing machines (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 861Safety of woodworking machines – Surface planing and thicknessing machines (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 940Safety of woodworking machines – Combined woodworking machines (FOREIGN STANDARD)

Tannery machines
DIN EN 972Tannery machines – Reciprocating roller machines – Safety requirements (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 930Footwear, leather and imitation leather goods manufacturing machines – Roughing, scouring, polishing and trimming machines – Safety requirements (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 931Footwear manufacturing machines – Lasting machines – Safety requirements (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 1035Tannery machines – Moving plate machinery – Safety requirements (FOREIGN STANDARD)
EN 1845Footwear moulding machines (electronic version currently unavailable)

Food processing machines
DIN EN 775Manipulating industrial robots; safety (ISO 10218:1992, modified) (FOREIGN STANDARD)
DIN EN 1525Driverless industrial trucks and their systems (FOREIGN STANDARD)
ISO 10472‑1:1997Safety requirements for industrial laundry machinery — Part 1: Common requirements
ISO 10472‑2:1997Safety requirements for industrial laundry machinery — Part 2: Washing machines and washer-extractors
ISO 10472‑3:1997Safety requirements for industrial laundry machinery — Part 3: Washing tunnel lines including component machines
ISO 10472‑4:1997Safety requirements for industrial laundry machinery — Part 4: Air dryers
ISO 10472‑5:1997Safety requirements for industrial laundry machinery — Part 5: Flatwork ironers, feeders and folders
ISO 10472‑6:1997Safety requirements for industrial laundry machinery — Part 6: Ironing and fusing presses
ISO 11111:1995Safety requirements for textile machinery
DIN EN 12626Laser processing machines – Safety requirements (ISO 11553:1996, modified) (FOREIGN STANDARD)
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