SR EN 457:1996

Safety of machinery. Auditory danger signals. General requirements, design and testing

This European Standard specifies the safety and ergonomic requirements and the corresponding test methods for auditory danger signals and gives guidelines for the design of the signal to be clearly perceived and differentiated as required in 5.3 of EN 292-2. This European Standard does not apply to verbal danger warnings (e.g. shouts, loudspeaker announcements). Special regulations such as those for a public disaster and public transport are not effected by this European Standard.

General information

Status : Withdrawn
Approval date : 6/26/1996
Publish date : 1/1/1997
Withdrawal date : 10/31/2007
Number of pages : 18
ICS : 13.110 Safety of machinery
Technical Committee : 54 - Ergonomics

Relations with other standards:

Normative reference SR EN 292-2+A1:1998
Normative reference SR ISO 4869:1994
Replaced by SR EN ISO 7731:2006