If you design a safety distance based on the average person, you inadvertently create a hazard for anyone taller than average. Therefore, the numbers found in the standard’s tables are conservative and robust, designed to cover a wide range of human physical characteristics, including children (who might access machinery in non-industrial environments).
The standard specifies values for safety distances intended to prevent persons aged 14 years and older (the 5th percentile adult) from reaching into hazard zones with their upper limbs (arms, hands, fingers) and, in some sections, lower limbs. en iso 13857 safety distances pdf
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