ISO 18758:2026

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Mining and earth-moving machinery - Rock drill rigs and rock reinforcement rigs - Safety requirements

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ISO 18758:2026

Mining and earth-moving machinery - Rock drill rigs and rock reinforcement rigs - Safety requirements

PUBLISH DATE 2026
ISO 18758:2026

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

  1. blast hole drilling;
  2. rock reinforcement and consolidation (injection holes, pipe roofing, netting, bolting);
  3. drilling for secondary breaking;
  4. dimensional stone drilling;
  5. mineral prospecting, e.g. utilizing core drilling or reverse circulation drilling;
  6. water and methane drainage drilling;
  7. raise boring;

when used by a well-trained operator in accordance with the information for use and where sufficient measures have been taken to prevent unauthorized entry of persons to the area where machines are working.

NOTEΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β  Machines can be designed for more than one of the operations above. See ISO 22932-4 and ISO 22932-5 for vocabulary.

This document is not applicable to the following machines: drill rigs for soil and rock mixture, 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 relevant and significant hazards, hazardous situations, or hazardous events, as listed in AnnexΒ C, when the machine is used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.

This document is not applicable to machines manufactured before the date of its publication.

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