No operation can reach its full potential unless the proper safety precautions are put into place. After all, if your workers are getting injured, you’re going to not only run out of workers, but the end product will likely suffer as well. For this reason, many regulations have been put into place to ensure safety, efficiency and profitability when working with potentially hazardous machinery. Many of these regulations become standards for the industry and equipment involved. While there are variations of standards, like regional standard EN and BS-EN national standards, nearly all of these are similarly covered under the International Standards, or ISO. These specifications mean that when a machine is designed it will meet certain requirements of the Machinery Directive. With all the standards, out there, it’s important to pinpoint what is relevant to your machinery so here we will explore the most relevant ISO standards for machine guarding products that Rite-Hite carries: These standards also provide solutions to common issues and are developed by a team that is a mix of manufacturers, users and authorities. The purpose of this standard is to prevent any breach in a machinery hazard zone. This is done by establishing values for safety distances for both industrial and non-industrial environments.
