Abstract

This document is applicable to tunnel boring machines and associated machines and equipment as defined in Clause 3 used for the primary purpose of creating an underground void through the construction of horizontal and inclined tunnels and other underground excavations. NOTE 1 Other underground excavations can include access structures to complex tunnel layouts such as in underground stations, utilities, underground storage facilities as well as below ground tunnel portals. It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to such machinery when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see 4). This document covers monitoring for hazardous atmospheres within the confines of the tunnel boring machines. Requirements for air locks and pressurized transfer shuttles are covered by prEN 12110-1:2023 and prEN 12110-2:2023. Hand-arm and whole-body vibration are not considered as significant hazards for tunnel boring machines.

Begin

2022-04-26

WI

00151479

Planned document number

DIN EN 16191

Project number

06003878

Responsible national committee

NA 060-13-04 AA - Tunnelling machhines  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 151/WG 4 - Tunnelling machines - Safety  

draft standard

Tunnel boring machines - Safety requirements; German and English version prEN 16191:2023
2023-04
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previous edition(s)

Tunnelling machinery - Safety requirements; German version EN 16191:2014
2014-09

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