NF EN ISO 11681-2
Machinery for forestry - Portable chain-saw safety requirements and testing - Part 2 : chain-saws for tree service
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 4,3 kg (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 to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex B).This document is applicable to chain-saws manufactured after its date of publication.NOTE Figure 1 shows an example of a chain-saw within the scope of this document.
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 4,3 kg (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 to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex B).
This document is applicable to chain-saws manufactured after its date of publication.
NOTE Figure 1 shows an example of a chain-saw within the scope of this document.
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.
Le présent document constitue un amendement à la norme NF EN ISO 11681-2. Il introduit des informations supplémentaires à communiquer par les points de vente des scies à chaîne avec une poignée sur le dessus et précise que le produit est destiné à être utilisé par des opérateurs formés.
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.
Le présent document constitue un amendement à la norme NF EN ISO 11681-2. Il introduit des informations supplémentaires à communiquer par les points de vente des scies à chaîne avec une poignée sur le dessus et précise que le produit est destiné à être utilisé par des opérateurs formés.
- Avant-propos
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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 Exigences de sécurité et/ou mesures de protection
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5 Informations pour l'utilisation
- Annexe A (informative) Travail avec les scies à chaîne pour l'élagage des arbres à l'aide d'un filin et d'un harnais
- Annexe B (informative) Liste des dangers significatifs
- Annexe ZA (informative) Relation entre la présente Norme européenne et les exigences essentielles concernées de la Directive UE 2006/42/CE
- Bibliographie
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