Emergency stop and safety interlock test
The proof test interval comes from the SIL or PL calculation and changing it changes the safety case. Log the controller diagnostics as evidence between tests; do not touch the interval.
What does an emergency stop and safety interlock test involve?
Emergency stop and safety interlock test checks: stop category achieved, stopping time, interlock demand and response logged, fault log clear. Observed by functional test with a stopwatch or stopping-time meter; safety PLC diagnostics log. Proof testing of safety functions at the interval determined by the risk assessment is required under machinery safety law (the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations, the Machinery Directive, ISO 13849 and IEC 62061); the interval is calculated, not chosen.
- Condition that replaces the interval
- None that replaces the interval. The safety function proof test is set by the safety integrity level calculation and must be performed; the safety controller logs demands and faults continuously as supplementary evidence.
- Reading that proves it
- Stop category achieved, stopping time, interlock demand and response logged, fault log clear
- Why the interval stays
- Proof testing of safety functions at the interval determined by the risk assessment is required under machinery safety law (the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations, the Machinery Directive, ISO 13849 and IEC 62061); the interval is calculated, not chosen.
- Evidence an auditor accepts
- Proof test record per safety function with the stopping time and the diagnostic log export
- First move
- List every safety function separately with its calculated proof test interval; one line per machine is not a proof test schedule.
What it is evidence for
Clause references from the published standards text. A clause marked reference is named, not reproduced.
Statutory intervals that must stay on the calendar ISO 45001:2018 9.1.2 · ISO 45001:2018 6.1.2.1 · ISO 45001:2018 8.1.2 · ISO 45001:2018 8.1.4.2 · ISO 55001:2014 4.2 · ISO 55001:2014 8.1
ISO 45001:2018 9.1.2 Evaluation of complianceThe organization sets up, runs and keeps processes for evaluating whether it complies with legal and other requirements. It decides how often and by what methods compliance is evaluated, carries out the evaluation and acts where needed, keeps up its knowledge and understanding of where it stands on compliance, and reta...
ISO 45001:2018 6.1.2.1 Hazard identificationSet up, run and keep a hazard identification process that is continuous and looks ahead. The process shall take into account: social factors and the way work is organized; activities that are routine and those that are not; incidents that have happened before; possible emergencies; people, including workers, contractor...
ISO 45001:2018 8.1.2 Eliminating hazards and reducing OH&S risksThe organization sets up, runs and keeps processes for removing hazards and lowering OH&S risks by working down the hierarchy of controls: first remove the hazard; next replace it with processes, operations, materials or equipment that are less hazardous; then apply engineering controls and reorganize the work; then ap...
ISO 45001:2018 8.1.4.2 ContractorsThe organization aligns its procurement processes with its contractors so that hazards are identified and the OH&S risks are assessed and controlled where they come from three sources: contractor activities and operations that affect the organization; the organization's own activities and operations that affect contrac...
ISO 55001:2014 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of stakeholdersThe organization identifies which stakeholders are relevant to its system for managing assets, and what they require and expect from asset management; it sets the criteria it will use to make asset management decisions; and it identifies what stakeholders require in the way of recorded financial and non-financial infor...
ISO 55001:2014 8.1 Operational planning and controlThe organization plans, carries out and controls the processes needed to satisfy requirements and to deliver three things: the asset management plans set out under 6.2, the actions on risks and opportunities decided under 6.1, and the preventive and corrective actions decided under clauses 10.1 and 10.2. It does so by ...
Do this for your whole schedule
Paste your maintenance schedule or log and get this classification for every line at once, with the findings, the overdue items and the clauses the register is evidence for. First 15 items free, no account.
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