2. Fundamental concepts and general principles of safe design
2.1 From hazardous entity to accident: a normative approach to the accident process
For the design engineer, designing a safe machine means applying principles and measures, mainly of a technical nature, to guarantee the non-occurrence of so-called catastrophic failures, i.e. those whose consequences would be harmful to human health (whether the operator or a third party).
To meet this objective, the normative approach invites the designer to consider the process by which damage occurs, based on an admittedly simplistic model.
It is initially the conjunction of two states - the presence of a hazardous entity (EN ISO 12100-1) (the "machine" technical object) on the one hand, and the presence of Man (generally the operator, but in some...
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Bibliography
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Standardization
- Machine safety – Rules for the preparation and presentation of safety standards. - EN 414 - 2000
- Machine safety – Fundamental concepts, general design principles – Part 1: Basic terminology and methodology. - EN ISO 12100-1 - 2003
- Machine safety – Fundamental concepts, general design principles – Part 2: Technical principles. - EN ISO 12100-2 - 2003
- Machine safety – Principles of risk assessment (ISO...
Regulations
Directive 98/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 22, 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery, OJEC No. L207 of July 23, 1998.
Law 76-1106 of December 6, 1976 on the development of accident prevention in the workplace.
Décret 80-542 du 15 juillet 1980 déterminant la liste des matériels auxquels s'appliquent les...
Organizations
Institut national de recherche et de sécurité (INRS) http://www.inrs.fr
Comité européen de normalisation (CEN) http://www.cenorm.be
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