BS 5304:1988

Foreword
Committees responsible
Code of practice
Section one. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 Definitions
Section two. General guidances
2.1 Application of the code
2.2 Principles of machine safety
Section three. Identification of hazards
3.1 Dangers from machinery
3.2 Mechanical hazards
3.3 Non-mechanical hazards
Section four. Risk assessment and reliability
4.1 Risk assessment
4.2 Integrity
Section five. Machinery design
5.1 Safety at the machine design stage
5.2 Elimination of hazards by design
5.3 Controls
5.4 Indicators
5.5 Clutches
5.6 Braking systems
5.7 Safety catches, overrun, run-back and fall-back
      protection devices
5.8 Counterweights and similar devices
5.9 Rotating shafts, spindles and couplings
5.10 Feeding and take-off devices
5.11 Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
5.12 Electrical systems
5.13 Workholding devices
5.14 Lifting, handling and transport
5.15 Lubrication
5.16 Stability
5.17 Lighting
5.18 Hygiene
5.19 Safety colours and symbols
5.20 Access
5.21 Assurance of system integrity
Section six. Selection of safeguards
6.1 General
6.2 Where access is not required during normal
      operation
6.3 Where access is required during normal operation
Section seven. Guard design and construction
7.1 General
7.2 Types of guard
7.3 Guard construction
7.4 Anthropometric considerations
Section eight. Safety devices
8.1 Trip devices
8.2 Two-hand control device
8.3 Mechanical restraint device
Section nine. Interlocking considerations
9.1 Functions of an interlock
9.2 Interlocking media
9.3 Interlocking methods for power interruption
9.4 Interlocking methods incorporating braking and/or
      guard locking
9.5 Failures in interlocking systems
9.6 Choice of interlocking system
9.7 Electrical considerations
9.8 Mechanical considerations
9.9 Pneumatic considerations
9.10 Hydraulic considerations
Section ten. Environmental considerations
10.1 Environment
10.2 Corrosion
10.3 Hygiene and guard design
10.4 Coolant and swarf
10.5 Mist, fumes and dust
10.6 Noise
Section eleven. Installation considerations
11.1 Layout of machinery and plant
11.2 Moving parts of machinery
11.3 Services
Section twelve. Maintenance
12.1 Operational maintenance of safeguards
12.2 Waste and spillage removal
Section thirteen. Safe working practices
13.1 General
13.2 Practices
13.3 Supervisory control
13.4 Information and training
Appendices
A Ergonomic data
B Selection of interlocking system
C Examples of permit to work system
D Bibliography
Tables
1 Probable effect of a failure to danger
2 Values of a, b, c for figure 122
NUMEROUS FIGURES

Identifies hazards arising from use of machinery. Describes methods for elimination or reduction of these hazards, for the safeguarding of machinery and for the use of safe working practices. Intended for those who design, manufacture, supply, install, use, maintain or modify machinery, machine guarding or safety devices, including those concerned with instruction and training in safe working practices.