What is ISO 17842-1 - Safety of amusement rides about?
ISO 17842-1 discusses the safety of amusement rides and amusement devices with a focus on design and manufacture.
ISO 17842-1 is the first part of the ISO 17842 multi-series on the safety of amusement rides and amusement devices that specifies the minimum requirements necessary to ensure the safe design, calculation, manufacture, and installation 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, sideshows, and structures for artistic aerial displays.
ISO 17842-1 is applicable to amusement devices and major modifications of amusement devices and rides manufactured after the effective date of its publication.
Note: Fixed grandstands, construction site installations, scaffolding, removable agricultural structures, and simple coin operated children’s amusement devices intended for up to ...