FprEN 280-1

Mobile elevating work platforms - Part 1: Design calculations - Stability criteria - Construction - Safety - Examinations and tests

1.1   This document specifies safety requirements and measures for all types and sizes of Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP, see 3.1) intended to move persons to working positions where they are carrying out work from the work platform (WP) with the intention that persons are getting on and off the work platform only at access positions at ground level or on the chassis.
NOTE   Machines designed for the handling of goods which are equipped with work platforms as interchangeable equipment are regarded as MEWPs.
1.2   This document is applicable to the structural design calculations and stability criteria, construction, safety examinations and tests before MEWPs are first put into service. It identifies the hazards arising from the use of MEWPs and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards.
It does not cover the hazards arising from:
a)   use in potentially explosive atmospheres;
b)   work from the platform on external live electric systems;
c)   use of compressed gases for load bearing components;
d)   getting on and off the work platform at changing levels;
e)   specific applications (e.g. railway, ships) covered by National or local regulations.
1.3   This document does not apply to:
a)   machinery serving fixed landings (see e.g. EN 81-20:2020 and EN 81-50:2020, EN 12159:2012);
b)   fire-fighting and fire rescue appliances (see e.g. EN 1777:2010);
c)   unguided work cages suspended from lifting appliances (see e.g. EN 1808:2015);
d)   elevating operator position on rail dependent storage and retrieval equipment (see EN 528:2008);
e)   tail lifts (see EN 1756-1:2001+A1:2008 and EN 1756-2:2004+A1:2009);
f)   mast climbing work platforms (see EN 1495:1997+A2:2009);
g)   fairground equipment;
h)   lifting tables (see EN 1570-1:2011+A1:2014 and EN 1570-2:2016);
i)   aircraft ground support equipment (see e.g. EN 1915-1:2013 and EN 1915-2:2001+A1:2009);
j)   elevating operator positions on industrial trucks (see EN ISO 3691-3:2016).
1.4   Classification:
MEWPs are divided into two main groups:
a)   Group A: MEWPs where the vertical projection of the centre of the area of the platform in all platform configurations at the maximum chassis inclination specified by the manufacturer is always inside the tipping lines.
b)   Group B: All other MEWPs.
Relating to travelling, MEWPs are divided into three types:
1)   Type 1: Travelling is only allowed with the MEWP in its transport configuration;
2)   Type 2:  Travelling with lifted work platform is controlled from a point of control at the chassis;
3)   Type 3: Travelling with lifted work platform is controlled from a point of control at the work platform.
NOTE   Type 2 and type 3 can be combined.

Fahrbare Hubarbeitsbühnen - Teil 1: Berechnung - Standsicherheit - Bau - Sicherheit - Prüfungen

1.1   Dieses Dokument legt Sicherheitsanforderungen und Maßnahmen für alle Arten und Größen von fahrbaren Hubarbeitsbühnen (FHAB, siehe 3.1) fest, die dafür vorgesehen sind, Personen zu Arbeitsplätzen, an denen sie von der Arbeitsbühne aus Arbeiten verrichten, unter der Bedingung zu befördern, dass Personen die Arbeitsbühne nur in der Grundstellung in Bodennähe oder vom Fahrgestell aus betreten und verlassen.
ANMERKUNG   Maschinen für den Transport von Gütern, die mit Arbeitsbühnen als auswechselbare Ausrüstung ausgerüstet sind, gelten als FHABn.
1.2   Dieses Dokument gilt für die statischen Bemessungsberechnungen und Stabilitätskriterien, die Konstruktion, die Sicherheitsuntersuchungen und Prüfungen vor der ersten Inbetriebsetzung von FHABn. Es weist auf die Gefährdungen, die durch den Einsatz von FHABn entstehen, hin und beschreibt Verfahren zur Beseitigung oder Verminderung dieser Gefährdungen.
Es deckt keine Gefährdungen ab, die verursacht werden durch:
a)   Einsatz in explosionsfähiger Atmosphäre;
b)   Arbeiten auf der Arbeitsbühne an unter Spannung stehenden elektrischen Systemen;
c)   Einsatz von unter Druck stehenden Gasen bei Last tragenden Bauteilen;
d)   Betreten und Verlassen der Arbeitsbühne auf wechselnden Ebenen;
e)   spezifische durch nationale oder lokale verordnungsrechtliche Vorschriften behandelte Anwendungen (z. B. Eisenbahn, Schifffahrt).
1.3   Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für:
a)   Hebeeinrichtungen, die festgelegte Ebenen bedienen (siehe z. B. EN 81-20:2020 und EN 81-50:2020, EN 12159:2012);
b)   Geräte zur Brandbekämpfung und zur Rettung (siehe z. B. EN 1777:2010);
c)   ungeführte Arbeitskörbe, die an Hebezeugen hängen (siehe z. B. EN 1808:2015);
d)   hebbare Bedienungsstände an Regalbediengeräten (siehe EN 528:2008);
e)   Hubladebühnen (Ladebordwände) (siehe EN 1756-1:2001+A1:2008 und EN 1756-2:2004+A1:2009);
f)   mastgeführte Kletterbühnen (siehe EN 1495:1997+A2:2009);
g)   Jahrmarktgeräte;
h)   Hubtische (siehe EN 1570-1:2011+A1:2014 und EN 1570-2:2016);
i)   Luftfahrt-Bodengeräte (siehe z. B. EN 1915-1:2013 und EN 1915-2:2001+A1:2009);
j)   hebbare Arbeitsplätze an Flurförderzeugen (siehe EN ISO 3691-3:2016).
1.4   Klassifizierung:
FHABn werden in zwei Hauptgruppen eingeteilt:
a)   Gruppe A: FHABn, bei denen sich die senkrechte Projektion des geometrischen Plattformmittelpunkts in allen Stellungen der Plattform bei der maximal vom Hersteller zugelassenen Neigung des Fahrgestells immer innerhalb der Kippkante befindet.
b)   Gruppe B: Alle anderen FHABn.
In Bezug auf das Fahren werden die FHABn in drei Typen eingeteilt:
1)   Typ 1:   Fahren ist nur zulässig, wenn sich die FHAB in der Transportanordnung befindet;
2)   Typ 2:   Fahren mit angehobener Arbeitsbühne wird nur von einer Steuerstelle am Untergestell aus gesteuert;
3)   Typ 3:   Fahren mit angehobener Arbeitsbühne wird nur von einer Steuerstelle an der Arbeitsbühne aus gesteuert.
ANMERKUNG   Typ 2 und Typ 3 können miteinander kombiniert werden.

Plates-formes élévatrices mobiles de personnel - Partie 1 : Calculs de conception - Critères de stabilité - Construction - Sécurité - Examens et essais

1.1   Le présent document spécifie des prescriptions et mesures techniques de sécurité pour tous types et tailles de plates-formes élévatrices mobiles de personnel (PEMP, voir 3.1), destinées à déplacer des personnes vers des positions de travail pour exécution depuis la plate-forme, la position d'accès et de sortie de la plate-forme se trouvant uniquement au niveau du sol ou sur le châssis.
NOTE   Les machines conçues pour manutentionner des charges et qui sont équipées de plates-formes interchangeables sont considérées comme des PEMP.
1.2   Le présent document est applicable aux calculs de conception de la structure, aux critères de stabilité, à la construction, et aux examens et essais de sécurité avant la première mise en service des PEMP. Il identifie les risques résultant de l'utilisation des PEMP et décrit des méthodes pour éliminer ou réduire ces risques.
Il ne couvre pas les risques résultant :
a)   de l'utilisation dans des atmosphères potentiellement explosives ;
b)   des travaux depuis la plate-forme sur des systèmes électriques sous tension extérieurs ;
c)   de l'emploi de gaz comprimés pour les organes supports de charge ;
d)   de niveaux différents d'accès et de sortie de la plate-forme ;
e)   des applications particulières (par exemple, rails, navigation) couvertes par les réglementations locales ou nationales.
1.3   Le présent document ne s'applique pas :
a)   aux machines desservant des niveaux définis (voir par exemple l'EN 81-20:2020 et l'EN 81-50:2020, l'EN 12159:2012) ;
b)   aux élévateurs de lutte contre l'incendie et de sauvetage (voir par exemple l'EN 1777:2010) ;
c)   aux nacelles non guidées, suspendues à des appareils de levage (voir par exemple l'EN 1808:2015) ;
d)   aux postes de conduite élevables sur transtockeurs (voir l'EN 528:2008) ;
e)   aux hayons élévateurs (voir l'EN 1756-1:2001+A1:2008 et l'EN 1756-2:2004+A1:2009) ;
f)   aux plates-formes de travail se déplaçant le long de mâts (voir l'EN 1495:1997+A2:2009) ;
g)   au matériel de parc d'exposition ;
h)   aux tables élévatrices (voir l'EN 1570-1:2011+A1:2014 et l'EN 1570-2:2016) ;
i)   au matériel au sol pour aéronefs (voir par exemple l'EN 1915 1:2013 et l'EN 1915 2:2001+A1:2009) ;
j)   aux positions d'élévation de l'opérateur des chariots de manutention (voir l'EN ISO 3691 3:2016).
1.4   Classification
Les PEMP sont divisées en deux groupes principaux :
a)   Groupe A : PEMP dont la projection verticale du centre de la surface de la plate-forme se trouve toujours à l'intérieur des lignes de renversement, dans toutes les configurations de la plate-forme et à l'inclinaison maximale du châssis spécifiée par le fabricant.
b)   Groupe B : toutes les autres PEMP.
En fonction de leur possibilité de translation, les PEMP sont divisées en 3 types :
1)   Type 1 : la translation n'est admise que si la PEMP est en configuration de transport ;
2)   Type 2 : la translation avec la plate-forme de travail en position relevée ne peut être commandée que par un organe situé sur le châssis ;
3)   Type 3 : la translation avec la plate-forme de travail en position relevée peut être commandée par un organe situé sur la plate-forme de travail.
NOTE   Le type 2 et le type 3 peuvent être combinés.

Premične dvižne delovne ploščadi - 1. del: Konstrukcijski izračuni - Merila stabilnosti - Konstrukcijska izvedba - Varnost - Pregledi in preskusi

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 53.020.99 - Other lifting equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 98 - Lifting platforms
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 98/WG 1 - Mobile elevating work platforms
• Current Stage: 5060 - Closure of Vote - Formal Approval
• Due Date: 11-Nov-2021
• Completion Date: 11-Nov-2021
• 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: kSIST FprEN 280-1:2021 - Mobile elevating work platforms - Part 1: Design calculations - Stability criteria - Construction - Safety - Examinations and tests

RELATIONS

• Revised: EN 280:2013+A1:2015 - Mobile elevating work platforms - Design calculations - Stability criteria - Construction - Safety - Examinations and tests
• Effective Date: 13-Sep-2017

Standards Content (sample)

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Mobile elevating work platforms - Part 1: Design calculations - Stability criteria -

Construction - Safety - Examinations and tests

Fahrbare Hubarbeitsbühnen - Teil 1: Berechnung - Standsicherheit - Bau - Sicherheit -

Prüfungen

Plates-formes élévatrices mobiles de personnel - Partie 1 : Calculs de conception -

Critères de stabilité - Construction - Sécurité - Examens et essais
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 280-1
ICS:
53.020.99 Druga dvigalna oprema Other lifting equipment
oSIST prEN 280-1:2018 en,fr,de

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

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 280-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2018
ICS 53.020.99 Will supersede EN 280:2013+A1:2015
English Version
Mobile elevating work platforms - Part 1: Design
calculations - Stability criteria - Construction - Safety -
Examinations and tests

Plates-formes élévatrices mobiles de personnel - Partie Fahrbare Hubarbeitsbühnen - Teil 1: Berechnung -

1 : Calculs de conception - Critères de stabilité - Standsicherheit - Bau - Sicherheit - Prüfungen

Construction - Sécurité - Examens et essais

This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee

CEN/TC 98.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, 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.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN 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.

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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.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are

aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without

notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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Contents Page

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

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

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

2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 7

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

4 List of significant hazards ......................................................................................................................... 14

5 Safety requirements and/or measures ................................................................................................ 19

5.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 19

5.2 Structural and stability calculations ..................................................................................................... 19

5.3 Chassis and stabilisers ............................................................................................................................... 33

5.4 Extending structure ..................................................................................................................................... 39

5.5 Extending structure drive systems ........................................................................................................ 42

5.6 Work platform ............................................................................................................................................... 47

5.7 Controls ............................................................................................................................................................ 51

5.8 Electrical equipment ................................................................................................................................... 53

5.9 Hydraulic systems ........................................................................................................................................ 54

5.10 Hydraulic cylinders ..................................................................................................................................... 55

5.11 Safety devices and safety functions ....................................................................................................... 59

6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or measures ........................................................... 62

6.1 Examinations and tests .............................................................................................................................. 62

6.2 Type tests of MEWPs ................................................................................................................................... 68

6.3 Tests before placing on the market ....................................................................................................... 68

7 Information for use ..................................................................................................................................... 69

7.1 Instruction handbook ................................................................................................................................. 69

7.2 Marking ............................................................................................................................................................ 72

Annex A (informative) Use of MEWPs in wind speeds greater than 12,5 m/s (Beaufort-

Scale) ................................................................................................................................................................. 76

Annex B (informative) Dynamic factors in stability and structural calculations .............................. 77

B.1 Stability calculations ................................................................................................................................... 77

B.2 Structural calculations ............................................................................................................................... 78

Annex C (normative) Calculation of wire rope drive systems ................................................................... 79

C.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 79

C.2 Calculation of wire rope drive systems ................................................................................................ 79

C.3 Calculation of rope diameters (coefficient c) ..................................................................................... 80

C.4 Calculation of the diameters of rope drums, rope pulleys and compensating pulleys

[coefficient (h · h )] .................................................................................................................................. 81

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C.5 Efficiency of wire rope drive systems ................................................................................................... 84

Annex D (informative) Calculation example — Wire rope drive systems ............................................ 86

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D.1 Method used to determine the coefficients and ratios used for 5.5.2 (wire rope drive

systems) using the load cycle figures in 5.2.5.3 and operating speeds in 5.4.5 ..................... 86

D.2 Calculation of the diameters of rope drums, pulleys and static pulleys ................................... 89

Annex E (informative) Calculation example – z factor, kerb obstacle collision .................................. 92

Annex F (normative) Additional requirements for wireless controls and control systems ........... 95

Annex G (normative) Dimensions of steps and ladders ............................................................................... 97

Annex H (informative) Stress history parameters ........................................................................................ 99

H.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................... 99

H.2 Guidance for selection of S class .............................................................................................................. 99

H.3 Stress history parameters ...................................................................................................................... 100

Annex I (informative) Fatigue assessment: Relationship between S classes in EN 13001-3-1

and B groups in DIN 15018 .................................................................................................................... 104

Annex J (normative) Requirements for Performance Level d safety functions ............................... 105

J.1 General .......................................................................................................................................................... 105

J.2 Requirements for unmonitored non-electrical parts of category 3 architectures ............ 106

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

Requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered .................................................. 107

Bibliography .............................................................................................................................................................. 108

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European foreword

This document (prEN 280-1:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 98 “Lifting

platforms”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 280:2013+A1:2015.

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(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this

document.

EN 280-1:2018 includes the following major changes with respect to EN 280:2013+A1:2015:

— In 1.4: the groups into which MEWPs are divided have been précised;

— Subclause 5.3 "Chassis and stabilisers" has been totally restructured and new requirements have

been added;
— In 5.3.1.2: requirements for inclination have been reviewed;
— In 5.3.1.18: requirements for rail mounted MEWPs have been included;

— Subclause 5.3.2.3: requirements for MEWPs equipped with one or more oscillating axles have been

included;

— In 5.4.1.7: variable working envelope by manual selection of more than one rated load has been

précised;
— In 5.6.1: adjustments of the platform levels have been included;

— In 5.6.3: on work platforms with fixed guard handrails minimum dimensions of openings for the

purpose of access to it have been added;

— In 5.6.14: "Anchorage(s) for the connection of a restraint device" has been added;

— In 5.6.15: requirements with regard to vibrations have been included;

— In 5.6.16: requirements for protection of operators on the platform have been added;

— In 5.6.17: requirements for "Exchangeable work platforms" have been included;

— In 5.7.9 "Overriding of emergency stops respectively safety functions…" has been totally revised;

— Subclause 5.11: for safety-related parts of control systems (SRP/CS) that perform the relevant safety

function the references to categories according to EN 954-1 (see Table 6) have been replaced by

references to performance levels according to EN ISO 13849-1;
— Subclause 6.1.4.2: requirements for platform with extension have been added;

— New Annex F "Additional requirements for wireless controls and control systems" has been added.

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Introduction
This standard is a type C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010.

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

standards, for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type C

standard.

The object of this European Standard is to define rules for safeguarding persons and objects against the

risk of accidents associated with the operation of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs).

— This European Standard does not repeat all the general technical rules applicable to every electrical,

mechanical or structural component.

— The safety requirements of this European Standard have been drawn up on the basis that MEWPs

are periodically maintained according to manufacturers' instructions, working conditions, frequency

of use and national regulations.
It is assumed that MEWPs are used only by qualified and trained operators.

It is also assumed that MEWPs are checked for function daily by the operator before start of work and

are not put into operation unless all required control and safety devices/functions are available and in

working order.
If a MEWP is seldom used, the checks may be made before start of work.

— As far as possible this European Standard sets out only the requirements that materials and

equipment need to meet in the interest of safety, and it is assumed that persons operating MEWPs

are adequately trained.

— Where for clarity an example of a safety measure is given in the text, this does not need to be

considered as the only possible solution. Any other solution leading to the same risk reduction is

permissible if an equivalent level of safety is achieved.

— As no satisfactory explanation could be found for the dynamic factors used for stability calculations

in previous national standards, the results of the tests carried out by the former CEN/TC 98/WG 1 to

determine a suitable factor and stability calculation method for MEWPs have been adopted. The test

method is described in Annex B (informative) as a guide for manufacturers wishing to use higher or

lower operating speeds and to take advantage of developments in control systems.

Similarly, to avoid the unexplained inconsistencies in coefficients of utilization for wire ropes found in

other standards for lifting devices, appropriate extracts of the widely accepted standard DIN 15020-1

have been taken into 5.5.2 and Annex C (normative) with a worked example in Annex D (informative).

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1 Scope

1.1 This document specifies safety requirements and measures for all types and sizes of Mobile

Elevating Work Platform (MEWP, see 3.1) intended to move persons to working positions where they are

carrying out work from the work platform (WP) with the intention that persons are getting on and off the

work platform only at access positions at ground level or on the chassis.
This document also covers static elevating work platforms of group B (see 1.4).

NOTE Machines designed for the handling of goods which are equipped with work platforms as

interchangeable equipment are regarded as MEWPs.

1.2 This document is applicable to the structural design calculations and stability criteria, construction,

safety examinations and tests before MEWPs are first put into service. It identifies the hazards arising

from the use of MEWPs and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards.

It does not cover the hazards arising from:
a) use in potentially explosive atmospheres;
b) electromagnetic incompatibility;
c) work from the platform on external live electric systems;
d) use of compressed gases for load bearing components;
e) getting on and off the work platform at changing levels;

f) specific applications (e.g. railway, ships) covered by National or local regulations.

1.3 This document does not apply to:
a) machinery serving fixed landings (see e.g. EN 81-1 and EN 81-2, EN 12159);
b) fire-fighting and fire rescue appliances (see e.g. EN 1777);
c) unguided work cages suspended from lifting appliances (see e.g. EN 1808);

d) elevating operator position on rail dependent storage and retrieval equipment (see EN 528);

e) tail lifts (see EN 1756-1 and EN 1756-2);
f) mast climbing work platforms (see EN 1495);
g) fairground equipment;
h) lifting tables (see EN 1570-1 and EN 1570-2);
i) aircraft ground support equipment (see e.g. EN 1915-1 and EN 1915-2);
j) elevating operator positions on industrial trucks (see EN 1726-2).
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1.4 Classification:
MEWPs are divided into two main groups:

a) Group A: MEWPs where the vertical projection of the centre of the area of the platform in all platform

configurations at the maximum chassis inclination specified by the manufacturer is always inside the

tipping lines.
b) Group B: All other MEWPs.
Relating to travelling, MEWPs are divided into three types:

1) Type 1: Travelling is only allowed with the MEWP in its transport configuration;

2) Type 2: Travelling with raised work platform is controlled from a point of control at the

chassis;

3) Type 3: Travelling with raised work platform is controlled from a point of control at the work

platform.
NOTE Type 2 and type 3 can be combined.
2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

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

EN 349, Safety of machinery - Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body

EN 12385-4, Steel wire ropes - Safety - Part 4: Stranded ropes for general lifting applications

EN 13001-3-1:2012+A2:2018, Cranes - General design - Part 3-1: Limit states and proof competence of steel

structure

EN 14033-1, Railway applications - Track - Railbound construction and maintenance machines - Part 1:

Technical requirements for running

EN 14033-2:2017, Railway applications - Track - Rail bound construction and maintenance machines - Part

2: Technical requirements for travelling and working

EN 15746-1:2010+A1:2011, Railway applications - Track - Road-rail machines and associated equipment

- Part 1: Technical requirements for running and working

EN 15954-1:2013, Railway applications - Track - Trailers and associated equipment - Part 1: Technical

requirements for running and working

EN 15955-1:2013, Railway applications - Track - Demountable machines and associated equipment - Part

1: Technical requirements for running and working

EN 60068-2-64, Environmental testing - Part 2-64: Tests - Test Fh: Vibration, broadband random and

guidance (IEC 60068-2-64)

EN 61310-1:2008, Safety of machinery - Indication, marking and actuation - Part 1: Requirements for

visual, acoustic and tactile signals (IEC 61310-1:2007)
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EN 60204-1:2006, Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 1: General requirements

(IEC 60204-1:2005, modified)

EN 60204-32:2008, Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 32: Requirements for

hoisting machines (IEC 60204-32:2008)
EN 60529, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code) (IEC 60529)

EN 62061, Safety of machinery - Functional safety of safety-related electrical, electronic and programmable

electronic control systems (IEC 62061)

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 13849-2, Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts of control systems - Part 2: Validation (ISO

13849-2)

EN ISO 13850:2015, Safety of machinery - Emergency stop function - Principles for design (ISO 13850:2015)

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

lower limbs (ISO 13857)

ISO 3864-1, Graphical symbols - Safety colours and safety signs - Part 1: Design principles for safety signs

and safety markings
ISO 4302, Cranes - Wind load assessment
ISO 4305, Mobile cranes - Determination of stability
ISO 4309, Cranes - Wire ropes - Care and maintenance, inspection and discard

ISO/TR 23849:2010, Guidance on the application of ISO 13849-1 and IEC 62061 in the design of safety-

related control systems for machinery
3 Terms and definitions

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

following apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:

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3.1
mobile elevating work platform (MEWP)

mobile machine that is intended to move persons to working positions where they are carrying out work

from the work platform with the intention that persons are getting on and off the work platform only at

access positions at ground level or on the chassis and which consists as a minimum of a work platform

with controls, an extending structure and a chassis
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3.2
work platform

fenced platform or a cage which can be moved under load to the required working position and from

which erection, repair, inspection or similar work can be carried out
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.
3.3
extending structure

structure which is connected to the chassis and supports the work platform and which allows movement

of the work platform to its required position
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.

Note 2 to entry: It may, for example, be a single or a telescoping or an articulating boom or ladder, or a scissors

mechanism or any combination of them, and may or may not slew on the base.
3.4
chassis

base of the MEWP, which may be pulled, pushed, self-propelled, etc. or stationary

Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.
3.5
stabilisers

devices and systems used to stabilise MEWPs by supporting and/or levelling the complete MEWP or the

extending structure, e.g. jacks, suspension locking devices, extending axles
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.
3.6
access position
position(s) to provide access to and from the work platform
Note 1 to entry: Access position and transport configuration can be identical.
3.7
transport configuration

configuration of the MEWP prescribed by the manufacturer in which the MEWP is intended to be

delivered to the place of use
Note 1 to entry: Access position and transport configuration can be identical.
3.8
lowering
operations to move the work platform to a lower level
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 2.
3.9
raising
operations to move the work platform to a higher level
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 2.
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rotating
circular movement of the work platform about a vertical axis
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 2.
3.11
slewing
circular movement of the extending structure about a vertical axis
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 2.
3.12
travelling
movements of the chassis except during transportation
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 2.
3.13
vehicle mounted MEWP

MEWP where the chassis is a vehicle and where travelling controls are located within the cab of the

vehicle
3.14
pedestrian controlled MEWP

MEWP where the controls for powered movement in the transport configuration are located so that they

are capable of being operated by a person walking close to the MEWP
3.15
self-propelled MEWP
MEWP where the travelling controls are located at the work platform
3.16
rated load

load for which the MEWP has been designed for normal operation and which is composed of persons,

tools and material acting vertically on the work platform
Note 1 to entry: A MEWP can have more than one rated load.
3.17
load cycle

cycle starting from the access position, carrying out work and returning to the access position

3.18
wire rope drive system

system that comprises one or more wire rope(s) running on rope drums and on or over rope pulleys as

well as any associated rope drums, rope pulleys and compensating pulleys
3.19
chain drive system

system that comprises one or more chain(s) running on chain sprockets and on or over chain pulleys as

well as any associated chain sprockets, chain pulleys and compensating pulleys
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type test

test on the representative model of a new design or one incorporating significant changes to an existing

design, carried out by or on behalf of the manufacturer or his authorised representative

3.21
totally manually powered MEWP
MEWP with movement powered only by manual effort
3.22
rail mounted MEWP
MEWP where travelling is guided by rails
3.23
load sensing system
system of monitoring the vertical load and vertical forces on the work platform

Note 1 to entry: The system includes the measuring device(s), the way the measuring devices are incorporated

in the machinery and the signal processing system.
3.24
moment sensing system

system of monitoring the moment acting about the tipping line tending to overturn the MEWP

Note 1 to entry: The system includes the measuring device(s), the way the measuring devices are incorporated

in the machinery and the signal processing system.
3.25
wireless control

means by which the MEWP operator’s commands are transmitted without any physical connection for at

least part of the distance between the control console and the rest of the control system

3.26
self-revealing failure or fault

failure or fault of a component where the failure or fault is apparent to the MEWP operator and can be

revealed without the use of monitoring services
Note 1 to entry: Failure or fault may be apparent to the MEWP operator through:
— changes of operating characteristics, and/or
— visual evidence, and/or
— audible evidence, and/or
— other evidence.
3.27
working envelope

space in which the work platform is designed to work within the specified loads and forces under normal

operating conditions
Note 1 to entry: MEWPS can have more than one working envelope.
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exchangeable work platform

work platform according to 3.2 which is intended to be exchanged without using tools

Note 1 to entry: Such platforms may be of different sizes and/or capacities.
Note 2 to entry: Such platforms do not modify the original function of the MEWP.

Note 3 to entry: Work platforms which are interchangeable equipment intended to be fitted on machines other

than MEWPs are not covered by this definition. For the combination refer to note in 1.1.

3.29
lowered travel position
configuration(s) of the MEWP for travel at maximum travel speed

Note 1 to entry: The lowered travel position, access position and transport position can be identical.

3.30
safety function
function of a machine whose failure can result in an imm
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