SIST EN 16842-6:2019

Powered industrial trucks - Visibility - Test methods and verification - Part 6: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks greater than 10 000 kg capacity

This European Standard specifies the requirements and test procedures for 360 visibility of sit-on self-propelled industrial counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks (herein referred to as truck) with a capacity greater than 10 000 kg in accordance with ISO 5053-1 and is intended to be used in conjunction with FprEN 16842-1.
Where specific requirements in this part are modified from the general requirements in FprEN 16842-1, the requirements of this part are truck specific and to be used for sit-on self-propelled industrial counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks with a capacity greater than 10 000 kg.
This part of EN 16842 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events as listed in Annex ZA, Table ZA.1, relevant to the visibility of the operator for applicable machines when used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.

Kraftbetriebene Flurförderzeuge - Sichtverhältnisse – Testmethoden und Verifikation - Teil 6: Gegengewichtstapler mit Fahrersitz und geländegängige Stapler mit Mast mit einer Nenntragfähigkeit von über 10 000 kg

Diese Europäische Norm legt die Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für die Rundumsicht (360°) von motorkraftbetriebenen Gegengewichtstaplern mit Fahrersitz und geländegängigen Staplern mit Mast (im Folgenden als Flurförderzeug bezeichnet) mit einer Nenntragfähigkeit von über 10 000 kg in Übereinstimmung mit ISO 5053 1 fest und soll in Verbindung mit FprEN 16842 1 verwendet werden.
Wenn spezifische Anforderungen in diesem Teil von den allgemeinen Anforderungen in FprEN 16842 1 abweichen, sind die Anforderungen in diesem Teil für das Flurförderzeug spezifisch und für motorkraftbetriebene Gegengewichtstapler mit Fahrersitz und geländegängige Stapler mit Mast mit einer Nenntragfähigkeit von über 10 000 kg zu verwenden.
Dieser Teil von EN 16842 behandelt alle in Anhang ZA, Tabelle ZA.1 aufgeführten signifikanten Gefährdungen, Gefährdungssituationen oder Gefährdungsereignisse, die für die Sichtverhältnisse des Bedieners bei vorgesehener Nutzung der betreffenden Maschinen unter normalen Umständen durch den Hersteller vorhersehbaren Fehlanwendungen relevant sind.

Chariots de manutention automoteurs - Visibilité - Méthodes d'essai et vérification - Partie 6 : Chariots en porte‐à‐faux à conducteur assis et chariots tout-terrain à mât ayant une capacité supérieure à 10 000 kg inclus

La présente Norme européenne spécifie les prescriptions et les modes opératoires relatifs à la visibilité sur 360° des chariots de manutention automoteurs en porte-à-faux à conducteur assis et des chariots tout-terrain à mât (ci-après désignés chariot) ayant une capacité supérieure à 10 000 kg conformes à l'ISO 5053-1, et est destinée à être utilisée conjointement avec le FprEN 16842-1.
Lorsque des prescriptions spécifiques de la présente partie sont modifiées par rapport aux prescriptions générales du FprEN 16842-1, les prescriptions de la présente partie sont spécifiques au chariot et sont à utiliser pour les chariots de manutention automoteurs en porte-à-faux à conducteur assis et les chariots tout-terrain à mât ayant une capacité supérieure à 10 000 kg.
La présente partie de l'EN 16842 traite de tous les phénomènes dangereux, situations dangereuses ou événements dangereux significatifs énumérés à l'Annexe ZA, Tableau ZA.1, relatifs à la visibilité du conducteur pour les machines concernées lorsqu'elles sont utilisées comme prévu et dans des conditions de mauvaise utilisation raisonnablement prévisible par le fabricant.

Vozila za talni transport - Gnana vozila za talni transport - Vidno polje voznika - Preskusna metoda in preverjanje - 6. del: Čelni viličarji z voznikovim sedežem in težki terenski viličarji z zmogljivostjo več kot 10 000 kg

Ta evropski standard določa zahteve in preskusne postopke za 360-stopinjsko vidno polje voznika pri samognanih industrijskih čelnih viličarjih z voznikovim sedežem in težkih terenskih viličarjih (v nadaljevanju »vozilo«) z zmogljivostjo več kot 10.000 kg v skladu s standardom ISO 5053-1 ter je predviden za uporabo skupaj s standardom FprEN 16842-1.
Kjer so posebne zahteve v tem delu spremenjene tako, da se razlikujejo od splošnih zahtev v standardu FprEN 16842-1, so zahteve iz tega dela posebne zahteve za vozila in se uporabljajo za samognane industrijske čelne viličarje z voznikovim sedežem in težke terenske viličarje z zmogljivostjo več kot 10.000 kg.
Ta del standarda EN 16842 opisuje vsa večja tveganja, nevarne situacije in nevarne dogodke, kot je navedeno v dodatku ZA, preglednici ZA.1, v zvezi z vidnim poljem upravljavca pri ustreznih strojih, kadar se uporabljajo v skladu z njihovim namenom in pod pogoji pričakovane nepravilne uporabe, ki jih določa proizvajalec.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 10-Sep-2017
• Publication Date: 12-Mar-2019
• ICS: 53.060 - Industrial trucks
• Technical Committee: DTN - Lift and transport appliances
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 06-Dec-2018
• Due Date: 10-Feb-2019
• Completion Date: 13-Mar-2019
• 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: EN 16842-6:2018 - Powered industrial trucks - Visibility - Test methods and verification - Part 6: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks greater than 10 000 kg capacity

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 16842-6:2019
01-april-2019
Vozila za talni transport - Gnana vozila za talni transport - Vidno polje voznika -
Preskusna metoda in preverjanje - 6. del: Čelni viličarji z voznikovim sedežem in
težki terenski viličarji z zmogljivostjo več kot 10 000 kg
Powered industrial trucks - Visibility - Test methods and verification - Part 6: Sit-on
counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks greater than 10 000 kg capacity
Kraftbetriebene Flurförderzeuge - Sichtverhältnisse – Testmethoden und Verifikation -
Teil 6: Gegengewichtstapler mit Fahrersitz und geländegängige Stapler mit Mast mit
einer Nenntragfähigkeit von über 10 000 kg
Chariots de manutention automoteurs - Visibilité - Méthodes d'essai et vérification -
Partie 6 : Chariots en porte‐à‐faux à conducteur assis et chariots tout-terrain à mât
ayant une capacité supérieure à 10 000 kg inclus
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 16842-6:2018
ICS:
53.060 Industrijski tovornjaki Industrial trucks
SIST EN 16842-6:2019 en,fr
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EN 16842-6
EUROPEAN STANDARD

NORME EUROPÉENNE

November 2018
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 53.060
English Version

Powered industrial trucks - Visibility - Test methods and
verification - Part 6: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and
rough terrain masted trucks greater than 10 000 kg
capacity
Chariots de manutention automoteurs - Visibilité - Kraftbetriebene Flurförderzeuge - Sichtverhältnisse -
Méthodes d'essai et vérification - Partie 6 : Chariots en Prüfverfahren und Verifikation - Teil 6:
porte-à-faux à conducteur assis et chariots tout-terrain Gegengewichtstapler mit Fahrersitz und
à mât ayant une capacité supérieure à 10 000 kg inclus geländegängige Stapler mit Mast mit einer
Nenntragfähigkeit von über 10 000 kg
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 22 May 2018.

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.





EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2018 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 16842-6:2018 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Truck configuration . 6
4.1 General . 6
4.2 Height of load carrying surface . 6
4.3 Fork arm dimensions . 7
5 Test equipment . 7
6 Test procedures for direct visibility . 7
6.1 Lighting equipment position . 7
6.2 Test paths for trucks > 10 000 kg . 8
6.3 Measurement procedure . 10
6.4 Test procedure for indirect visibility . 10
7 Acceptance criteria . 10
7.1 General . 10
7.2 Direct visibility . 10
7.2.1 General . 10
7.2.2 Travelling visibility . 10
7.2.3 Manoeuvring visibility . 10
7.2.4 Fork arms . 10
7.3 Indirect visibility . 10
7.4 Criteria for trucks greater than 10 000 kg rated capacity . 11
8 Test report . 12
9 Information for use . 12
Annex A (informative) Information for operator visibility during use . 13
A.1 General . 13
A.2 Method 1 . 14
A.3 Method 2 . 15
Bibliography . 16

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EN 16842-6:2018 (E)
European foreword
This document (EN 16842-6:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 150 “Industrial
trucks – Safety”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
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 May 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by May 2019.
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 European Standard is intended to be used in combination with the requirements in EN 16842-1.
EN 16842, consists of the following parts under the general title Powered industrial trucks – Visibility –
Test methods and verification:
— Part 1: General requirements;
— Part 2: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks up to and including 10 000 kg
capacity;
— Part 3: Reach trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity;
— Part 4: Industrial variable-reach trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity;
— Part 5: Industrial variable-reach trucks greater than10 000 kg capacity (in preparation);
— Part 6: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks greater than 10 000 kg
capacity;
— Part 7: Variable-reach and masted container trucks handling freight containers of 6 m (20 ft) length
and longer;
— Part 8: Stand on counterbalance trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity (in preparation);
— Part 9: Order-picking, lateral- and front-stacking trucks with elevating operator position;
— Part 10: Towing and pushing tractors and burden carrier;
It is intended to develop additional parts related to the following machinery:
— Pallet stacking trucks (rider controlled);
— Single side loader;
— Multi-directional forklift truck;
— Articulated counterbalance lift truck;
— Non stacking low lift straddle carriers (as defined in ISO 5053-1:2015, 3.18);
— Stacking high lift straddle carriers (as defined in ISO 5053-1:2015, 3.19).
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,
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EN 16842-6:2018 (E)
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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EN 16842-6:2018 (E)
Introduction
This document is a type-C standard as stated 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 or hazardous events
are covered are indicated in the Scope of this document.
When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-
B standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the
other standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this
type-C standard.
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EN 16842-6:2018 (E) 2 Contents Page European foreword . 3 Introduction . 5 1 Scope . 6 2 Normative references . 6 3 Terms and definitions . 6 4 Truck configuration . 6 4.1 General . 6 4.2 Height of load carrying surface . 6 4.3 Fork arm dimensions . 7 5 Test equipment . 7 6 Test procedures for direct visibility . 7 6.1 Lighting equipment position . 7 6.2 Test paths for trucks > 10 000 kg . 8 6.3 Measurement procedure . 10 6.4 Test procedure for indirect visibility . 10 7 Acceptance criteria . 10 7.1 General . 10 7.2 Direct visibility . 10 7.2.1 General . 10 7.2.2 Travelling visibility . 10 7.2.3 Manoeuvring visibility . 10 7.2.4 Fork arms . 10 7.3 Indirect visibility . 10 7.4 Criteria for trucks greater than 10 000 kg rated capacity . 11 8 Test report . 12 9 Information for use . 12 Annex A (informative)
Information for operator visibility during use . 13 A.1 General . 13 A.2 Method 1 . 14 A.3 Method 2 . 15 Bibliography . 16
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EN 16842-6:2018 (E) 3 European foreword This document (EN 16842-6:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 150 “Industrial trucks – Safety”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI. 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 May 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2019. 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 European Standard is intended to be used in combination with the requirements in EN 16842-1.
EN 16842, consists of the following parts under the general title Powered industrial trucks – Visibility – Test methods and verification: — Part 1: General requirements; — Part 2: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity; — Part 3: Reach trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity; — Part 4: Industrial variable-reach trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity; — Part 5: Industrial variable-reach trucks greater than10 000 kg capacity (in preparation); — Part 6: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks greater than 10 000 kg capacity; — Part 7: Variable-reach and masted container trucks handling freight containers of 6 m (20 ft) length and longer; — Part 8: Stand on counterbalance trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity (in preparation); — Part 9: Order-picking, lateral- and front-stacking trucks with elevating operator position; — Part 10: Towing and pushing tractors and burden carrier; It is intended to develop additional parts related to the following machinery: — Pallet stacking trucks (rider controlled); — Single side loader; — Multi-directional forklift truck; — Articulated counterbalance lift truck; — Non stacking low lift straddle carriers (as defined in ISO 5053-1:2015, 3.18); — Stacking high lift straddle carriers (as defined in ISO 5053-1:2015, 3.19). 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, SIST EN 16842-6:2019



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EN 16842-6:2018 (E) 5 Introduction This document is a type-C standard as stated 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 or hazardous events are covered are indicated in the Scope of this document. When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-B standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C standard. SIST EN 16842-6:2019



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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 16842-6
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

June 2017
ICS 53.060
English Version

Powered industrial trucks - Visibility - Test methods and
verification - Part 6: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and
rough terrain masted trucks greater than 10 000 kg
capacity

This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 150.

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.

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.

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.


EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2017 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 16842-6:2017 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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prEN 16842-6:2017 (E)
Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Truck configuration . 5
4.1 General . 5
4.2 Height of load carrying surface . 5
4.3 Fork arm dimensions . 5
5 Test equipment . 6
6 Test procedures for direct visibility . 6
6.1 Light source position . 6
6.2 Test paths for trucks > 10 000 kg . 7
6.3 Measurement procedure . 9
6.4 Test procedure for indirect visibility . 9
7 Acceptance criteria . 9
7.1 General . 9
7.2 Direct visibility . 9
7.2.1 General . 9
7.2.2 Travelling visibility . 9
7.2.3 Manoeuvring visibility . 9
7.2.4 Fork arms . 9
7.3 Indirect visibility . 9
7.4 Criteria for trucks greater than 10 000 kg rated capacity . 10
8 Test report . 11
9 Information for use . 11
Annex A (informative) Information for operator visibility during use . 12
A.1 General . 12
A.2 Method 1 . 13
A.3 Method 2 . 14
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 15
Bibliography . 16

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prEN 16842-6:2017 (E)
European foreword
This document (prEN 16842-6:2017) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 150
“Safety of industrial trucks”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
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.
This European Standard is intended to be used in combination with the requirements in
FprEN 16842-1.
The EN 16842 series, consists of the following parts under the general title Powered industrial trucks
– Visibility – Test methods and verification:
— Part 1: General requirements;
— Part 2: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks up to and including
10 000 kg capacity;
— Part 3: Reach trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity (in preparation);
— Part 4: Variable reach industrial trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity (in preparation);
— Part 5: Variable reach industrial trucks greater than10 000 kg capacity (in preparation);
— Part 6: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks greater than 10 000 kg
capacity (in preparation);
— Part 7: Variable reach and masted container handler (in preparation);
— Part 8: Stand on counterbalance trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity (in preparation).
— Part 9: VNA trucks;
It is intended to develop additional parts related to the following machinery:
— Pallet stacking trucks (rider controlled);
— Burden and personnel carrier;
— Tractor (IND Truck);
— Single side loader;
— Multi-directional forklift truck;
— Articulated counterbalance lift truck;
— Low lift straddle carriers (as defined in ISO 5053-1:2015, 3.18);
— High lift straddle carriers (as defined in ISO 5053-1:2015, 3.19).
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prEN 16842-6:2017 (E)
Introduction
This document is a type-C standard as stated 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 surveillancev
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 or hazardous
events are covered are indicated in the Scope of this document.
When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or
type-B standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements
of the other standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements
of this type-C standard.”
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prEN 16842-6:2017 (E)
1 Scope
This European Standard specifies the requirements and test procedures for 360° visibility of sit-on
self-propelled industrial counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks (herein referred to
as truck) with a capacity greater than 10 000 kg in accordance with ISO 5053-1 and is intended to be
used in conjunction with FprEN 16842-1.
Where specific requirements in this part are modified from the general requirements in
FprEN 16842-1, the requirements of this part are truck specific and to be used for sit-on self-
propelled industrial counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks with a capacity greater
than 10 000 kg.
This part of EN 16842 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events as
listed in Annex ZA, Table ZA.1, relevant to the visibility of the operator for applicable machines when
used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the
manufacturer.
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
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