TS EN ISO 12100-1

TS EN ISO 12100-1 is a machinery safety standard focused on the basic concepts and general design principles, with particular emphasis on basic terminology and methodology. In practical engineering terms, it helps define the common language and structured approach used when safety is designed into machinery from the outset, covering how hazards are identified, how risk is thought about, and how protective measures are organised at a general level.

What the terminology and methodology are meant to do

In this field, terminology is more than vocabulary: it aligns the meaning of key concepts such as hazard, risk, protective measure, residual risk and safe use. Methodology refers to the general sequence of thinking used to establish safety objectives across the machine life cycle. As general technical context, this means designing machinery not only to function, but to do so with risk reduced to an acceptable level under reasonably foreseeable conditions of use.

The broader design framework for machinery safety

The subject of this standard is the shared foundation of machinery safety engineering rather than detailed construction rules for individual machine types. A safe design approach is generally based on eliminating hazards at source where possible, then reducing remaining risk through safeguarding, information for use and operational measures. In that sense, the standard provides a common reference point across machinery safety disciplines and is intended to be read together with more specific machine standards.

This listing belongs to the withdrawn 2007 edition of TS EN ISO 12100-1. Its topic is the foundational terminology and methodology of machinery safety; any detailed clause content, numerical requirements or prescribed test methods must be checked in the standard text itself.