What is this ISO/TR 20183 - Injury and safety definitions and thresholds about?
ISO/TR 20183 discusses sports and other recreational facilities and equipment with a focus on Injury and safety definitions and thresholds. ISO/TR 20183 provides standards writers with guidelines for the inclusion of injury and safety definitions and thresholds to be applied in the development of ISO/TC 83 standards. ISO/TR 20183 is intended to contribute to the harmonization of the language and understanding safety of products/procedures as well as to comply with Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety requirements.
Who is ISO/TR 20183 - Injury and safety definitions and thresholds for?
ISO/TR 20183 on injury and safety definitions and thresholds is useful for:
- Manufactures of sports equipment
- Sports facility management
- Laboratories
- Government authorities
- Sports federations
- Sporting commission officials
Why should you use ISO/TR 20183 - Injury and safety definitions and thresholds?
Products need to be safely constructed, produced and maintained covering a reasonable foreseeable misuse/intended use evaluated by the manufacturer. Any areas of risk have to be defined and precautions are taken. Nevertheless, the use of the equipment or activities with this equipment on sports or playgrounds will create a residual risk related to the individual user. This has to be evaluated by a risk assessment and reduced to an acceptable or tolerable risk of performance. The result of this evaluation may deviate by age and social grouping.
ISO/TR 20183 provides product safety and promotion of trade and to this end, the user of the products in the standards should be able to rely on credible standards to ensure them that claims of compliance to a standard will effectively protect them from hazards and harm within the context of acceptable risk.