BS ISO 17842-2:2015

Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices. Operation and use | Status: Superseded, Withdrawn

1 Scope This part of ISO 17842 specifies the minimum requirements necessary to ensure the safe maintenance, operation, inspection and testing of the following: mobile, temporary or permanently installed machinery and structures, e.g. roundabouts, swings, boats, Ferris wheels, roller coasters, chutes, grandstands, membrane or textile structures, booths, stages, side shows, and structures for artistic aerial displays. The above items, hereafter called devices, are intended to be installed both repeatedly without degradation or loss of integrity, and temporarily or permanently in fairgrounds and amusement parks or any other locations. Fixed grandstands, construction site installations, scaffolding, removable agricultural structures and simple coin operated children's amusement devices, carrying not more than three children, are not covered by this document. Existing national rules on workers' safety are not concerned by this document. ISO 17842-3 contains inspection requirements during design, manufacture, operation and use.