BS EN ISO 11681-2:2022
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
Machinery for forestry. Portable chain-saw safety requirements and testing Chain-saws for tree service
Hardcopy , PDF
English
08-07-2022
This document specifies safety requirements and measures for verification for the design, construction, transporting and commissioning for tree service of portable, combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws having a maximum mass of 4,3kg (without the guide bar and saw-chain and with tanks empty). The chain-saws are intended to be used, with the right hand on the rear handle and left hand on the front handle, by a trained operator. Dismantling and scrapping of the product is not covered by this document. Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified. This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events relevant tothese machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see AnnexB). This document is applicable to chain-saws manufactured after its date of publication. NOTE Figure1 shows an example of a chain-saw within the scope of this document.
Important note : All end users must be registered with an Account prior to user licenses being assigned.Access your standards online with a subscription
Features
-
Simple online access to standards, technical information and regulations.
-
Critical updates of standards and customisable alerts and notifications.
-
Multi-user online standards collection: secure, flexible and cost effective.