ISO 17842-2:2015

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 17842-2
First edition
2015-04-01
Safety of amusement rides and
amusement devices —
Part 2:
Operation and use
Sécurité des manèges et des dispositifs de divertissement —
Partie 2: Fonctionnement et utilisation
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ISO 2015
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Operation, maintenance and use of amusement rides and amusement devices .5
4.1 Introduction . 5
4.2 Standard documentation . 5
4.3 Duties of the controller . 5
4.3.1 General. 5
4.3.2 Selection and training of staff . 6
4.3.3 Assembly and disassembly . 7
4.3.4 Care of equipment . 9
4.3.5 Trial operations and checks .11
4.3.6 Operation .12
4.3.7 Duties for the supervision of the operation .14
4.3.8 Maintenance (servicing, repair, restoration and modification).14
4.4 Duties of the device operator .16
4.4.1 General requirements .16
4.4.2 Safe operation . . .17
4.5 Duties of the attendant.18
4.6 Inspection .18
4.6.1 Annual in-service inspection .18
4.7 General safety provisions .19
4.7.1 Means of evacuation and escape .19
4.7.2 Fire .19
Annex A (informative) Training, qualification and experience for competent persons .22
Bibliography .23
Foreword
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The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 254, Safety of amusement rides and amusement
devices.
ISO 17842 consists of the following parts, under the general title Safety of amusement rides and
amusement devices:
— Part 1: Design and manufacture
— Part 2: Operation and use
— Part 3: Requirements for inspection during design, manufacture, operation and use
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 17842-2:2015(E)
Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices —
Part 2:
Operation and use
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.
2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 2307, Fibre ropes — Determination of certain physical and mechanical properties
ISO 5817, Welding — Fusion-welded joints in steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys (beam welding
excluded) — Quality levels for imperfections
ISO 9554, Fibre ropes — General specifications
ISO 7001, Graphical symbols — Public information symbols
ISO 7010, Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Registered safety signs
ISO 7165, Fire fighting — Portable fire extinguishers — Performance and construction
ISO 13857, Safety of machinery — Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by upper and
lower limbs
ISO/IEC 17020, Conformity assessment — Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies
performing inspection
ISO 17842-1, Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices — Design and manufacture
ISO 17842-3, Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices — Requirements for inspection during
design, manufacture, operation and use
ISO/TS 17929, Biomechanical effects on amusement ride passengers
IEC 60947-3, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear — Part 3: Switches, disconnectors, switch-
disconnectors and fuse-combination units
EN 12385, Steel wire ropes — Safety
EEC 2006/7/EC, DIRECTIVE 2006/7/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15
February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 17842-1, ISO 17842-2,
ISO/IEC 17020 and ISO/TS 17929, and the following apply.
NOTE Any symbols connected with the respective terms or units are explained in the clauses concerned.
3.1
amusement device
arrangement of equipment that produces the desired effect of amusement or entertainment when the
guest moves through it or on it primarily by his or her own action, or any other system that is not
covered by the term amusement ride (3.2)
Note 1 to entry: In this document, the word device is used to refer to an amusement device or amusement ride (3.2).
3.2
amusement ride
equipment that is designed to entertain the passengers (3.22) during motion, including the
biomechanical effects
Note 1 to entry: In this document, the word device is used to refer to an amusement device (3.1) or amusement ride.
Note 2 to entry: See ISO/TS 17929 for the definition of biomechanical effect.
3.3
attendant
person appointed to work under the supervision of an operator, to assist in the operation of an device
available for use by the public
3.4
competent person
person who has acquired through training, qualifications or experience, or a combination of these, the
knowledge and skills enabling that person to perform a specified task
3.5
controller
person or organization having overall control of an amusement device
Note 1 to entry: This may be either an individual or corporate body owning an amusement device, or the
concessionaire or lessee who has been granted control of the device by the owner for a specified period.
3.6
designer
engineer
person or body responsible for the design of a device (or modifications thereof), including, but not
limited to establishing and describing the configuration of the amusement ride or device, conducting
appropriate risk assessment(s), establishing strength (including fatigue strength), designing and
specifying electrical/electronic control systems, defining inspection criteria and including the provision
of the necessary documentation
3.7
design review
document detailing the review of all the applicable design documents, to determine the suitability for
use of a device
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3.8
design risk assessment
DRA
document produced by the designer to ensure a safe design within the agreed scope of supply
3.9
device log
book or file containing all the necessary information about the use and history of any device
3.10
fence
structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary
3.11
gate
section of fencing that may be opened to provide access
3.12
guest
person who interacts with a device
Note 1 to entry: While both are guests, a passenger (3.22) is active and a spectator (3.33) passive.
3.13
inspection
procedures and investigations necessary for the inspection body (3.14) to decide whether the device can
continue to be operated safely, or whether it requires any improvements and/or defects to be remedied
immediately or within a specified time
3.14
inspection body
any organization operating in accordance with ISO/IEC 17020 carrying out approval, examination and
tests of devices
3.15
initial approval
design and calculation review, verification, examinations and tests executed by the inspecting body
before a device is first made available for public use
3.16
latching
means of being held secure against opening except by intentional action of the passenger
(3.22)
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