Guidelines for safety related risk assessment and risk reduction for low voltage equipment

Summary

This Guide provides guidance to those developing and revising standards, specifications and similar publications. However, the RISK ASSESSMENT method of this guide can be useful as background information for, amongst others, designers, architects, manufacturers, service providers, educators, communicators, auditors, SAFETY inspectors and policy makers. This IEC Guide reflects ISO/IEC Guide 51 and gives additional guidance to ISO/IEC Guides 50, 51, and 71 on more detailed practical way of carrying out RISK ASSESSMENT and implementing RISK reduction for RISKs commonly considered during all relevant phases of the life of LOW VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT. The user of this Guide is expected to take into account safety-related standards when available (see also Annex B) and their use automatically reflects the state of the art as defined in ISO/IEC Guide 2. This Guide provides useful information in the absence of a specific standard.