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DIN EN ISO 11681-2:2012-04

Machinery for forestry - Portable chain-saw safety requirements and testing - Part 2: Chain-saws for tree service (ISO 11681-2:2011); German version EN ISO 11681-2:2011

Summary

This part of ISO 11681 specifies safety requirements and their verification for 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 only for use by a trained operator for pruning and dismantling standing tree crowns. It describes methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from their use. In addition it specifies the type of information on safe working practices to be provided. This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events, as well as when they are used as intended and under conditions of reasonable foreseeable misuse. Chain-saws covered by this part of ISO 11681 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).

Notes

Amendement prévu par DIN EN ISO 11681-2/A1 (2016-04).

Technical characteristics

Publisher Deutsche Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN)
Publication Date 04/01/2012
Cancellation Date 10/01/2017
Page Count 35
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