ASABE adopts agricultural machinery seat belt standard.
Press Release Summary:
ASABE has revised its previous adoption of international standard, ISO 3776-3:2009, Tractors and machinery for agriculture — Seat belts — Part 3: Requirements for assemblies. Standard specifies requirements for pelvic restraint (seat) belt assemblies intended to be used by operators of agricultural tractors and self-propelled machinery. New action simply resolves a single deviation, a discrepancy in the way in which a reference citation was handled.
Original Press Release:
ASABE Adopts ISO for Agricultural Machinery Seat Belt Anchorage Requirements
ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN— The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has revised its previous adoption of an international standard, ISO 3776-3:2009, Tractors and machinery for agriculture — Seat belts — Part 3: Requirements for assemblies.
The standard, ASABE/ISO 3776-3:2009, Tractors and machinery for agriculture — Seat belts — Part 3: Requirements for assemblies, specifies the requirements for pelvic restraint (seat) belt assemblies intended to be used by the operators of agricultural tractors and self-propelled machinery.
The adoption replaces a previous adoption “with deviation” of the same ISO document. The new action simply resolves the single deviation, a discrepancy in the way in which a reference citation was handled.
The adoption further harmonizes national and international standardization, a goal that facilitates manufacturing, safety advancements and product marketing worldwide.
ASABE members with standards access and those with site-license privileges can access the scope of the standard by electronically in about three weeks. The standard can be purchased for a fee directly from the library or by contacting ASABE headquarters at OrderStandard@asabe.org.
ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 250 standards currently in publication. Conformance to ASABE standards is voluntary, except where required by state, provincial, or other governmental requirements, and the documents are developed by consensus in accordance with procedures approved by the American National Standards Institute. For information on this or any other ASABE standard, contact Scott Cedarquist at 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org. A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at www.asabe.org/projects.
ASABE is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Further information on the Society can be obtained by contacting ASABE at (269) 429-0300, emailing hq@asabe.org or visiting www.asabe.org/.
