The structure of safety standards in the field of machinery is as follows. a) Type-A standards (basic standards) give basic concepts, principles for design, and general aspects that can be applied to machinery. b) Type-B standards (generic safety standards) deal with one or more safety aspect(s) or one or more type(s) of safeguards that can be used across a wide range of machinery: ⎯ type-B1 standards on particular safety aspects (e.g. safety distances, surface temperature, noise); ⎯ type-B2 standards on safeguards (e.g. two-hands controls, interlocking devices, pressure sensitive devices, guards). c) Type-C standards (machine safety standards) deal with detailed safety requirements for a particular machine or group of machines. This part of ISO 14121 is a type-A standard as stated in ISO 12100-1. When provisions of a type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-B standards, the provisions of the type-C standard take precedence over the provisions of the other standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of the type-C standard. The purpose of this type-A standard is to describe principles for a consistent systematic procedure for risk assessment as stated in ISO 12100-1:2003, Clause 5.