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BS EN 457:1992

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Safety of machinery. Auditory danger signals. General requirements, design and testing
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

02-17-2006

Language(s)

English

Published date

05-01-1992

Cooperating organizations
National foreword
Foreword
Specification
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Symbols
5 Safety requirements
6 Test methods
7 Calculation of effective masked threshold
8 Guidelines for the design of auditory danger
     signals
Tables
A.1 Calculation of the level of the masked threshold
     for a given octave spectrum
B.1 Mean attenuation data of a hearing protector
     according to ISO 4869-1
Figures
B.1 Graph displaying the octave band analysis of the
     ambient noise, the masked threshold and of the
     auditory danger signal during the 'on' period
B.2 Graph displaying octave band analysis of the
     ambient noise equal to the masked threshold and of
     the auditory danger signal
B.3 Graph displaying octave band analysis of the basic
     traffic and crane noise, the masked threshold and
     of the auditory danger signal
B.4 Graph displaying octave band analysis of ambient
     noise equal to the masked threshold and of the
     auditory danger signal
B.5 Graph displaying octave band analysis of the
     ambient noise, the masked threshold and of the
     auditory danger signal
B.6 Graph displaying the octave band analysis of the
     ambient noise, the masked threshold and the
     auditory danger signal (above) and the effective
     levels under the hearing protector (below)
Annexes
A (informative) Example for the calculation of the
     effective masked threshold according to clause 7
B (informative) Examples of warning signals
National appendices
NA (informative)
NB (informative)

Specifies characteristics for auditory danger signals and appropriate test methods and gives guidance on signal design.

Committee
PH/9
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 84/42441 DC. (09/2005)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
16
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
EN 457 : 1992 Identical
NEN EN 457 : 1993 Identical
UNE-EN 457:1993 Identical
I.S. EN 457:1992 Identical
NF EN 457 : 1992 Identical
NS EN 457 : 1ED 1992 Identical
SN EN 457 : 1993 Identical
UNI EN 457 : 1993 Identical
DIN EN 457:1992-04 Identical
NBN EN 457 : 1992 Identical

DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC1-7/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTIONS 1-7 - OVERALL CONTENTS/SCOPE
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT1)/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 1: OVERARCHING PEOPLE-RELATED REQUIREMENTS
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC11/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 11 - TRAINING
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC8/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 8 - PEOPLE IN SYSTEMS
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC15/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 15 - WORK EQUIPMENT
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC9/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 9 - PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC10/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 10 - SYSTEMS SAFETY
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC13/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 13 - THE WORKPLACE
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC12/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 12 - OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE & SUPPORT
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC14/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 14 - THE ENVIRONMENT
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT2)/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 2: PARTICULAR PEOPLE-RELATED REQUIREMENTS
DEFSTAN 00-250(PT3)SEC16/1(2008) : 2008 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 3: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE - SECTION 16 - LIVING SPACES
DEFSTAN 00-25(PT21)/1(2004) : 2004 HUMAN FACTORS FOR DESIGNERS OF SYSTEMS - PART 21: SYSTEM SAFETY DOMAIN
PD 5304:2005 GUIDANCE ON SAFE USE OF MACHINERY
PD 5304:2000 SAFE USE OF MACHINERY
BS 6164:2001 Code of practice for safety in tunnelling in the construction industry

BS 3593:1963 Recommendation on preferred frequencies for acoustical measurements
BS 2475:1964 Specification for octave and one-third octave band-pass filters
BS EN 292-2:1991 Safety of machinery. Basic concepts, general principles for design Technical principles and specifications
BS 5969:1981 Specification for sound level meters
BS 5108-1(1991) : AMD 7552 SOUND ATTENUATION OF HEARING PROTECTORS - SUBJECTIVE METHOD OF MEASUREMENT

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