Introduction

The increasing use of detection systems and avoidance technology has been supporting operators to safely operate machines in the field of mining and construction.

At the same time, there are demands to set standards for machines and systems detecting, alerting and intervening to mitigate collision risk. This document addresses collision risk areas and collision risk levels for machines utilizing detection systems and avoidance technology in the area of earth-moving machinery that exhibit forward and reverse motion.

This document is a type-C standard as stated in ISO 12100.

This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market players with regard to machinery safety:

— machine manufacturers (small, medium, and large enterprises);
— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organisations, market surveillance etc.).

Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the above-mentioned stakeholder groups:

— machine users/employers (small, medium, and large enterprises);
— machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
— service providers, e. g. for maintenance (small, medium, and large enterprises);
— consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers);
— providers of collision warning and avoidance technology;
— system integrators.

The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate at the drafting process of this document.

The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations, or hazardous events are covered are indicated in the Scope of this document.

When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-B standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C standard.

This document addresses requirements for detecting, alerting and intervention in mitigating collision risk.

There are currently two existing standards in the field: ISO 16001 and ISO 17757. These standards provide guidance for visibility aids and object detection system and for autonomous and semi-autonomous machines, however, there is currently no standard that describes collision risk awareness, warning signals and collision avoidance actions of manually operated machinery when there is a risk of collision.

BS ISO 21815-3:2023

Earth-moving machinery. Collision warning and avoidance - Risk area and risk level for forward/reverse motion

Current

Published:

31 Aug 2023