NF EN ISO 11681-2

NF EN ISO 11681-2

February 2012
Standard Cancelled

Machinery for forestry - Portable chain-saw safety requirements and testing - Part 2 : chain-saws for tree service

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.

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Publication date

February 2012

Number of pages

38 p.

Reference

NF EN ISO 11681-2

ICS Codes

65.060.80   Forestry equipment

Classification index

U34-109-2

Print number

1 - 08/02/2012

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European kinship

EN ISO 11681-2:2011
Sumary
Machinery for forestry - Portable chain-saw safety requirements and testing - Part 2 : chain-saws for tree service

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.

Replaced standards (1)
Standard Cancelled
Machinery for forestry - Portable chain-saw safety requirements and testing - Part 2 : chain-saws for tree service

<p>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.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>It deals with all significant hazards. The environmental aspects, except for noise, have not been considered.</p> <p>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). </p> <p>ISO 11681-2:2006 is not applicable to chain-saws manufactured before its date of publication.</p>

Standard replaced by (1)
Standard Current
Machinery for forestry - Portable chain-saw safety requirements and testing - Part 2 : chain-saws for tree service

<p>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).</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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).</p> <p>This document is applicable to chain-saws manufactured after its date of publication.</p> <p>NOTE      Figure 1 shows an example of a chain-saw within the scope of this document.</p>

Table of contents
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  • Avant-propos
    iv
  • Introduction
    v
  • 1 Domaine d'application
    1
  • 2 Références normatives
    1
  • 3 Termes et définitions
    2
  • 4 Exigences de sécurité et/ou mesures de protection
    2
  • 5 Informations pour l'utilisation
    14
  • Annexe A (informative) Travail avec les scies à chaîne pour l'élagage des arbres à l'aide d'un filin et d'un harnais
    21
  • Annexe B (informative) Liste des phénomènes dangereux significatifs
    26
  • Bibliographie
    28
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