Mining and earth-moving machinery — Rock drill rigs and rock reinforcement rigs — Part 2: Safety requirements

This document specifies the safety requirements for rock drill rigs and rock reinforcement rigs designed for the following underground or surface operations:

a) blast hole drilling;

b) rock reinforcement;

c) drilling for secondary breaking;

d) dimensional stone drilling;

e) mineral prospecting, e.g. utilizing core drilling or reverse circulation;

f) water and methane drainage drilling;

g) raise boring.

NOTE Rigs can be designed for more than one of the operations above. See ISO 18758-1 for vocabulary.

This document is also applicable to earth-moving machinery as defined in ISO 6165, modified to become a rock drill rig or rock reinforcement rig.

This document is not applicable to the following machines: drill rigs for soil and rock mixture; (geothermal drill rigs, water well drill rigs, water jet drill rigs, micro pile drill rigs; surface horizontal directional drill rigs (HDD) as defined in ISO 21467), kelly drill rigs (and casing drivers); cable tool drill rigs; pre-armouring machines; sonic drill rigs; shaft sinking drill rigs; crane attached drill rigs; drill rigs on derricks; scaling machines.

This document deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations or