Standardization relating to safety aspects of
− specialized mining machinery and equipment for opencast mining (e.g. conveyors, high wall miners, rock drill rigs and continuous surface miners);
− all underground mining machinery and equipment for the extraction of solid mineral substances (e. g. road headers, continuous miners, rock drill rigs, raise boring machines, shaft boring machines, mining auger boring machines, high wall miners, load haul dumper (LHD), special refuge/rescue chambers as well as machinery and equipment for underground mine development.
Standardization concerning additional safety requirements for other machinery primarily designed for use outside mines but also intended for used in underground mines.
Excluded are:
− drill rigs for soil and rock mixture (covered by CEN/TC 151);
− machines and equipment for the preparation and processing of minerals (covered CEN/TC 151);
− machines and equipment for oil and gas extraction;
− tunnel boring machines (TBM) and associated machines and equipment (covered by CEN/TC 151);