SIST EN 1459-4:2021/kFprA1:2025

Rough-terrain trucks - Safety requirements and verification - Part 4: Additional requirements for variable-reach trucks handling freely suspended loads

This document specifies the safety requirements and means of verification in addition to EN 1459-1:2017+A1:2020 and EN 1459-2:2015+A1:2018 as applicable, for rough-terrain variable-reach trucks (hereafter referred to as trucks) designed and intended for handling suspended loads which can swing freely in one or more directions. It is applicable to trucks covered by EN 1459-1:2017+A1:2020 and EN 1459-2:2015+A1:2018.
This document does not apply to:
- the lifting of suspended loads which by design of the load or the lifting attachments does not allow the load to swing freely in any direction;
- the handling of flexible intermediate bulk containers, as defined in ISO 21898:2004, carried under the forks of the truck or with attachments intended for this purpose;
- any attachments / means used for lifting personnel;
- lifting accessories;
- freight container handling trucks;
- mobile cranes (covered by EN 13000:2010+A1:2014).
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events, related to trucks handling a freely suspended load, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A).
This document does not deal with load limiter for attachments.
This document is not applicable to rough-terrain variable-reach trucks designed and intended for handling suspended loads manufactured before the date of its publication.

Geländegängige Stapler - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Verifizierung - Teil 4: Zusätzliche Anforderungen für Stapler mit veränderlicher Reichweite zum Befördern angehängter Lasten

Chariots tout-terrain - Prescriptions de sécurité et vérification - Partie 4 : Prescriptions supplémentaires pour les chariots à portée-variable manutentionnant des charges suspendues à oscillation libre

Vozila za talni transport - Varnostne zahteve in preverjanje - 4. del: Dodatne zahteve za tovornjake z mehanizmom s spremenljivim dosegom za dvigovanje prosto visečih bremen - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 29-Jun-2023
• ICS: 53.060 - Industrial trucks
• Technical Committee: DTN - Lift and transport appliances
• Current Stage: 5020 - Formal vote (FV) (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 11-Dec-2024
• Due Date: 29-Jan-2025
• Completion Date: 05-Feb-2025
• Directive: Harmonized Standard2006/42/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 1459-4:2020/FprA1 - Rough-terrain trucks - Safety requirements and verification - Part 4: Additional requirements for variable-reach trucks handling freely suspended loads

Relations

• Merged Into: SIST EN 1459-4:2021+A1:2025 - Rough-terrain trucks - Safety requirements and verification - Part 4: Additional requirements for variable-reach trucks handling freely suspended loads
• Effective Date: 12-Feb-2025
• Amends: SIST EN 1459-4:2021 - Rough-terrain trucks - Safety requirements and verification - Part 4: Additional requirements for variable-reach trucks handling freely suspended loads
• Effective Date: 04-May-2022

Overview

SIST EN 1459-4:2021/kFprA1:2025 defines the safety requirements and means of verification for rough-terrain variable-reach trucks handling freely suspended loads. This standard is essential for manufacturers, operators, and safety professionals focused on the design and use of rough-terrain trucks with variable reach, specifically those that handle loads that can swing freely. It builds upon and adds specific requirements to the baseline standards EN 1459-1:2017+A1:2020 and EN 1459-2:2015+A1:2018, ensuring that trucks designed for these challenging applications meet elevated safety and performance criteria.

The standard addresses significant hazards and includes guidance for verification, testing procedures, and equipment modifications. It is applicable only to rough-terrain variable-reach trucks handling freely suspended loads and excludes other types of load handling and attachments, as well as trucks designed or manufactured before the publication date of this document.

Key Topics

• Specific Safety Requirements
  The standard details additional safety provisions required where loads may swing freely, posing stability and mechanical risk unique to this operational context.
• Testing and Verification Procedures
  It identifies modified and enhanced testing methods, such as lateral stability and structural strength tests, tailored for variable-reach trucks handling suspended loads.
• Hazard Analysis
  Comprehensive coverage is provided for significant mechanical, ergonomic, and operational hazards-such as loss of stability, load sway, tipping, and operator error.
• Consistency with European Legislation
  SIST EN 1459-4:2021/kFprA1:2025 aligns with essential requirements of EU Directives (e.g., Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC), ensuring compliance and legal certainty for manufacturers and users.
• Scope of Exclusions
  The document clarifies its non-applicability to loads not free to swing, handling of flexible intermediate bulk containers per ISO 21898:2004 (EN ISO 21898:2005), personnel-lifting devices, lifting accessories, freight container trucks, or mobile cranes covered by other standards.

Applications

SIST EN 1459-4:2021/kFprA1:2025 is intended for:

• Manufacturers
  • Designing and producing rough-terrain variable-reach trucks used for lifting and transporting freely suspended loads, ensuring machinery meets current EU safety standards.
• Site Operators and Safety Officers
  • Selecting or operating the correct equipment for construction, agriculture, and industrial applications where load sway and site conditions require specialized stability and safety features.
• Certification and Compliance Bodies
  • Assessing conformity of trucks with the prescribed safety requirements to meet regulatory obligations and market access requirements in the EU and EEA.
• Maintenance and Testing Personnel
  • Applying standardized verification and testing routines to assure ongoing equipment safety in diverse working conditions.

By implementing this standard, organizations ensure improved safety, reduce risk of accidents, and facilitate compliance with key European regulations concerning variable-reach trucks used for handling freely suspended loads.

Related Standards

• EN 1459-1:2017+A1:2020: Rough-terrain trucks - Safety requirements and verification - Part 1: Variable-reach trucks
• EN 1459-2:2015+A1:2018: Rough-terrain trucks - Safety requirements and verification - Part 2
• EN 1459-5:2020+prA1:2023: Attachments interface
• EN ISO 21898:2005: Flexible intermediate bulk containers
• EN 13000:2010+A1:2014: Mobile cranes
• Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC: Essential health and safety requirements for machinery within the European Economic Area

Implementing SIST EN 1459-4:2021/kFprA1:2025 guarantees higher safety standards and regulatory compliance for rough-terrain variable-reach trucks operating with freely suspended loads in challenging environments.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 1459-4:2021/oprA1:2023
01-junij-2023
Vozila za talni transport - Terenska vozila - Varnostne zahteve in preverjanje - 4.
del: Dodatne zahteve za tovornjake z mehanizmom s spremenljivim dosegom za
dvigovanje prosto visečih bremen - Dopolnilo A1
Rough-terrain trucks - Safety requirements and verification - Part 4: Additional
requirements for variable-reach trucks handling freely suspended loads
Geländegängige Stapler - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Verifizierung - Teil
4: Zusätzliche Anforderungen für Stapler mit veränderlicher Reichweite zum Befördern
angehängter Lasten
Chariots tout-terrain - Prescriptions de sécurité et vérification - Partie 4 : Prescriptions
supplémentaires pour les chariots à portée-variable manutentionnant des charges
suspendues à oscillation libre
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 1459-4:2020/prA1
ICS:
53.060 Industrijski tovornjaki Industrial trucks
SIST EN 1459-4:2021/oprA1:2023 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

SIST EN 1459-4:2021/oprA1:2023

SIST EN 1459-4:2021/oprA1:2023

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 1459-4:2020
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prA1
April 2023
ICS 53.060
English Version
Rough-terrain trucks - Safety requirements and
verification - Part 4: Additional requirements for variable-
reach trucks handling freely suspended loads
Chariots tout-terrain - Prescriptions de sécurité et Geländegängige Stapler - Sicherheitstechnische
vérification - Partie 4 : Prescriptions supplémentaires Anforderungen und Verifizierung - Teil 4: Zusätzliche
pour les chariots à portée-variable manutentionnant Anforderungen für Stapler mit veränderlicher
des charges suspendues à oscillation libre Reichweite zum Befördern angehängter Lasten
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 150.

This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 1459-4:2020. If this draft becomes an amendment,
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of
this amendment into the relevant national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
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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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SIST EN 1459-4:2021/oprA1:2023
Contents
European foreword . 3
1 Modification to Clause 1 Scope . 4
2 Modification to Clause 2 Normative references . 4
3 Modification to 4.1.2 Specific relation to EN 1459-1 and EN 1459-2 . 4
4 Modification to 5.1 Tests for trucks and for lifting attachments . 4
5 Modification to 5.2.2 General test set up . 4
6 Modification to 5.3.2 Lateral test procedure . 5
7 Modification to 5.4 Strength tests for the connection point for lifting accessories . 5
8 Modification to Annex A . 5
9 Modification to Annex ZA . 6
10 Modification to Bibliography . 11

SIST EN 1459-4:2021/oprA1:2023
European foreword
This document (EN 1459-4:2020/prA1:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 150
“Industrial Trucks - Safety”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
The most significant changes introduced by Amendment 1 are:
— revision of dated and undated normative references to improve legal certainty in the application of this
document;
— revision of Table A.1 and Table ZA.1;
— identification of D and d in Key of Figure 2;
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— revision of Figure 3 for consistency and improvement
— revision of Table 1 for consistency.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU
Directive(s) / Regulation(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part
of EN 1459-4:2020.
SIST EN 1459-4:2021/oprA1:2023
1 Modification to Clause 1 Scope
Replace the following in first paragraph:
EN 1459-1:2017+A1:2020
with:
prEN 1459-1:2023
Replace the following in second indent:
ISO 21898:2004
with:
EN ISO 21898:2005
2 Modification to Clause 2 Normative references
Replace the following reference:
EN 1459-1:2017+A1:2020, Rough-terrain trucks — Safety requirements and verification — Part 1:
Variable- reach trucks
with:
prEN
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