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Machine Safety Standards for US Market

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Machine safety standards

Machine safety standards

The ANSI B11 series of American National Standards and Technical Reports specify requirements for both the manufacturers (suppliers) and users of the machines. The series includes:

ANSI B11.0 Safety of Machinery General Requirements-Risk Assessment

ANSI B11.1 Mechanical Power Presses

ANSI B11.2 Hydraulic Power Presses

ANSI B11.3 Power Press Brakes

ANSI B11.4 Shears

ANSI B11.5 Ironworkers

ANSI B11.6 Manual Turning Machines (lathes) with and without Automatic Control

ANSI B11.7 Cold Headers and Cold Formers

ANSI B11.8 Manual Drilling, Milling and Boring Machines

ANSI B11.9 Grinding Machines

ANSI B11.10 Metal Sawing Machines

ANSI B11.11 Gear and Spline Cutting Machines

ANSI B11.12 Roll Forming and Roll Bending Machines

ANSI B11.13 Single and Multiple-Spindle Automatic Screw/Bar and Chucking Machines

ANSI B11.14 Coil Slitting Machines

ANSI B11.15 Pipe, Tube and Shape Bending Machines

ANSI B11.16 Powder / Metal Compacting Presses

ANSI B11.17 Horizontal Hydraulic Extrusion Presses

ANSI B11.18 Machines Processing of Coiled Strip, Sheet, and Plate

ANSI B11.19 Safeguarding Design, Construction, Installation, Operation, Maintenance

ANSI B11.20 Integrated Manufacturing Systems Cells

ANSI B11.21 Machine Tools using Lasers

ANSI B11.22 CNC Turning Machines

ANSI B11.23 CNC Milling, Drilling and Boring Machines

ANSI B11.24 Transfer Machines

ANSI B11.TR1 Ergonomic Guidelines

ANSI B11.TR2 Mist Control

ANSI B11.TR3 Risk Assessment / Risk Reduction

ANSI B11.TR4 Programmable Electronic Systems (also see NFPA-79 for additional information)

ANSI B11.TR5 Sound Level Measurement

ANSI B11.TR6 Safety Control Systems for Machines

ANSI B11.TR7 Design for Lean Manufacturing

ANSI 01.1 Woodworking Machinery

ANSI/NFPA/RIA/ASME safety standards

Additional machine safety standards are published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), including:

ANSI/RIA R15.06 Industrial Robots and Robot Systems

ANSI / NFPA 70 National Electrical Code

ANSI / NFPA 79 Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery

ASME B20.1 Safety Standards for Conveyors

Applicable OSHA machine safety standards

The following Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) laws and regulations are most commonly applied to industrial machinery:

OSHA 29 CFR 1910 General Industry Regulations

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.211 Definitions

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.212 General Requirements for Guarding All Machines

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.217 Mechanical Power Presses

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.218 Forging Machines

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.333 Electrical Safety

OSHA 29 CFR 1926.300 General Requirements

OSHA 29 CFR 1926.301 Hand Tools

OSHA 29 CFR 1926.302 Power-Operated Hand Tools

OSHA 29 CFR 1926.303 Abrasive Wheels and Tools

OSHA 29 CFR 1926.304 Woodworking Tools

OSHA 29 CFR 1926.307 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus

OSHA 29 CFR 1926.555 Conveyors

OSHA 1910 Subpart D Walking – Working Surfaces

OSHA 1910 Subpart O Machinery and Machine Guarding

OSHA 1910 Subpart P Hand and Portable Tools

OSHA 1910 Subpart S Electrical

OSHA 1910.6 Incorporation by Reference – Includes all ANSI, NFPA standards

OSHA 1910.24 Fixed Industrial Stairs

OSHA 1910.27 Fixed Ladders

OSHA 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy Lockout / Tagout