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Safety fence to protect body from entering hazardous areas
Regular openings for persons of 14 years of age and above
The following table gives s
r
for regular openings for persons of 14 years of age
and above.
The dimensions of openings, e, correspond to the side of a square opening, the
diameter of a round opening and the narrowest dimension of a slot opening.
For openings > 120 mm, safety distances in accordance with 4.2.2 shall be used.
Note
Measures for children's protection against strangulation are not covered by this
International Standard.
Reaching through regular openings — Persons of 14 years of age and above
Safety distance, s
r
Opening Illustration Part of body
Round Square Slot
≥2 ≥2 ≥2 e≤4
xx2200000857
Fingertip
≥5 ≥5 ≥10 4<e≤6
≥5 ≥15 ≥20 6<e≤8
xx2200000858
Finger up to
knuckle joint
≥20 ≥25 ≥80 8<e≤10
≥80 ≥80 ≥100 10<e≤12
xx2200000859
Hand
≥120 ≥120 ≥120 12<e≤20
≥120 ≥120 ≥850
i
20<e≤30
≥120 ≥200 ≥850 30<e≤40
xx2200000860
Arm up to
junction with
shoulder
≥850 ≥850 ≥850 40<e≤100
i
If the length of the slot opening is ≤ 65 mm, the thumb will act as a stop and the safety distance
can be reduced to 200 mm.
Note
The height of the fence should be at least or higher than 2200 mm.
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