本标准适用于与危险相关的输送机和输送系统的设计、施工、安装、维护、检查和操作。输送机可以是散装材料、包装或单元搬运类型，其中安装设计用于永久、临时或便携式操作。本标准应适用于所有输送机装置，但下文所述的例外情况除外。本标准明确排除了设计、安装或主要用于人员移动的任何输送机。 然而，本标准不适用于某些输送装置，这些装置包含在其支撑结构中，即专门为授权操作人员设计的工作站或操作员站。本标准不适用于已实施特定标准的输送机，或工业卡车、牵引车、拖车、自动引导车辆、分层机（托盘装载分层机除外）、起重机、起重机、电动铲车、电动铲车、铲斗牵引线、挖沟机、专为载客或操作员设计的平台升降机、载人升降机、移动人行道、，移动楼梯（自动扶梯）、公路或铁路车辆、索道、有轨电车、哑巴服务员、物料升降机、工业剪刀式升降机、气动输送机、机器人或整体式机器转移装置。 上述部分规定有具体标准。本标准的规定应适用于自发布之日起1年后安装的设备。

This Standard applies to the design, construction, installation, maintenance, inspection, and operation of conveyors and conveying systems in relation to hazards. The conveyors may be of the bulk material, package, or unit-handling types, where the installation is designed for permanent, temporary, or portable operation.This Standard shall apply, with the exceptions noted below, to all conveyor installations.This Standard specifically excludes any conveyor designed, installed, or used primarily for the movement of people. This Standard does, however, apply to certain conveying devices that incorporate within their supporting structure workstations or operator's stations specifically designed for authorized operating personnel.This Standard does not apply to conveyors for which specific standards are already in effect, or to equipment such as industrial trucks, tractors, trailers, automatic guided vehicles, tiering machines (except pallet load tierers), cranes, hoists, power shovels, power scoops, bucket drag lines, trenchers, platform elevators designed to carry passengers or an operator, manlifts, moving walks, moving stairways (escalators), highway or railroad vehicles, cableways, tramways, dumbwaiters, material lifts, industrial scissors lifts, pneumatic conveyors, robots, or integral machine transfer devices. Some of the foregoing have specific standards.The provisions of this Standard shall apply to equipment installed 1 yr after the date of issuance.