NF EN ISO 11681-2
Machinery for forestry - Portable chain-saw safety requirements and testing - Part 2 : chain-saws for tree service
ISO 11681-2:2006 specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of portable combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws for tree service, having a maximum mass, without guide bar or saw chain and with tanks empty, equal to 4,3 kg, and designed for use by a trained operator for pruning and dismantling standing tree crowns.It gives methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of the chain-saws. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer. It deals with all significant hazards. The environmental aspects, except for noise, have not been considered.The chain-saws covered are designed to be operated with the right hand on the rear handle and the left hand on the front handle by persons having read and understood the safety requirements in the instruction handbook and using the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). ISO 11681-2:2006 is not applicable to chain-saws manufactured before its date of publication.
ISO 11681-2:2006 specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of portable combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws for tree service, having a maximum mass, without guide bar or saw chain and with tanks empty, equal to 4,3 kg, and designed for use by a trained operator for pruning and dismantling standing tree crowns.
It gives methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of the chain-saws. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer.
It deals with all significant hazards. The environmental aspects, except for noise, have not been considered.
The chain-saws covered are designed to be operated with the right hand on the rear handle and the left hand on the front handle by persons having read and understood the safety requirements in the instruction handbook and using the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
ISO 11681-2:2006 is not applicable to chain-saws manufactured before its date of publication.
ISO 11681-2:2006 specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of portable combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws for tree service, having a maximum mass, without guide bar or saw chain and with tanks empty, equal to 4,3 kg, and designed for use by a trained operator for pruning and dismantling standing tree crowns. It gives methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of the chain-saws. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer. It deals with all significant hazards. The environmental aspects, except for noise, have not been considered. The chain-saws covered are designed to be operated with the right hand on the rear handle and the left hand on the front handle by persons having read and understood the safety requirements in the instruction handbook and using the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). ISO 11681-2:2006 is not applicable to chain-saws manufactured before its date of publication.
ISO 11681-2:2011 gives safety requirements and measures for their verification for the design and construction for tree service of portable, combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws having a maximum mass, without guide bar or saw chain and with tanks empty, of 4,3 kg, intended to be used, with the right hand on the rear handle and left hand on the front handle, by a trained operator for pruning and dismantling standing tree crowns, and by persons having read and understood the safety requirements provided in the instruction handbook, using the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). 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. ISO 11681-2:2011 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
- Avant-proposiv
- Introductionv
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1 Domaine d'application1
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2 Références normatives1
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3 Termes et définitions2
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4 Liste des phénomènes dangereux4
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5 Exigences de sécurité et vérification4
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5.1 Généralités4
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5.2 Poignées5
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5.3 Protection des mains5
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5.4 Équilibre et couple de retenue6
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5.5 Protection contre les blessures dues au phénomène de rebond7
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5.6 Enrouleur de chaîne7
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5.7 Griffe d'abattage8
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5.8 Évacuation des copeaux8
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5.9 Protecteur du guide-chaîne8
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5.10 Commande d'accélérateur8
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5.11 Dispositif d'arrêt du moteur9
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5.12 Protection contre le contact avec les parties sous haute tension9
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5.13 Embrayage10
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5.14 Réglage du carburateur10
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5.15 Protection contre le contact avec les parties chaudes10
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5.16 Gaz d'échappement11
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5.17 Graissage de la chaîne11
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5.18 Ouvertures des réservoirs11
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5.19 Tension de la chaîne11
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5.20 Dispositif d'attache12
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5.21 Vibrations12
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5.22 Bruit12
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6 Informations pour l'utilisation13
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6.1 Notice d'instructions13
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6.2 Marquage16
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6.3 Avertissements16
- Annexe A (informative) Pictogrammes18
- Annexe B (informative) Travail avec les scies à chaîne pour l'élagage des arbres à l'aide d'un filin et d'un harnais19
- Bibliographie25
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