NF EN ISO 10517
Powered hand-held hedge trimmers - Safety
This document specifies safety requirements and measures for the verification of the design and construction of hand-held, integrally-driven combustion engine hedge trimmers (hereafter referred to as "hedge trimmers") designed to be used by a single operator for trimming hedges and bushes while utilizing one or more linear reciprocating cutter blades.This document is also applicable to "split-boom" type hedge trimmers and to multi-purpose machines when configured as a hedge trimmer.It establishes methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of the hedge trimmers. In addition, it specifies the type of information to be provided by the manufacturer on safe working practices.This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to powered hand-held hedge trimmers when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse that are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).This document is not applicable to hedge trimmers with an engine displacement over 80 cm3, nor is it applicable to hedge trimmers manufactured before the date of its publication.
This document specifies safety requirements and measures for the verification of the design and construction of hand-held, integrally-driven combustion engine hedge trimmers (hereafter referred to as "hedge trimmers") designed to be used by a single operator for trimming hedges and bushes while utilizing one or more linear reciprocating cutter blades.
This document is also applicable to "split-boom" type hedge trimmers and to multi-purpose machines when configured as a hedge trimmer.
It establishes methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of the hedge trimmers. In addition, it specifies the type of information to be provided by the manufacturer on safe working practices.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to powered hand-held hedge trimmers when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse that are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
This document is not applicable to hedge trimmers with an engine displacement over 80 cm3, nor is it applicable to hedge trimmers manufactured before the date of its publication.
ISO 10517:2009 specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of hand-held, integrally-driven petrol combustion engine hedge trimmers designed to be used by a single operator for trimming hedges and bushes while utilizing one or more linear reciprocating cutter blades. It establishes methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of the trimmers. In addition, it specifies the type of information to be provided by the manufacturer on safe working practices. It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to hand-held powered hedge trimmers when they are used as intended. It does not deal with low noise design. It is not applicable to hedge trimmers with an engine displacement over 80 cm3, nor to hedge trimmers manufactured before the date of its publication.
Le présent document constitue un amendement à la norme de sécurité des taille-haies portatifs à moteur. Il modifie le paragraphe 5.2.3 relatif aux extrémités épointées, qui ne sont pas partie intégrante du dispositif de coupe. Les prescriptions ajoutées concernent les risques de blessure en cas de contact du dispositif de coupe avec la jambe dans un angle inférieur à 90°.
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1 Domaine d'application
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2 Références normatives
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3 Termes et définitions
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4 Liste des phénomènes dangereux significatifs
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5 Exigences de sécurité et/ou vérification des mesures de sécurité
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6 Informations pour l'utilisation
- Annexe A Instructions de sécurité
- Annexe B Exemples de signes, symboles et pictogrammes de sécurité
- Bibliographie
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