EN 13857 - Safety of machinery - Safety distances to prevent hazardous areas being reached by upper and lower limbs
EN 13857 defines minimum safety distances to prevent a person from reaching dangerous areas with hands, arms or legs, through or around physical barriers, gratings, guards or protections
Aim
Avoid unintentional or intentional access to hazardous elements through:
- design of fixed or mobile barriers;
- correct height and distance of guards from the point of danger;
- protection based on anthropometric statistics (standard body dimensions).
Scope of Application
Applicable to:
- fixed or mobile machines;
- gates, doors and automated systems;
- assessment of conformity with the safety requirements of the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC or Reg. 2023/1230).
Safety distances represented by the EN 13857 standard
