ANSI B11.19 is one of the most comprehensive and important U.S. safety standards.
The Basic Scope of ANSI B11.19
This standard has sections addressing:
- Responsibility for the:
- Hazard Control (describing necessity for Risk Assessment)
- General Safeguarding Requirements
- Performance of the Safety-Related Function (provides a new description of Control Reliability)
- Safety Distance requirements
- Stop Performance Monitor (this is the first U.S. Standard that addresses stop time monitoring)
- Guards
- Fixed
- Interlocked
- Removable
- Safeguarding Devices
- Movable Barrier Devices (A and B Gates)
- Pull Backs and Restraints
- Presence Sensing Devices (RF, Light Curtains, Area Scanners)
- Two-hand Control and Trip Devices
- Safety Mats
- Safety Edges (bump or contact strips)
- Probe Detection Devices
- Single Control Devices (single button controls)
- Awareness Barriers, Signals and Signs
- Safeguarding Methods
- Safe Work Procedures
- Complementary Equipment
- Training
- Inspection and Maintenance
- Extensive Annexes describing
- Hazards and their definitions
- Safe distance calculations
- Control Reliability
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