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Product Safety Standards

The following list is a sampling of product safety standards in the United States and Europe.

ANSI/ISA S82.01-1994—Safety standard for electrical and electronic test, measuring, controlling, and related equipment—General requirements.

ANSI/ISA S82.03-1988—Safety standard for electrical and electronic test, measuring, controlling, and related equipment (electrical and electronic process measurement and control equipment), (partial revision and redesignation of ANSI C39.5-1974).

C95.1-1991—IEEE standard for safety levels with respect to human exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz.
 
EN 528—Rail-dependent storage and retrieval equipment—Safety.
 
EN 536—Road construction machines—Asphalt mixing plants—Safety requirements.
 
EN 574—Safety of machinery—Two-hand control devices—Functional aspects—Principles for design.
 
EN 708—Agricultural machinery—Soil-working machines with powered tools—Safety.
 
EN 709—Agricultural and forestry machinery—Pedestrian-controlled tractors with mounted rotary cultivators, motor hoes, motor hoes with drive wheel(s)—Safety.
 
EN 745—Agricultural machinery—Rotary mowers and flail-mowers—Safety.
 
EN 774/A2—Garden equipment—Handheld, integrally powered hedge trimmers—Safety.
 
EN 777-4—Multiburner gas-fired overhead radiant tube heater systems for nondomestic use—Part 4: System H—Safety.
 
EN 786—Garden equipment—Electrically powered walk-behind and handheld lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers—Mechanical safety.
 
EN 793—Particular requirements for safety of medical supply units.
 
EN 809—Pumps and pump units for liquids—Common safety requirements.
 
EN 818-1—Short link chain for lifting purposes—Safety—Part 1: General conditions of acceptance.
 
EN 836—Garden equipment—Powered lawnmowers—Safety.
 
EN 847-1—Tools for woodworking—Safety requirements—Part 1: Milling tools and circular saw blades.
 
EN 848-2—Safety of woodworking machines—One-side molding machines with rotating tool—Part 2: Single spindle hand fed/integrated fed routing machines.
 
EN 860—Safety of woodworking machines—One side thickness planing machines.
 
EN 869—Safety requirements for high-pressure metal die casting units.
 
EN 907—Agricultural and forestry machinery—Sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors—Safety.
 
EN 908—Agricultural and forestry machinery—Reel machines for irrigation—Safety.
 
EN 909—Agricultural and forestry machinery—Center pivot and moving lateral types—Irrigation machines—Safety.
 
EN 940— Safety of woodworking machines—Combined woodworking machines.
 
EN 953—Safety of machinery—General requirements for the design and construction of fixed and movable guards.
 
EN 954-1—Safety of machinery—Safety-related parts of control systems—Part 1: General principles for design.
 
EN 957-1/A1—Stationary training equipment—Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods (including Amendment 1:1998).
 
EN 957-7—Stationary training equipment—Part 7: Rowing machines, additional specific safety requirements and test methods.
 
EN 957-8—Stationary training equipment—Part 8: Steppers, stair climbers, and climbers—Additional specific safety requirements and test methods.
 
EN 982—Safety of machinery—Safety requirements for fluid power systems and their components—Hydraulics.
 
EN 983—Safety of machinery—Safety requirements for fluid power systems and their components—Pneumatics.
 
EN 996—Piling equipment—Safety requirements.
 
EN 999—Safety of machinery—The positioning of protective equipment with respect to approach speeds of machine parts toward the human body.
 
EN 41003:1998—Particular safety requirements for equipment to be connected to telecommunications networks.
 
EN 45502-1—Active implantable medical devices—Part 1: General requirements for safety, marking, and information to be provided by the manufacturer.
 
EN 50060:1989—Power sources for manual metal arc welding with limited duty; Amendment A1:1994 to EN 50060:1989.
 
EN 50061/A1—Medical electrical equipment—Safety of implantable cardiac pacemakers.
 
EN 50063:1989—Safety requirements for the construction and the installation of equipment for resistance welding and allied processes.
 
EN 50065-1:1991—Signaling on low-voltage electrical installations in the frequency range 3 kHz to 148.5 kHz—Part 1: General requirements, frequency bands, and electromagnetic disturbances; Amendment A3:1996 to EN 50065-1:1991.
 
EN 50083-1/A2—Cabled distribution systems for television, sound, and interactive multimedia signals—Part 1: Safety requirements.
 
EN 50086-2-3:1995—Conduit systems for electrical installations—Part 2-3: Particular requirements for flexible conduit systems; Amendment A11:1998 to EN 50086-2-3:1995.
 
EN 50086-2-4:1994—Conduit systems for electrical installations—Part 2-4: Particular requirements for conduit systems buried underground.
 
EN 50088/A2—Safety of electric toys.
 
EN 50090-2-2:1996—Home and building electronic systems (HBES)—Part 2-2: System overview—General technical requirements.
 
EN 50091-1:1993—Uninterruptible power systems (UPS)— Part 1: General and safety requirements.
 
EN 50106—Safety of household and similar electrical appliances—Particular rules for routine tests referring to appliances under the scope of EN 60335-1 and EN 60967.
 
EN 50116—Information technology equipment—Routine electrical safety testing in production.
 
EN 50122-1—Railway applications—Fixed installations—Part1: Protective provisions relating to electrical safety and earthing.
 
EN 50144-1—Safety of handheld electric motor–operated tools—Part 1: General requirements.
 
EN 50165—Electrical equipment on nonelectric appliances for household and similar purposes—Safety requirements.
 
EN 60065/A11—Safety requirements for mains-operated electronic and related apparatus for household and similar general use.
 
EN 60065—Audio, video, and similar electronic apparatus—Safety requirements.
 
EN 60073—Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification—Coding principles for indication devices and actuators.
 
EN 60204-1—Safety of machinery—Electrical equipment of machines—Part 1: General requirements.
 
EN 60215—Safety requirements for radio transmitting equipment.
 
EN 60335-2-9/A1—Safety of household and similar electrical appliances—Part 2: Particular requirements for toasters, grills, roasters, and similar appliances.
 
EN 60335-2-90—Safety of household and similar electrical appliances—Part 2: Particular requirements for commercial microwave ovens.
 
EN 60446—Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification—Identification of conductors by colors or numerals.
 
EN 60601—Medical electrical equipment—Part 1: General requirements for safety.
 
EN 60601-1-4—Medical electrical equipment—Part 1: General requirements for safety. Collateral standard: Programmable electrical medical systems.
 
EN 60601-2-27—Medical electrical equipment—Part 2: Particular requirements for the safety of electrocardiographic monitoring equipment.
 
EN 60601-2-31/A1—Medical electrical equipment—Part 2-31: Particular requirements for the safety of external cardiac pacemakers with internal power source.
 
EN 60601-2-34—Medical electrical equipment—Part 2: Particular requirements for the safety of direct blood pressure monitoring equipment.
 
EN 60601-2-40—Medical electrical equipment—Part 2-40: Particular requirements for the safety of electromyographs and evoked response equipment.
 
EN 60601-2-44—Medical electrical equipment—Part 2-44: Particular requirements for the safety of x-ray equipment for computed tomography.
 
EN 60601-2-45—Medical electrical equipment—Part 2-45: Particular requirements for the safety of mammographic x-ray equipment and mammographic stereotactic devices.
 
EN 60601-2-46—Medical electrical equipment—Part 2-46: Particular requirements for the safety of operating tables.
 
EN 60601-2-7—Medical electrical equipment—Part 2-7: Particular requirements for the safety of high-voltage generators of diagnostic x-ray generators.
 
EN 60695-2-1/0:1996—Fire hazard testing—Part 2: Test methods—Section 1/sheet 0: Glow-wire test methods—General.
 
EN 60719:1993—Calculation of the lower and upper limits for the average outer dimensions of cables with circular copper conductors and of rated voltages up to and including 450 and 750 V.
 
EN 60742—Isolating transformers and safety-isolating transformers—Requirements.
 
EN 60799—Cord sets—Nonrewirable cord sets for appliances—Safety requirements and test methods.
 
EN 60950—Safety of information technology equipment, including electrical business equipment.
 
EN 60950/A11—Safety of information technology equipment.
 
EN 60967—Safety of electrically heated blankets, pads, and similar flexible heating appliances for household use.
 
EN 61010-1/A2—Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use—Part 1: General requirements.
 

EN 61010-2-020/A1—Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use—Part 2-020: Particular requirements for laboratory centrifuges.

EN 61010-2-031—Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use—Part 2-031: Particular requirements for handheld probe assemblies for electrical measurement and test.
 
EN 61010-2-041—Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use—Part 2-041: Particular requirements for autoclaves using steam
for the treatment of medical materials, and for laboratory processes.
 
EN 61010-2-042—Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use—Part 2-042: Particular requirements for autoclaves and sterilizers using toxic gas for the treatment of medical materials and for laboratory processes.
 
EN 61011-1/A2—Electric fence energizers—Safety requirements for battery-operated electric fence energizers suitable for connection to the supply mains.
 
EN 61011/A11—Electric fence energizers—Safety requirements for mains-operated electric fence energizers.
 
EN 61029-1—Safety of transportable motor–operated electric tools—Part 1: General requirements.
 
EN 61050/A1—Transformers for tubular discharge lamps having a no-load output voltage exceeding 1000 V (neon-transformers)—General and safety requirements.
 
EN 61204—Low-voltage power supply devices, dc output—Performance characteristics and safety requirements.
 
EN 61210—Connecting devices—Flat quick-connect terminations for electrical copper conductors—Safety requirements.
 
EN 61285—Industrial-process control—Safety of analyzer houses.
 
EN 61293—Marking of electrical equipment with ratings related to electrical supply—Safety requirements.
 
EN 61310-1—Safety of machinery—Indication, marking, and actuation—Part 1: Requirements for visual, auditory, and tactile signals.
 
EN 61310-3—Safety of machinery—Indication, marking, and actuation—Part 3: Requirements for the location and operation of actuators.
 
EN 61496-1—Safety of machinery—Electrosensitive protective equipment—Part 1: General requirements and tests.
 
EN 61558-1—Safety of power transformers, power-supply units, and similar—Part 1: General requirements and tests.
 
EN 61558-2-6—Safety of power transformers, power-supply units, and similar—Part 2-6: Particular requirements for safety isolating transformers for general use of system properties for the purpose of system assessment—Part 7: Assessment of system safety.
 
EN 61558-2-1—Safety of power transformers, power-supply units, and similar—Part 2-1: Particular requirements for separating transformers for general use.
 
EN 61558-2-2—Safety of power transformers, power-supply units, and similar—Part 2-2: Particular requirements for control transformers.
 
EN 61558-2-5—Safety of power transformers, power-supply units, and similar—Part 2-5: Particular requirements for shaver transformers and shaver supply units.
 
EN 61558-2-7—Safety of power transformers, power-supply units, and similar—Part 2-7: Particular requirements for transformers for toys.
 
IEC 60065:1998—Audio, video, and similar electronic apparatus—Safety requirements.
 
IEC 60950:1999—Safety of information technology (IT) equipment.
 
IEC 61010-2-042:1997—Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use—Part 2-042: Particular requirements for autoclaves and sterilizers using toxic gas for the treatment of medical materials, and for laboratory processes.
 
IEC 61069-7:1999—Industrial-process measurement and control—Evaluation.
 
IEC 61097-7:1996—Global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS)—Part 7: Shipborne VHF radiotelephone transmitter and receiver—Operational and performance requirements, methods of testing, and required test results.
 
IEC 61310-3:1999—Safety of machinery—Indication, marking, and actuation—Part 3: Requirements for the location and operation of actuators.
 
IEC 61496-1:1997—Safety of machinery—Electrosensitive protective equipment—Part 1: General requirements and tests.
 
IEC 61508-1:1998—Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable safety-related systems—Part 1: General requirements.
 
IEC 61508-5:1998—Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems—Part 5: Examples of methods for the determination of safety integrity levels.
 
IEC 61557-1:1997—Electrical safety in low-voltage distribution systems up to 1000 V ac and 1500 V dc—Equipment for testing, measuring, or monitoring of protective measures—Part 1: General requirements.
 
IEC 61557-2:1997—Electrical safety in low-voltage distribution systems up to 1000 V ac and 1500 V dc—Equipment for testing, measuring, or monitoring of protective measures—Part 2: Insulation resistance.
 
IEC 61557-3:1997—Electrical safety in low-voltage distribution systems up to 1000 V ac and 1500 V dc—Equipment for testing, measuring, or monitoring of protective measures—Part 3: Loop impedance.
 
IEC 61557-4:1997—Electrical safety in low-voltage distribution systems up to 1000 V ac and 1500 V dc—Equipment for testing, measuring, or monitoring of protective measures—Part 4: Resistance of earth connection and equipotential
bonding.
 
IEC 61557-5:1997—Electrical safety in low-voltage distribution systems up to 1000 V ac and 1500 V dc—Equipment for testing, measuring, or monitoring of protective measures—Part 5: Resistance to earth.
 
IEC 61557-6:1997—Electrical safety in low-voltage distribution systems up to 1000 V ac and 1500 V dc—Equipment for testing, measuring, or monitoring of protective measures—Part 6: Residual current devices (RCD) in TT and TN systems.
 
IEC 61557-8:1997—Electrical safety in low-voltage distribution systems up to 1000 V ac and 1500 V dc—Equipment for testing, measuring, or monitoring of protective measures—Part 8: Insulation monitoring devices for IT systems.
 
IEC 61558-1:1998—Safety of power transformers, power-supply units, and similar—Part 1: General requirements and tests.
 
IEC 61558-2-1:1997—Safety of power transformers, power-supply units, and similar—Part 2: Particular requirements for separating transformers for general use.
 
IEC 61558-2-15:1999—Safety of power transformers, power-supply units, and similar—Part 2-15: Particular requirements for isolating transformers for the supply of medical locations.
 
IEC 61558-2-17:1997—Safety of power transformers, power-supply units, and similar—Part 2: Particular requirements for transformers for switch-mode power supplies.
 
IEC 61558-2-2:1997—Safety of power transformers, power supply units, and similar—Part 2-2: Particular requirements for control transformers.
 
ISO 13090-1:1998—Mechanical vibration and shock—Guidance on safety aspects of tests and experiments with people—Part 1: Exposure to whole-body mechanical vibration and repeated shock.
 
SAE J284 (JAN 91)—Safety alert symbol for agricultural, construction, and industrial equipment