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Document ID (ISN)26376
CIS number 77-36
Year 1975
Convention or series no.
Title Safety requirements for the construction, care, and use of iron workers.
Bibliographic information ANSI B11.5-1975, American National Standards Institute, 1430 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10018, USA. Standard approved on 18 Sep. 1975. 36p. Illus. Price: US-$6.00.
Abstract This standard applies to combination, multipurpose powered machines that punch, shear, notch, cope and form metals or other materials, commonly referred to as "iron workers". Contents: definitions; construction, reconstruction and modification (responsibility, hazards, machine stroke control, electrical, counterbalance systems, etc.); safeguarding the point of operation (punching station, structural shearing station, flat shearing station, coping/notching station); etc.
Descriptors (primary) USA; sheet-metal working; metalworking industry; power shearing machines
Descriptors (secondary) safety devices; machine tools; responsibilities of employers; safety by design; control elements; mechanical hazards; standard; maintenance and repair
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Machinery and tools
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Metalworking industry