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ISO 11111-1:2009 specifies safety requirements for frequently occurring hazards common to the types of textile machinery and the hazards of certain machine elements covered by ISO 11111-2, ISO 11111-3, ISO 11111-4, ISO 11111-5, ISO 11111-6 and ISO 11111-7.

It is applicable to machinery plant and related equipment intended to be used in the textile industry for the following:

- the opening, cleaning, blending, carding, preparation subsequent to carding, spinning and other processing of fibres (staple and filament) and other materials to form yarn or nonwoven material (including felts);

- the winding, doubling, twisting, texturing, etc. of yarns and the processing of yarns preparatory to weaving and knitting;

- the weaving, knitting, lace-making and similar utilization of yarn, etc., to form fabric;

- the formation of braid, cord, strand, rope, twine, net, etc., except take-up reels of stranding and laying machinery;

- processes, including the pretreatment, bleaching, dyeing, printing and finishing of fibre, yarn, fabric, braid, cord, etc. and final assembly for despatch;

- the piece dyeing of made-up goods;

- finishing of warp and weft knitting, including hosiery, other than assembly of the finished product (e.g. sewing);

- carpet manufacture, by weaving, tufting and other processes.