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