IMPORTANT INDIAN STANDARDS FOR EHS OFFICERS

LIST OF INDIAN STANDARDS ON SAFETY & HEALTH

GENERAL

IS 3646 : 1922 Part 1 Code of practice for interior illumination General Requirements and recommendations for welding interiors

IS 3646 : 1966 Part 2 Code of practice for interior illumination – Schedule for values of illumination and glare index.

IS 3646 : 1968 Part 3 Code of practice for interior illumination – Calculation of coefficients of utilization by the BZ method.

IS 3786 : 1983 Methods for computation of frequency and severity rates for industrial injuries and classification of industrial accidents.

IS 5182  : Part 1 to 21 Methods for measurement of Air Pollution

IS 8095 : 1976 Specification for Accident Prevention Tags

IS 8990 : 1978  Code of practice for maintenance and care of industrial safety clothing.

IS 9457 : 1980 Safety colours and safety signs

IS 11972 : 1987 Code of practice for safety precautions to be taken when entering a sewerage system.

IS 14489 : 1998 Code of practice on occupational safety and health audit.

IS 14624 : 1998 Part 2 Safety of laser products :
Safety of optical fiber communication system

IS 15296 : 2003 Industrial Automation systems – Safety of Integrated Manufacturing Systems –Basic Requirements

IS 15551 : 2003 Quality Management Systems – Guidelines for Process Improvements in Health Service Organisations

IS 18001 : 2000 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems – Specification with Guidance for use

SP 53 : 1992 Hand operated hand tools – Safety code for the use, care and protection

IS/ISO/IEC : GUIDE51 Guidelines for the inclusion of safety aspects in Standards 1990

Machinery / Operations

IS 659 : 1964 Safety Code for air conditioning (revised)

IS 818 : 1968  Code of practice for Safety and Health Requirements in electric and gas welding and cutting operations.

IS 1991 : 1988 Part 4 Safety requirements for the use, care and protection of abrasive grinding wheels: Safety guards.

IS 2825 : 1969 Code of unfired pressure vessels

IS 3233 : 1965 Glossary of terms for safety and relief valves and their parts

IS 3483 : 1965 Code of practice for noise reduction in industrial buildings

IS 5903 : 1970 Recommendations for safety devices for gas cylinders.

IS 6044 : 2000 Part 1 Code of Practice for Liquefied Petroleum Gas Storage Installations – Part 1 : Commercial and Industrial Cylinder Installations

IS 7155 : Part 1 to 8 Code of recommended practice for conveyor safety

IS 7194 : 1994 Assessment of Noise Exposure during work for hearing conservation purpose

IS 8089 : 1976 Code of safe practice for layout of outside facilities in an industrial plant

IS 8091 : 1976 Code of safe practice for industrial plant layout

IS 8216 : 1976 Guide for inspection of lift wire ropes

IS 8235 : 1976 Guide for safety procedures in hand operated hand tools

IS 8324 : 1988 Code of practice for safe use and maintenance on non-calibrated round steel link lifting chains and chin slings

IS 8433 : 1984 Code of safe practice for visual inspection of dissolved acetylene gas cylinders

IS 9020 : 2002 Power Threshers – Safety Requirements

IS 9474 : 1980 Specification for principles of mechanical guarding of machinery

IS 10553 : 1983 Part 1 Requirements for chlorination equipment : General guidelines for chlorination plants including handling, storage and safety of chlorine cylinders and drums

IS 10224 : 1982 Ergonomic principles in the design of work systems

IS 11006 : 1984 Specification for flash back arrestor (flame arrestor)

IS 11016 : 1984 General safety requirements for machine tools and their operation.

IS 11461 : 1985 Code of practice for compressor safety

IS 12735 : 1994 Wire rope slings – safety criteria and inspection procedures for use

IS 13367 : 1992 Part 1 Safe use of cranes – code of practice - General

IS 13583 : 1993 Part 1 Cranes – Training of drivers : General

IS 14817 : 2004 Part 2 Mechanical Vibration – Evaluation of machine vibration by measurements on non-rotating parts – large land – based steam turbine generator sets in excess of 50 MW

IS 14817 : 2004 Part 4 Mechanical Vibration – Evaluation of machine vibration by measurements on non-rotating parts – Gas Turbines driven sets excluding aircraft derivatives.

Electrical and Electronics

IS 818 : 1968  Code of practice for Safety and Health Requirements in electric and gas welding and cutting operations.

IS 2148 : 2004  Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmosphere – flameproof enclosures “d”

IS 2309 : 1989  Code of practice for the protection of buildings and allied structures against lightning.

IS 3043 : 1987  Code of practice for earthing.

IS 4691 : 1985  Degrees of protection provided by enclosure for rotating electrical machinery.

IS 5216 : 1982 Part I Recommendations on safety procedures and practices in electrical work - General

IS 5216 : 1982 Part II Recommendation on safety procedures and practices in electrical work – Life Saving Techniques

IS 5424 : 1969 Specification for rubber mats for electrical purpose

IS 5571 : 2000 Guide for selection of electrical equipment for hazardous areas.

IS 5572 : 1994 Classification of hazardous areas (other than mines) having flammable gases and vapours for electrical installation.

IS 5780 : 2002  Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres – Intrinsic safety “i” - specification

IS 6381 : 2004  Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres – Increased safety “e”

IS 6539 : 1972 Specification for intrinsically safe magneto telephones fo ruse in hazardous atmospheres

IS 7577 : 1986 Specification for Gas testing flame safety lamps

IS 7724 : 1975 Specification for sand filled protection of electrical equipment for use in explosive atmospheres

IS 7689 : 1989 Guide for the control of undesirable static electricity

IS 7820 : 2004 Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres – method of test for ignition temperature

IS 8239 : 1976 Classification of maximum surface temperatures of electrical equipment for use in explosive atmospheres

IS 8607 : 1983 Part 5 General and safety requirements for electrical equipment used in medical practice – protection against explosion hazards.

IS 8923 : 1978 Warning symbol for dangerous voltages

IS 8945 : 1987 Electrical measuring instruments for explosive gas atmospheres

IS 9249 : 1979 Part 1 Safety requirements for indicating and recording electrical measuring instruments and their accessories : common safety requirements for instruments.

IS 9249 : 1982 Part 2 Safety requirements for indicating and recording electrical measuring instruments and their accessories: safety requirements for instruments using a mains supply.

IS 9835 : 2001 Series Capacitors for power systems – General performance, testing and rating – safety requirements – guide for installation.

IS 11000 : 1988 Part 1 Fire hazard testing : Guidance for the preparation of requirements and test specifications for assessing fire hazard of electronic and electrical items, Sec 1 – General guidance

IS 11005 : 1984 Dust tight ignition proof enclosures of electrical equipment

IS 11713 : 1986 Part 1 Guide for physical planning of computer complexes :- Layouts

IS 11743 : 1986 Guide on human safety in design, manufacture, use and maintenance of electronic equipment

IS 12459 : 1988 Code of practice for fire safety in cable runs

IS 13925 : 1998 Part 1 Shunt capacitors for ac power systems having a rated voltage above 1000 V – general performance, testing and rating safety requirements – guide for installation and operation.

IS 13947:Part 5: Sec 2 Low voltage switch gear and control gear – specification – control circuit 2004 devices and switching elements – section 2 : Proximity switches

IS 14231 : 1995 Part 1 Cabled distribution systems for television and sound signals – specification – safety requirements

IS 14989:2001 Recommended practices for Seismic qualification of electrical equipment of the safety system for nuclear generating stations

IS 15111 : 2002 Part 1 Self Ballasted Lamps for general lighting services – safety requirements