Standards for Risk Management of Electrical Products

This short post presents some of the most important standards for functional safety and risk management of electrical products.

standards for risk management of electrical devices

AS/NZS 4360 – Risk management

IEC/ISO 31010 – Risk management: Risk assessment techniques

AS/NZS HB 203 – Environmental risk management: Principles & Processes

ISO 31000 – Risk management: Principles & Guidelines

ANSI B11 TR3 – Risk assessment & Risk reduction: A guideline to estimate, evaluate and reduce risks associated with machine tools

EN ISO 13849 – 1 – Safety of machinery: Safety-related parts of control systems

ISO 14121 – Machinery safety: Risk assessment

ISO 12100 (EN ISO 12100:2010) – Safety of machinery: General principles for design. Risk assessment & Risk reduction.

IEC 62061 (EN 62061:2005) – Safety of machinery: Functional safety of electrical, electronic and programmable electronic safety-related systems

EN ISO 20607:2019 – Safety of machinery: Instruction handbook. General drafting principles

IEC 61508 – Functional safety of electrical, electronic and programmable electronic safety-related systems

IEC 61511 – Functional safety: Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector

ANSI/RIA R 15.06 – Industrial robots & Robot systems: Safety requirements

CAN/CSA Z434 – Industrial robots & Robot systems: General safety requirements

ISO 10218 (EN ISO 10218-1:2011) – Robots & Robotic devices: Safety requirements for industrial products

ISO/IEC 14971 – Application of risk management to medical devices

ISO/TS 14798 – Lifts, escalators and moving walks: Risk assessment & Reduction methodology

MIL-STD-882E – Military system safety: Risk management methodology for systems engineering

SEMI S14-1103 – Safety guidelines for fire risk assessment and mitigation for semiconductor manufacturing equipment

UL 1998 – Software in programmable components

UL 2900-2 – Software cybersecurity for network-connectable products


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UL 991 – Safety-related controls employing solid-state devices

IEEE 1540 – Standard for software lifecycle processes: Risk management

AS/NZS HB 221 – Business continuity management

BS 6079-3 – Project management. Guide to the management of business-related project risk.

IEC 62198 – Managing risk in projects: Application guidelines

AS/NZS HB 240 – Guidelines for managing risks in outsourcing.

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