EN 609-1:2017

Agricultural and forestry machinery - Safety of log splitters - Part 1: Wedge splitters

This European Standard specifies the safety requirements, and their verification for the design and construction of horizontal and vertical wedge splitters, designed for splitting logs for firewood, irrespective of the nature of the power source used. This standard deals with wedge splitters that are designed so that the splitting operation is activated by one person only, however it is foreseeable that other operators may be working with the machine e.g. for loading or unloading. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer.
This document deals with all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Table 1).
This document is not applicable to machines that are designed for both cutting into length for splitting and splitting for firewood.
This document is not applicable to wedge splitters which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.

Land- und Forstmaschinen - Sicherheit von Holzspaltmaschinen - Teil 1: Keilspaltmaschinen

Diese Europäische Norm legt sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und deren Prüfung für Gestaltung und Konstruktion von Horizontal  und Vertikal Keilspaltmaschinen zum Spalten von Brennholz, unabhängig von der Art der verwendeten Antriebsenergie, fest. Die Norm behandelt Keilspaltmaschinen, die so ausgelegt sein müssen, dass der Spaltvorgang lediglich durch eine Bedienperson ausgelöst wird, jedoch ist es absehbar, dass weitere Bedienpersonen, z. B. zum Be  oder Entladen an der Maschine arbeiten. Darüber hinaus legt sie die Art der durch den Hersteller bereitzustellenden Informationen über Verfahren für ein sicheres Arbeiten fest.
Dieses Dokument behandelt alle signifikanten Gefährdungen, Gefährdungssituationen sowie Gefährdungen, die für diese Maschinen bei bestimmungsgemäßer Verwendung und bei vernünftigerweise durch den Hersteller vorhersehbarer Fehlanwendung relevant sind (siehe Tabelle 1).
Dieses Dokument ist nicht anwendbar auf Maschinen, die zum Schneiden und Spalten des Brennholzes vorgesehen sind.
Dieses Dokument ist nicht anwendbar auf Keilspaltmaschinen, die vor dem Veröffentlichungsdatum dieser Norm durch den CEN hergestellt wurden.

Matériel agricole et forestier - Sécurité des fendeuses de bûches - Partie 1 : Fendeuses à coin

La présente Norme européenne spécifie les prescriptions de sécurité et leur vérification pour la conception et la construction de fendeuses à coin horizontales et verticales, conçues pour le fendage de bûches destinées au bois de chauffage, indépendamment de la nature de la source d'énergie utilisée. La présente norme traite des fendeuses à coin conçues pour activer l'opération de fendage par une personne seule, néanmoins il est possible que d'autres opérateurs puissent travailler avec la machine, par exemple pour assurer le chargement et le déchargement. Elle spécifie également le type d'informations relatives aux pratiques de travail sûres que le constructeur doit garantir.
Le présent document traite de tous les phénomènes dangereux, situations et événements dangereux significatifs associés à ces machines en cas d’utilisation normale ou de mauvais usage raisonnablement prévisible par le constructeur (voir Tableau 1).
Le présent document ne s'applique pas aux machines conçues pour les coupes à la longueur dans le cadre du fendage et du fendage du bois de chauffage.
Le présent document ne s'applique pas aux fendeuses à coin fabriquées avant la date de publication de ce document par le CEN.

Kmetijski in gozdarski stroji - Varnost cepilnikov lesa - 1. del: Cepilniki s klinom

Ta evropski standard določa varnostne zahteve in njihovo preverjanje za načrtovanje in gradnjo cepilnikov s klinom, katerih uporaba (upravljanje) je namenjena za enega upravljavca za cepljenje lesa za drva, ne glede na vrsto uporabljenega vira energije. Avtomatski ali polavtomatski cepilniki s klinom so vključeni na področje uporabe tega standarda. Obdelovalniki drv so izključeni s področja uporabe tega standarda. Ta standard opisuje metode za odpravo ali zmanjšanje tveganj, ki izhajajo iz njihove uporabe. Poleg tega določa tudi vrsto informacij o varnih delovnih praksah, ki jih mora zagotoviti proizvajalec. Seznam obravnavanih pomembnih nevarnosti je podan v dodatku A. Dodatek A navaja tudi nevarnosti, ki niso bile obravnavane. Ta evropski standard se uporablja predvsem za stroje, ki so izdelani po datumu izdaje standarda.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 29-Apr-2017
• Withdrawal Date: 29-Jun-2018
• ICS: 65.060.80 - Forestry equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 144 - Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 144/WG 8 - Forestry machinery
• Current Stage: 9093 - Decision to confirm - Review Enquiry
• Completion Date: 09-Dec-2022
• Directive: 2006/42/EC - Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
• Mandate: M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Ref Project: SIST EN 609-1:2017 - Agricultural and forestry machinery - Safety of log splitters - Part 1: Wedge splitters

Relations

• Replaces: EN 609-1:1999+A2:2009 - Agricultural and forestry machinery - Safety of log splitters - Part 1: Wedge splitters
• Effective Date: 04-Dec-2010

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 609-1:2017
01-marec-2017
1DGRPHãþD
SIST EN 609-1:1999+A2:2010

Kmetijski in gozdarski stroji - Varnost cepilnikov lesa - 1. del: Cepilniki s klinom

Agricultural and forestry machinery - Safety of log splitters - Part 1: Wedge splitters

Land- und Forstmaschinen - Sicherheit von Holzspaltmaschinen - Teil 1:
Keilspaltmaschinen

Matériel agricole et forestier - Sécurité des fendeuses de bûches - Partie 1: Fendeuses à

coin
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 609-1:2017
ICS:
65.060.80 Gozdarska oprema Forestry equipment
SIST EN 609-1:2017 en,fr,de

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 609-1:2017
EN 609-1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
January 2017
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 65.060.80 Supersedes EN 609-1:1999+A2:2009
English Version
Agricultural and forestry machinery - Safety of log splitters
- Part 1: Wedge splitters

Matériel agricole et forestier - Sécurité des fendeuses Land- und Forstmaschinen - Sicherheit von

de bûches - Partie 1 : Fendeuses à coin Holzspaltmaschinen - Teil 1: Keilspaltmaschinen

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2 October 2016.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this

European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references

concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN

member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by

translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management

Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,

Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,

Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,

Turkey and United Kingdom.
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© 2017 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 609-1:2017 E

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Contents Page

European foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 4

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................................... 6

2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 6

3 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 8

4 List of significant hazards ......................................................................................................................... 11

5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures .......................................................................... 13

5.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 13

5.2 Electrical equipment ................................................................................................................................... 13

5.3 Control systems ............................................................................................................................................ 13

5.3.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 13

5.3.2 Reliability of the control systems ........................................................................................................... 14

5.3.3 Ergonomic requirements of control actuators .................................................................................. 14

5.4 Starting and stopping of the power source ......................................................................................... 15

5.4.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 15

5.4.2 Stopping of other than electrically powered machines.................................................................. 15

5.4.3 Stopping of the electrically powered machines ................................................................................ 15

5.5 Emergency stop ............................................................................................................................................. 15

5.6 Two-hand control device ........................................................................................................................... 15

5.7 Power supply ................................................................................................................................................. 16

5.7.1 Electrically powered machines ............................................................................................................... 16

5.7.2 Machines powered by an external power supply ............................................................................. 16

5.7.3 Machines powered by an internal combustion engine ................................................................... 16

5.7.4 Machines with two or more power supplies ...................................................................................... 17

5.8 Hydraulic equipment .................................................................................................................................. 17

5.9 Safe guarding of the splitting zone ......................................................................................................... 17

5.9.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 17

5.9.2 Horizontal short log wedge splitter ....................................................................................................... 17

5.9.3 Horizontal long log wedge splitter ......................................................................................................... 22

5.9.4 Vertical short log wedge splitter ............................................................................................................ 27

5.9.5 Vertical long log wedge splitter .............................................................................................................. 33

5.10 Log holding requirements......................................................................................................................... 37

5.10.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 37

5.10.2 Prior to and during the splitting ............................................................................................................. 38

5.10.3 After the splitting ......................................................................................................................................... 38

5.11 Return movement of the moving device of the splitter .................................................................. 40

5.12 Log-handling device .................................................................................................................................... 41

5.13 Requirements for hauling winches that can be attached to a wedge splitter ........................ 42

5.14 Bluntness of edges ....................................................................................................................................... 43

5.15 Stability ............................................................................................................................................................ 43

5.16 Transport and handling of the machine .............................................................................................. 43

5.16.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 43

5.16.2 Ergonomic requirements .......................................................................................................................... 43

5.17 The guarding of power transmission from an external power source ..................................... 44

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5.18 Unprotected gravity moving objects with semi-automatically controlled movement ........ 44

6 Verification of safety requirements ....................................................................................................... 44

7 Information for use ...................................................................................................................................... 46

7.1 Marking of machine ..................................................................................................................................... 46

7.2 Warnings on machine ................................................................................................................................. 46

7.3 Instruction handbook ................................................................................................................................. 47

7.3.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 47

7.3.2 Other information ........................................................................................................................................ 47

Annex A (normative) Log holding test for vertical log wedge splitters ................................................... 49

A.1 Long log wedge splitters – Test requirements for the log fixing device ................................... 49

A.1.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 49

A.1.2 Holding force .................................................................................................................................................. 49

A.2 Short log wedge splitters – Test requirements for the log fixing device .................................. 50

A.2.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 50

A.2.2 Holding force .................................................................................................................................................. 50

Annex B (normative) Examples of solutions and verification of the two-hand control device

for wedge splitters ....................................................................................................................................... 52

B.1 Prevention of accidental actuation and of defeat ............................................................................. 52

B.2 Example for prevention of defeat using one hand ............................................................................ 52

B.3 Example for prevention of defeat using hand and elbow of the same arm.............................. 52

B.4 Example for prevention of defeat using the forearm(s) or elbow(s) ......................................... 53

B.5 Example for prevention of defeat using the hand and other parts of the body e.g.

knee(s) .............................................................................................................................................................. 54

Annex C (normative) Testing requirements for hot exhaust surfaces and hot surfaces ................... 55

C.1 Temperature measuring equipment ..................................................................................................... 55

C.2 Method of test................................................................................................................................................. 55

C.3 Test acceptance ............................................................................................................................................. 55

Annex D (normative) Stability test for log splitters equipped with a hauling winch .......................... 57

D.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 57

D.2 Lateral stability test and requirements ................................................................................................ 57

Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential

Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC on machinery ........................................................... 58

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................. 59

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European foreword

This document (EN 609-1:2017) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 144 “Tractors and

machinery for agriculture and forestry”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an

identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by July 2017, and conflicting national standards shall be

withdrawn at the latest by June 2018.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of

patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 609-1:1999+A2:2009.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the

European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC.

For relationship with EU Directive 2006/42/EC, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of

this document.

EN 609, Agricultural and forestry machinery — Safety of log splitters, is currently composed with the

following parts:
— Part 1: Wedge splitters;
— Part 2: Screw splitters.

The new edition of this standard proposes a new specific approach, which evaluates the dangers of

specifically this type of machine. Machines have been divided into four categories, which are machines

for short logs or long logs with splitting direction of horizontal or vertical to reflect the differences

concerning safety issues.
The main changes in this new edition are the following:

— four (4) different machine categories, which all have machine specific safety requirements and

options (Horizontal and Vertical – Long logs and Short logs);

— more specific interpretation of safety distances for these specific types of machines (EN 13857 and

machine specific distances);

— specific requirements for log handling, which includes holding before, during and after the splitting,

but also log lifting;
— improved ergonomic requirements, which consider the actual use of the machine;
— requirements for AOPD;

— requirements for hauling winches that can be, and often are, attached to the wedge splitters;

— new tests and verifications, how to interpret the standard.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the

following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,

Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,

France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,

Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,

Turkey and the United Kingdom..
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Introduction
The structure of safety standards in the field of machinery is as follows:

a) type-A standards (basic standards) giving basic concepts, principles for design, and general aspects

that can be applied to machinery;

b) type-B standards (generic safety standards) dealing with one or more safety aspects or one or more

types of safeguards that can be used across a wide range of machinery:

1) type-B1 standards on particular safety aspects (e.g. safety distances, surface temperature,

noise);

2) type-B2 standards on safeguards (e.g. two-hand control device, interlocking devices, pressure-

sensitive devices, guards);

c) type-C standards (machinery safety standards) dealing with detailed safety requirements for a

particular machine or group of machines.
This document is a type “C” standard as defined in EN ISO 12100.

This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the

market players with regard to machinery safety:
— machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);

— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.).

Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the

above-mentioned stakeholder groups:
— machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);

— machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);

— service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
— consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers).

The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate at the drafting

process of this document.

The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are

covered are indicated in the scope of this document.

When provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or B

standards, the provisions of this type C standard take precedence over the provisions of other

standards, for machines that have been designed and built in accordance with the requirements of the

provisions of this type C standard.
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1 Scope

This European Standard specifies the safety requirements, and their verification for the design and

construction of horizontal and vertical wedge splitters, designed for splitting logs for firewood,

irrespective of the nature of the power source used. This standard deals with wedge splitters that are

designed so that the splitting operation is activated by one person only, however it is foreseeable that

other operators may be working with the machine e.g. for loading or unloading. In addition, it specifies

the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer.

This document deals with all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events

relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which

are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Table 1).

This document is not applicable to machines that are designed for both cutting into length for splitting

and splitting for firewood.

This document is not applicable to wedge splitters which are manufactured before the date of

publication of this document by CEN.
2 Normative references

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are

indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated

references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

EN 349:1993+A1:2008, Safety of machinery - Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body

EN 574:1996+A1:2008, Safety of machinery - Two-hand control devices - Functional aspects - Principles

for design
EN 691-1:2012, Safety of woodworking machines - Part 1: Common requirements

EN 894-1:1997+A1:2008, Safety of machinery - Ergonomics requirements for the design of displays and

control actuators - Part 1: General principles for human interactions with displays and control actuators

EN 894-3:2000+A1:2008, Safety of machinery - Ergonomics requirements for the design of displays and

control actuators - Part 3: Control actuators

EN 12965:2003+A2:2009, Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry - Power take-off (PTO)

drive shafts and their guards - Safety

EN 14492-1:2006+A1:2009, Cranes - Power driven winches and hoists - Part 1: Power driven winches

EN 60204-1:2006, Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 1: General requirements

(IEC 60204-1:2006)

EN 60529:1991 , Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code) (IEC 60529:1989)

EN 61496-1:2013, Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment - Part 1: General

requirements and tests (IEC 61496-1:2012)

1) EN 60529:1991 is impacted by the stand-alone amendments EN 60529:1991/A1:2000 and EN 60529:1991/A2:2013 and

the corrigendum EN 60529:1991/corrigendum May 1993.
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EN 61496-2:2013, Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment - Part 2: Particular

requirements for equipment using active opto-electronic protective devices (AOPDs) (IEC 61496-2:2013)

EN ISO 4254-1:2015, Agricultural machinery - Safety - Part 1: General requirements (ISO 4254-1:2013)

EN ISO 4413:2010, Hydraulic fluid power - General rules and safety requirements for systems and their

components (ISO 4413:2010)

EN ISO 12100:2010, Safety of machinery - General principles for design - Risk assessment and risk

reduction (ISO 12100:2010)

EN ISO 13849-1:2015, Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts of control systems - Part 1: General

principles for design (ISO 13849-1:2015)

EN ISO 13850, Safety of machinery - Emergency stop function - Principles for design (ISO 13850)

EN ISO 13855:2010, Safety of machinery - Positioning of safeguards with respect to the approach speeds

of parts of the human body (ISO 13855:2010)

EN ISO 13857:2008, Safety of machinery - Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by

upper and lower limbs (ISO 13857:2008)

EN ISO 14119:2013, Safety of machinery - Interlocking devices associated with guards - Principles for

design and selection (ISO 14119:2013)

EN ISO 14120:2015, Safety of machinery - Guards - General requirements for the design and construction

of fixed and movable guards (ISO 14120:2015)

IEC 60309 (all parts), Plugs, socket-outlets and couplers for industrial purposes

2 )

ISO 3767-1:1998 , Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden

equipment — Symbols for operator controls and other displays — Part 1: Common symbols

ISO 3767-2:2016, Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden

equipment — Symbols for operator controls and other displays — Part 2: Symbols for agricultural tractors

and machinery

ISO 11684, Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment —

Safety signs and hazard pictorials — General principles

2) ISO 3767-1:1998 is impacted by the stand-alone amendments ISO 3767-1:1998/Amd 1 2008 and

ISO 3767-1:1998/Amd 2 2012.
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3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 12100:2010 and the

following definitions apply.
3.1
wedge splitter

machine in which the log is split as the result of being pressed between a wedge (i.e. the cutting tool of

the machine) and a plate
Note 1 to entry: See Figures 1 to 4.
Figure 1 — Example of a horizontal short log wedge splitter
Figure 2 — Example of a horizontal long log wedge splitter
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Figure 3 —Example of a vertical short log wedge splitter
Figure 4 —Example of a vertical long log wedge splitter
3.2
horizontal wedge splitter

wedge splitter with an inclination of the splitting axis of between 0° to 30° to horizontal axis

3.3
vertical wedge splitter

wedge splitter with an inclination of the splitting axis of between 90° to 120° to the horizontal axis

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3.4
automatic wedge splitter

wedge splitter in which, after the process is started, continuous feeding of the splitting zone, splitting of

the log and the discharge of the splitting zone is carried out without further operator intervention

3.5
semi-automatic wedge splitter

wedge splitter, in which a single splitting process is started by the operator actuating a control and the

splitting process is completed without further operator intervention
3.6
manual wedge splitter

wedge splitter in which a log is placed manually for splitting and the splitting movement is carried out

using a hold-to-run device
3.7
short log wedge splitter

wedge splitter in which the space between the foremost point of the splitting wedge and the pressure

plate or a log support plate is 550 mm or less
3.8
long log wedge splitter

wedge splitter in which the space between the foremost point of the splitting wedge and the pressure

plate or a log support plate is greater than 550 mm
3.9
pressure plate
moving part of the machine which pushes the log against a wedge
3.10
wedge
stationary or moving tool which causes the log to split
3.11
log support plate

stationary part of the machine against which the log is pushed by the moving wedge

3.12
splitting zone
area in which the log is being split
3.13
splitting bed
part of a horizontal wedge splitter on which the log is placed for splitting
3.14
log handling device

part of a wedge splitter, which is used for positioning or lifting the log for splitting e.g. hoist or winch

3.15
AOPD
active optoelectronic protective device
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4 List of significant hazards

Table 1 gives the significant hazard(s), the significant hazardous situation(s) and hazardous event(s)

covered by this document that have been identified by risk assessment as being significant for this type

of machine, and which require specific action by the designer or manufacturer to eliminate or reduce

the risk.

Attention is drawn to the necessity to verify that the safety requirements specified in this document

apply to each significant hazard presented by a given machine and to validate that the risk assessment

is complete.
Table 1 — List of significant hazards
No Hazards, hazardous situations and EN ISO 12100 Relevant
hazardous events subclause of
this
document
1 Mechanical hazards related to:
- machine parts or work pieces:
a) shape; 6.2.2.1, 6.2.2.2, 6.3 5.9, 5.10, 5.11,
5.12, 5.13,
5.14, 5.18
b) relative location; 5.9, 5.10, 5.11,
5.12, 5.13,
5.18
c) mass and stability (potential energy 5.10, 5.12,
of elements which may move under the 5.13, 5.16,
effect of gravity) 5.18
d) mass and velocity (kinetic energy of 5.9, 5.10, 5.11,
elements in controlled or uncontrolled 5.12, 5.13,
motion); 5.16, 5.18
e) mechanical strength. 5.9, 5.10, 5.11,
5.12, 5.13,
5.16
- accumulation of energy inside the machinery:
g) liquids and gases under pressure; 6.2.10, 6.3.5.4 5.7, 5.8
1.1 Crushing hazard 5.9, 5.10, 5.11,
5.12, 5.13,
5.17, 5.18
1.2 Shearing hazard 5.9, 5.10, 5.11,
5.12, 5.13
1.3 Cutting or severing hazard 5.9, 5.10, 5.11,
5.12, 5.13
1.4 Entanglement hazard 5.9, 5.10, 5.11,
5.12, 5.13,
5.16, 5.17.
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No Hazards, hazardous situations and EN ISO 12100 Relevant
hazardous events subclause of
this
document
1.5 Drawing-in or trapping hazard 5.9, 5.10, 5.11,
5.13, 5.16,
5.17
1.9 High pressure fluid injection or ejection 6.2.10 5.7, 5.8
hazard
2 Electrical hazards due to:
2.1 Contact of persons with live parts 6.2.9, 6.3.5.4 5.2, 5.3, 5.7.1
(direct contact)
2.2 Contact of persons with parts which 6.2.9 5.2, 5.3, 5
...