EN 349:1993+A1:2008

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Safety of machinery - Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body
Sicherheit von Maschinen - Mindestabstände zur Vermeidung des Quetschens von
Körperteilen
Sécurité des machines - Ecartements minimaux pour prévenir les risques d'écrasement
de parties du corps humain
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 349:1993+A1:2008
ICS:
13.110 Varnost strojev Safety of machinery
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 349:1993+A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2008
ICS 13.110 Supersedes EN 349:1993
English Version
Safety of machinery - Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts
of the human body
Sécurité des machines - Ecartements minimaux pour Sicherheit von Maschinen - Mindestabstände zur
prévenir les risques d'écrasement de parties du corps Vermeidung des Quetschens von Körperteilen
humain
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2 April 1993 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 18 May 2008.

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Contents Page
Foreword.3
Introduction .4
1 Scope .4
2 Normative references .4
3 Definitions .5
4 Minimum gaps.5
4.1 Methodology for the use of this European Standard.5
4.2 Values .6
Annex A (informative) Illustration of crushing zones.8
Annex ZA (informative) !Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 98/37/EC"""".9
Annex ZB (informative) !Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC"""".10

Foreword
This document (EN 349:1993+A1:2008) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 114 “Safety of
machinery”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2008, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn
at the latest by December 2008.
This document includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2008-05-18.
This document supersedes EN 349:1993.
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags ! ".
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EC Directive(s).
!For relationship with EC Directive(s), see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of this
document."
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Introduction
According to EN 292-1, in general, machinery is said to be safe if it can perform its function, be transported,
installed, adjusted, maintained, dismantled and disposed of under the conditions of its intended use without
causing injury or damaging health.
One method of avoiding the hazard of crushing of parts of the human body is to make use of the minimum
gaps in this standard.
In specifying minimum gaps a number of aspects have to be taken into consideration, such as
 accessibility of the crushing zones;
 anthropometric data, taking into account ethnic groups likely to be found in European countries;
 technical and practical aspects.
If these aspects are further developed, the current state of the art, reflected in this European Standard, could
be improved.
1 Scope
The object of this European Standard is to enable the user (e.g. standard makers, designers of machinery) to
avoid hazards from crushing zones. It specifies minimum gaps relative to
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