EN ISO 11680:2025
(Main)Machinery for forestry - Safety requirements and testing for portable pole mounted powered pruners (ISO 11680:2025)
Machinery for forestry - Safety requirements and testing for portable pole mounted powered pruners (ISO 11680:2025)
This document specifies safety requirements, and measures for their verification, for the design and construction of portable pole-mounted powered pruners with internal combustion engine power sources (hereafter named “machine”), including extendable and telescopic machines. These machines use a power transmission shaft to transmit power to a cutting attachment consisting of a saw-chain and guide bar, a reciprocating saw blade or a single-piece circular saw blade with a 205 mm maximum outside diameter.
This document deals with significant hazards relevant to these machines when they are used as intended. This document does not address electrical shock from contact with overhead electric lines apart from warnings and instruction manual requirements, or whole-body vibration from back power units.
NOTE 1 See Annex A for a list of significant hazards.
This document is applicable to machines manufactured after its date of publication.
Brush cutters with a circular saw blade are not included in the scope of this document.
NOTE 2 Brush cutter requirements are outlined in ISO 11806-1 and ISO 11806-2.
Forstmaschinen - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfung für motorbetriebene Hochentaster (ISO 11680:2025)
Dieses Dokument legt sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Maßnahmen zur Feststellung deren Übereinstimmung für die Gestaltung und Konstruktion von tragbaren Hochentastern (nachfolgend „Maschine“ genannt) mit integriertem Verbrennungsmotor als Antrieb, einschließlich verlängerbarer und teleskopierbarer Maschinen, fest. Diese Maschinen verwenden eine Antriebswelle zur Übertragung der Energie auf die Schneidgarnitur, die aus einer Sägekette und Führungsschiene, einem sich hin und her bewegenden Sägeblatt oder einem Kreissägeblatt mit einem Außendurchmesser von höchstens 205 mm besteht.
Dieses Dokument behandelt alle signifikanten Gefährdungen für diese Maschinen, sofern sie zu dem vorgesehenen Zweck eingesetzt werden. Dieses Dokument behandelt nicht elektrischen Schlag durch Kontakt mit oberirdischen Stromleitungen, abgesehen von Warnhinweisen und Hinweisen in der Betriebsanleitung, oder von rückentragbaren Antriebseinheiten ausgehende Ganzkörperschwingungen.
ANMERKUNG 1 Siehe Anhang A zur Liste der signifikanten Gefährdungen.
Dieses Dokument ist anwendbar für Maschinen, die nach dessen Ausgabedatum hergestellt worden sind.
Freischneider mit einem Kreissägeblatt sind vom Anwendungsbereich dieses Dokuments nicht erfasst.
ANMERKUNG 2 Die Anforderungen für Freischneider werden in ISO 11806 1 und ISO 11806 2 beschrieben.
Matériel forestier - Exigences de sécurité et essais pour les perches élagueuses à moteur (ISO 11680:2025)
Le présent document spécifie les exigences de sécurité et les mesures de vérification pour la conception et la construction des perches élagueuses portatives à moteur à combustion interne (ci-après dénommées «machine»), y compris les machines extensibles et télescopiques. Ces machines utilisent un arbre de transmission de puissance pour transmettre la puissance à un dispositif de coupe constitué d'une chaîne et d'une barre de guidage, d'une lame de scie alternative ou d'une lame de scie circulaire monobloc d'un diamètre extérieur maximal de 205 mm.
Le présent document traite des phénomènes dangereux significatifs pertinents pour ces machines lorsqu'elles sont utilisées comme prévu. Le présent document ne traite pas les chocs électriques engendrés par un contact avec des lignes électriques aériennes, en dehors des avertissements et des exigences du manuel d'instructions, ni les vibrations transmises à l'ensemble du corps par la source motrice portée à dos.
NOTE 1 Voir l'Annexe A pour la liste des phénomènes dangereux significatifs.
Le présent document s'applique aux machines fabriquées après sa date de publication.
Les débroussailleuses à lame de scie circulaire ne sont pas incluses dans le domaine d'application du présent document.
NOTE 2 Les exigences relatives aux débroussailleuses sont spécifiées dans l’ISO 11806-1 et l’ISO 11806-2.
Gozdarski stroji - Zahteve za varnost in preskušanje prenosnih motornih žag za obvejevanje z drogom (ISO 11680:2025)
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2025
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 11680-1:2022
SIST EN ISO 11680-2:2022
Gozdarski stroji - Zahteve za varnost in preskušanje prenosnih motornih žag za
obvejevanje z drogom (ISO 11680:2025)
Machinery for forestry - Safety requirements and testing for portable pole mounted
powered pruners (ISO 11680:2025)
Forstmaschinen - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfung für motorbetriebene
Hochentaster (ISO 11680:2025)
Matériel forestier - Exigences de sécurité et essais pour les perches élagueuses à
moteur (ISO 11680:2025)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 11680:2025
ICS:
65.060.80 Gozdarska oprema Forestry equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN ISO 11680
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 65.060.80 Supersedes EN ISO 11680-1:2021, EN ISO 11680-
2:2021
English Version
Machinery for forestry - Safety requirements and testing
for portable pole mounted powered pruners (ISO
11680:2025)
Matériel forestier - Exigences de sécurité et essais pour Forstmaschinen - Sicherheitstechnische
les perches élagueuses à moteur (ISO 11680:2025) Anforderungen und Prüfung für motorbetriebene
Hochentaster (ISO 11680:2025)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 6 June 2025.
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
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 4
European foreword
This document (EN ISO 11680:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 23 "Tractors
and machinery for agriculture and forestry" in collaboration with 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 March 2026, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by March 2026.
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 ISO 11680-1:2021 and EN ISO 11680-2:2021.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards
body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the
United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 11680:2025 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 11680:2025 without any modification.
Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request "M/396
Mandate to CEN and CENELEC for standardisation in the field of machinery" to provide one voluntary
means of conforming to essential requirements of the 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).
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZA.1 confers, within the limits of
the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements
of that Directive, and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard
and Annex I of Directive 2006/42/EC
The relevant Essential
Clause(s)/sub-clause(s)
Requirements of Directive Remarks/Notes
of this EN
2006/42/EC
1. ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
1.1.2. Principles of safety 4; 5
integration
1.1.3. Materials and products 4.12
1.1.5. Design of machinery to 4.3; 4.4
facilitate its handling
1.1.6. Ergonomics 4.3; 4.4
1.1.7. Operating positions 4.15; 5.1; 5.2
1.2. CONTROL SYSTEMS
1.2.1. Safety and reliability of 4.8; 4.9; 4.10; 4.11
control systems
1.2.2. Control devices 4.8; 4.9; 4.10; 5.2
1.2.3. Starting 4.8; 4.10
1.2.4. Stopping
1.2.4.1. Normal stop 4.9
1.3. PROTECTION AGAINST
The relevant Essential
Clause(s)/sub-clause(s)
Requirements of Directive Remarks/Notes
of this EN
2006/42/EC
MECHANICAL HAZARDS
1.3.1. Risk of loss of stability - not covered
1.3.2. Risk of break-up during 4.5; 4.19; 4.20; 4.21; 5.1
operation
1.3.3. Risks due to falling or - not covered
ejected objects
1.3.4. Risks due to surfaces, 4.6
edges or angles
1.3.6. Risks related to variations 4.10
in operating conditions
1.3.7. Risks related to moving 4.2; 4.7; 4.11
parts
1.3.8. Choice of protection
against risks arising from
moving parts
1.3.8.1. Moving transmission 4.2
parts
1.3.9. Risks of uncontrolled 4.10; 4.11
movements
1.4. REQUIRED
CHARACTERISTICS OF GUARDS
AND PROTECTIVE DEVICES
1.4.2.1. Fixed guards - not covered
1.4.2.2. Interlocking movable - not covered
guards
1.4.2.3. Adjustable guards - not covered
restricting access
1.4.3. Special requirements for 4.7; 4.10.2.1; 4.11
protective devices
1.5. RISKS DUE TO OTHER
HAZARDS
1.5.2. Static electricity - not covered
1.5.3. Energy supply other than 4.12; 4.19; 4.20; 4.21
electricity
1.5.4. Errors of fitting 4.12.1
1.5.5. Extreme temperatures 4.14
The relevant Essential
Clause(s)/sub-clause(s)
Requirements of Directive Remarks/Notes
of this EN
2006/42/EC
1.5.6. Fire 4.12; 4.19; 4.20; 4.21; 5.1
1.5.8. Noise 4.17; 5.1.2
1.5.9. Vibrations not covered
1.5.11. External radiation 4.18
1.5.13. Emissions of hazardous 4.12; 4.15; 4.21
materials and substances
1.5.15. Risk of slipping, tripping - not covered
or falling
1.6. MAINTENANCE
1.6.1. Machinery maintenance 4.5.1; 4.14; 5.1
1.6.2. Access to operating - not covered
positions and servicing points
1.6.3. Isolation of energy sources 4.9
1.6.5. Cleaning of internal parts - not covered
1.7. INFORMATION
1.7.1. Information and warnings 5.2
on the machinery
1.7.1.1. Information and 5.2
information devices
1.7.1.2. Warning devices - not covered
1.7.2. Warning of residual risks 5.1; 5.2
1.7.3. Marking of machinery 5.2
1.7.4. Instructions 5.1
1.7.4.1. General principles for 5.1
the drafting of instructions
1.7.4.2. Contents of the 5.1
instructions
2. SUPPLEMENTARY ESSENTIAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN
CATEGORIES OF MACHINERY
2.2. PORTABLE HAND-HELD
AND/OR HAND-GUIDED
MACHINERY
2.2.1. General 4.3; 4.9; 4.10; 4.11
The relevant Essential
Clause(s)/sub-clause(s)
Requirements of Directive Remarks/Notes
of this EN
2006/42/EC
2.2.1.1. Instructions 5.1
WARNING 1 Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European Standard is
maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this standard should
consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
WARNING 2 Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of this standard.
International
Standard
ISO 11680
First edition
Machinery for forestry — Safety
2025-06
requirements and testing for portable
pole mounted powered pruners
Matériel forestier — Exigences de sécurité et essais pour les
perches élagueuses à moteur
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ISO 11680:2025(en)
Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures . 4
4.1 General .4
4.2 Protection against contact with power driven components .4
4.2.1 Requirements .4
4.2.2 Verification .4
4.3 Handles and hand grip .5
4.3.1 Requirements for handles .5
4.3.2 Requirements for hand grip for machines with a backpack power unit .5
4.3.3 Verification .5
4.4 Harness .
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