ISO 11111-1:2005 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 to ISO 11111-7. It is applicable to machinery plant and related equipment intended to be used in the textile industry for the following: 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); winding, doubling, twisting, texturing, etc. of yarns and the processing of yarns preparatory to weaving and knitting; weaving, knitting, lace-making and similar utilization of yarn, etc., to form fabric; formation of braid, cord, strand, rope, twine, net, etc., except take-up reels of stranding and laying machinery; processes including pretreatment, bleaching, dyeing, printing and finishing of fibre, yarn, fabric, braid, cord, etc., and final assembly for despatch; 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.