ANSI/ASAE S318.

17 JUN2009
Safety for Agricultural Field Equipment

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ANSI/ASAE S318.17 JUN2009
Revision approved June 2009 as an American National Standard

Safety for Agricultural Field Equipment

Supersedes ASAE R275, Improving Safety on Farm Implements, ANSI Z26.1-1990, Safety Code for Safety Glazing Materials for Glazing
adopted June 1964; R280, Improving Safety on Farm Tractors, adopted Motor Vehicles Operating on Land Highways
December 1964; and S297T, Enclosure-Type Shielding of Forward ISO 4254-1, Agricultural machinerySafetyPart 1: General Require-
Universal Joint and Coupling Means of Agricultural Implement Power ments
Drive Lines, adopted June 1966. Proposed by the Engineering Policy ISO 4254-5 Agricultural machinerySafetyPart 5: Power driven soil
Committee of the Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute; adopted by working equipment
ASAE as a Recommendation December 1968; revised December 1969; ISO 4254-6 Agricultural machinerySafetyPart 6: Sprayers and liquid
revised and reclassified as an American National Standard April 1973; fertilizer distributors
revised December 1973, March 1977, March 1978; reconfirmed ISO 4254-7 Agricultural machinerySafetyPart 7: Combine harvest-
December 1982; revised March 1984, March 1985, March 1987, April ers, forage harvesters and cotton harvestors
1988; revision approved by ANSI June 1989; revised editorially April ISO/DIS 4254-8.2, August 19, 2008, Agricultural machinerySafety
1991; reaffirmed by ASAE December 1992; reaffirmed by ANSI July Part 8: Solid fertilizer distributors. Once approved ISO 4254-8 shall be
1993; revised March 1995, March 1997, February 1998; revision used in place of referenced ISO/DIS document.
approved by ANSI November 1998; reaffirmed by ASAE December 1998; ISO 4254-9 Agricultural machinerySafetyPart 9: Equipment for sow-
revised May 1999; revision approved by ANSI September 1999; revised ing, planting and distributing fertilizers
December 2002; revision approved by ANSI December 2002, revised ISO/DIS 4254-10.3, February 28, 2008, Agricultural machinerySafety
editorially November 2005; revised June 2006; revision approved by Part 10: Rotary tedders and rakes. Once approved ISO 4254-10 shall be
ANSI June 2006; revised June 2009; revision approved by ANSI June used in place of referenced ISO/DIS document.
2009. ISO/DIS 4254-11, December 20, 2007, Agricultural machinerySafety
Part 11: Pick-up balers. Once approved ISO 4254-11 shall be used in
Keywords: Braking, Controls, Definitions, Fire Protection, Guarding, place of referenced ISO/DIS document.
Manuals, Power take-off, ROPS, Safety, Safety signs, Shielding, ISO/DIS 4254-12, December 20, 2007, Agricultural machinerySafety
Transport. Part 12: Rotary mowers and flail mowers. Once approved ISO 4254-12
shall be used in place of referenced ISO/DIS document.
ISO 26322-1, Tractors for agriculture and forestrySafetyPart 1
1 Scope Standards tractors.
1.1 This Standard is a guide to provide a reasonable degree of personal ISO/DIS 26322-2, August 8, 2008, Tractors for agriculture and forestry
safety for operators and other persons during the normal operation and SafetyPart 2: Narrow-track and small tractors.
servicing of agricultural field equipment.
1.2 This Standard does not apply to skid steer loaders, permanently
installed grain dryers, and agricultural equipment covered by other safety 3 Definitions
standards, such as but not limited to permanently installed farmstead 3.1 agricultural field equipment and other terms: (see ASAE S390).
equipment, portable grain augers, and storage structures, except where
specifically referenced by other standards.
4 General Requirements
4.1 Tractors shall comply with the requirements of the applicable parts of
2 Normative references ISO 26322 unless otherwise specified.
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 4.2 Other agricultural equipment shall comply with the requirements of
of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies the applicable parts of ISO 4254 unless otherwise specified.
unless noted. For undated references, the latest approved edition of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies. 4.3 Tractors with PTO shafts and implements with associated drivelines
ANSI/ASAE S279, Lighting and Marking of Agricultural Equipment on shall comply with the requirements of ANSI/ASABE S604.
Highways 4.4 Operator manuals for tractors and implements with PTO drives shall
ANSI/ASAE S338, Field Equipment for Agriculture-Safety Chain for include a suitable warning against the use of adaptors to defeat the
Towed Equipment purpose of the different geometrical designs.
ASAE S365, Braking System Test Procedures and Braking Performance NOTE: Operator Presence Systems requirements need not be applied to
Criteria for Agricultural Field Equipment self-propelled machines with crop gathering mechanisms where the initial
ASAE S390, Definitions and Classifications of Agricultural Equipment contact between the crop and the mechanism(s) has one or more of
ASAE S441, Safety Signs these characteristics:
ANSI/ASAE S478, Roll-Over Protective Structures (ROPS) for Compact Tends to expel the crop;
Utility Tractors Does not constitute a pinch or nip point;
ANSI/ASABE S604, Safety for Power Take-off (PTO), Implement Input Motion of crop-gathering mechanism does not occur without tractive
Driveline (IID), Implement Input Connection (IIC), and Auxiliary Power motion of the machine.
Take-off (aux. PTO) for Agricultural Field Equipment
SAE J674, Safety Glazing MaterialsMotor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle
Equipment 5 Operating station
SAE J1194, Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) for Wheeled
Agricultural Tractors 5.1 A suitable station shall be provided for each person required for the
SAE J2194, Roll-Over Protective Structures (ROPS) for Wheeled operation of the equipment.
Agricultural Tractors. 5.2 Operator platforms shall have slip-resistant surfaces.

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5.3 Glazing material, such as glass or plastic used in operator 8.2 Agricultural tractors and self-propelled machines with operator
enclosures, shall meet the requirements of SAE J674, except that enclosures (cabs) shall have at least one rear-view mirror to permit the
5.3.1 Windshields may conform to tempered safety glass, item 2 of ANSI operator to see the highway behind the machine.
Z26.1; 8.3 Hitch pins and other hitching devices shall be provided with a
5.3.2 Windshields may include zone toughened glass conforming to retainer to prevent unintentional unhitching.
ECE Regulation Number 43; 8.4 Components that are retracted to decrease the width for highway
5.3.3 Curved and flat glazing material larger than 1.4 m2 (15.1 ft2 ) for transport shall have means to positively secure those components during
windshields and for side and rear windows of self-propelled machines highway transport. One or more types of locking systems may be used.
may deviate from 7.3.1 requirements in that, when broken, what appears Examples of locking systems are hydraulic cylinder locks and folding
to be the 10 largest particles shall weigh no more than the equivalent over-center.
weight of 64.5 cm2 (10 in.2 ) of the sample. 8.5 Provisions shall be made for the use of auxiliary attaching systems
per ANSI/ASAE S338 on towing machines and on equipment where
5.4 All sharp edges and corners at the operators station shall be
expected uses include towing on highways by single point attachment.
appropriately treated to minimize potential hazard to the operator.
8.6 For towed or semi-mounted implements, instructions in the
operators manual and sign(s) on the machine shall specify a maximum
6 Access and egress transport speed.
6.1 If the operator is required to stand while operating then the machine
shall have a platform that is level when the machine is on a level surface, 9 Braking
have a non-slip surface and, if appropriate, a provision for drainage.
9.1 Braking systems and information shall be provided in accordance
with ASAE S365.
7 Tractor roll-over protection system
7.1 Tractor roll-over protective structure (ROPS) meeting the 10 Parking
requirements of ANSI/ASAE S478, SAE J1194, or SAE J2194 may be 10.1 All towed equipment with a tongue imposing a vertical downward
used in lieu of the ROPS requirements of the SAE 26322-1. force at the hitch point of more than 250 N (56.2 lbf) at a height of 400
mm (15.75 in.) when on level ground and any condition of loading shall
8 Travel on highways be equipped with a means for attaching to the propelling machine without
manual lifting.
8.1 Lighting and marking for agricultural field equipment shall conform to
ANSI/ASAE S279 whenever such equipment is intended to operate or
travel on public roads or highways.
11 Safety signs
11.1 Safety signs meeting the requirements of ASAE S441 may be used.
8.1.1 The operators manual for the unit shall instruct the operator to turn
on flashing warning lights whenever traveling on a highway, except
where such use is prohibited by law.

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