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

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

Dieses Dokument legt die ergänzenden Sicherheitsanforderungen und Mittel der Überprüfung in Ergänzung zu !EN 1459 1:2025" und EN 1459 2:2015+A1:2018, sofern zutreffend für geländegängige Flurförderzeuge mit veränderlicher Reichweite (nachfolgend als Stapler bezeichnet) fest, die für die Handhabung von hängenden Lasten, die in einer oder mehreren Richtungen frei schwenkbar sind, konstruiert und vorgesehen sind. Es ist anwendbar für durch !EN 1459 1:2025" und EN 1459 2:2015+A1:2018 abgedeckte Stapler.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für:
   das Heben von hängenden Lasten, die durch die Konstruktion der Last oder der Hebe-Zusatzeinrichtungen der Last nicht frei in alle Richtungen schwenkbar sind;
   die Handhabung von flexiblen Großpackmitteln, wie in !EN ISO 21898:2005" beschrieben, die unter den Gabeln des Staplers getragen werden beziehungsweise mit den für diesen Zweck vorgesehenen Zusatzeinrichtungen;
   alle Zusatzeinrichtungen/Mittel, die für das Heben von Personal genutzt werden;
   Hebezubehör;
   Stapler für Frachtcontainer;
   Fahrzeugkrane (abgedeckt durch EN 13000:2010+A1:2014).
Dieses Dokument behandelt alle für Stapler zutreffenden wesentlichen Gefährdungen, Gefährdungssituationen oder Gefährdungsereignisse, die eine frei hängende Last bearbeiten, wenn diese wie vom Hersteller vorgesehen und unter Bedingungen von durch den Hersteller vernünftigerweise vorhersehbaren Fehlanwendungen verwendet werden (siehe Anhang A).
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für Lastenbegrenzer der Hubkapazität für Zusatzeinrichtungen.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für Stapler, die für das Heben hängender Lasten konzipiert und bestimmt sind, die vor dem Datum dieser Veröffentlichung hergestellt wurden.

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

Le présent document spécifie les prescriptions de sécurité et les moyens de vérification en complément à l'EN 1459-1:2017+A1:2020 et à l'EN 1459-2:2015+A1:2018 le cas échéant, pour les chariots tout-terrain à portée variable (ci‐après désignés chariots) conçus et destinés à la manutention de charges suspendues qui peuvent osciller librement dans une ou plusieurs directions. Il est applicable aux chariots couverts par les EN 1459-1:2017+A1:2020 et EN 1459-2:2015+A1:2018.
Le présent document ne s'applique pas :
- au levage de charges suspendues qui, d'après la conception de la charge ou des accessoires de levage, ne permet pas à la charge d'osciller librement dans une direction quelconque ;
- à la manutention de grands récipients vrac souples, tels que définis dans l'ISO 21898:2004, transportés sous les fourches du chariot ou avec des accessoires destinés à cet effet;
- à tous les accessoires/moyens utilisés pour le levage de personnel ;
- aux équipements de levage ;
- aux chariots porte-conteneurs ;
- aux grues mobiles (couvertes par l’EN 13000:2010+A1:2014).
Le présent document traite de tous les phénomènes dangereux significatifs, situations dangereuses et événements dangereux relatifs aux les chariots manutentionnant une charge suspendue librement, lorsqu'ils sont utilisés comme prévu et dans des conditions de mauvaise utilisation qui sont raisonnablement prévisibles par le fabricant (voir l’Annexe A).
Le présent document ne traite pas du limiteur de charge pour les accessoires.
Le présent document n'est pas applicable aux chariots tout‐terrain à portée variable conçus et prévus pour manutentionner des charges suspendues fabriqués avant la date de sa publication.

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

Ta dokument določa varnostne zahteve in načine za preverjanje – poleg standardov EN 1459-1:2025 in EN 1459-2:2015+A1:2018, kot je ustrezno – za terenska vozila z mehanizmom za dviganje s spremenljivim dosegom (v nadaljnjem besedilu: »vozila«), zasnovana in namenjena za dvigovanje visečih bremen, ki lahko prosto nihajo v eni ali več smereh. Uporablja se za vozila, ki so zajeta v standardih EN 1459-1:2025 in EN 1459-2:2015+A1:2018.
Ta dokument se ne uporablja za:
– dvigovanje visečih bremen, ki zaradi zasnove bremena ali dvižnih priključkov ne dopušča prostega nihanja bremena v poljubno smer;
– ravnanje s prožnimi vmesnimi vsebniki (IBC), opredeljenimi v standardu EN ISO 21898:2005, ki se prenašajo pod vilicami vozila ali z namenskimi priključki;
– priključke/sredstva, ki se uporabljajo za dvigovanje osebja;
– dvižne pripomočke;
– vozila za delo s tovornimi zabojniki;
– mobilne žerjave (zajete v standardu EN 13000:2010+A1:2014).
Ta dokument obravnava vse večje nevarnosti, nevarne situacije in dogodke v zvezi z vozili za dvigovanje prosto visečih bremen, kadar se uporabljajo v skladu s predvidenim namenom in pod pogoji pričakovane nepravilne uporabe, ki jih določa proizvajalec (glej dodatek A).
Ta dokument ne obravnava omejevalnika obremenitve za priključke.
Ta dokument se ne uporablja za terenska vozila z mehanizmom za dviganje s spremenljivim dosegom, zasnovana in namenjena za dvigovanje visečih bremen, ki so bila izdelana pred datumom njegove objave.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 06-Oct-2025
• ICS: 53.060 - Industrial trucks
• Technical Committee: DTN - Lift and transport appliances
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 24-Apr-2025
• Due Date: 29-Jun-2025
• Completion Date: 07-Oct-2025
• 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 1459-4:2020+A1:2025 - Rough-terrain trucks - Safety requirements and verification - Part 4: Additional requirements for variable-reach trucks handling freely suspended loads

Relations

• Merged From: 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
• Effective Date: 12-Feb-2025
• Merged From: 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: 12-Feb-2025

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2025
Vozila za talni transport - Terenska vozila - Varnostne zahteve in preverjanje - 4.
del: Dodatne zahteve za viličarje tovornjake z mehanizmom s spremenljivim
dosegom za dvigovanje prosto visečih bremen
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+A1:2025
ICS:
53.060 Industrijski tovornjaki Industrial trucks
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 1459-4:2020+A1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
April 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
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 European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 November 2020 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 2 March
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
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.

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United Kingdom.
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© 2025 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 1459-4:2020+A1:2025 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Safety requirements and/or protective/risk reduction measures . 7
4.1 General . 7
4.1.1 Context . 7
4.1.2 Specific relation to EN 1459-1 and EN 1459-2 . 7
4.2 Stability . 8
4.2.1 Load chart for suspended load lifting attachment(s). 8
4.3 Connection point for lifting accessories . 8
4.3.1 General . 8
4.3.2 Maximum rated load lifting capacity . 8
4.3.3 Strength of the connection point for lifting accessories . 8
4.4 Dynamic structural integrity . 8
5 Verification of safety requirements and/or protective/risk reduction measures . 8
5.1 Tests for trucks and for lifting attachments . 8
5.2 Dynamic structural test . 9
5.2.1 General . 9
5.2.2 General test set up . 9
5.2.3 Test procedure . 10
5.2.4 Acceptance criteria . 11
5.3 Additional requirements for pick and carry . 11
5.3.1 General . 11
5.3.2 Lateral test procedure . 11
5.3.3 Longitudinal stability by test loading . 12
5.3.4 Acceptance criteria . 13
5.4 Strength tests for the connection point for lifting accessories . 13
6 Information for use . 13
6.1 General . 13
6.2 Instruction handbook . 13
6.3 Load chart . 14
6.3.1 Load chart for lifting attachments . 14
6.3.2 Load chart for connection point for lifting accessories . 14
6.3.3 Marking . 14
Annex A (informative) List of significant hazards . 15
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC on machinery . 17
Bibliography . 22

European foreword
This document (EN 1459-4:2020+A1:2025) 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 October 2025, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by October 2025.
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 includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 2 March 2025.
This document supersedes !EN 1459-4:2020".
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags !".
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.
EN 1459 consists of the following parts, under the general title Rough-terrain trucks — Safety
requirements and verification:
— Part 1: Variable-reach trucks;
— Part 2: Slewing variable-reach trucks;
— Part 3: Interface between the variable-reach truck and the work platform;
— Part 4: Additional requirements for variable-reach trucks handling freely suspended loads;
— Part 5: Additional requirements for attachments and attachment interface;
— Part 6: Application of EN ISO 13849-1 to slewing and non-slewing variable-reach rough-terrain trucks;
— Part 8: Variable-reach tractors.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
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.
Introduction
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.
All quantities are in SI units, and this includes metric units.
This document is a type C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100.
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.
1 Scope
This document specifies the safety requirements and means of verification in addition to
!EN 1459-1:2025" 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 1459-1:2025" 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 !EN ISO 21898:2005",
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.
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 1459-1:2025", 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: Slewing
variable-reach trucks
EN ISO 12100:2010, Safety of machinery — General principles for design — Risk assessment and risk
reduction (ISO 12100:2010)
ISO 7000:2019, Graphical symbols for use on equipment — Registered symbols
ISO 22915-1:2016, Industrial trucks — Verification of stability — Part 1: General
!ISO 22915-10:2023", Industrial trucks — Verification of stability — Part 10: Additional stability test
for trucks operating in the special condition of stacking with load laterally displaced by powered devices
ISO 22915-14:2010, Industrial trucks — Verification of stability — Part 14: Rough-terrain variable-reach
trucks
!ISO 22915-20:2023", Industrial trucks — Verification of stability — Part 20: Additional stability test
for trucks operating in the special condition of offset load, offset by utilization
ISO 22915-24:2015, Industrial trucks — Verification of stability — Part 24: Slewing variable-reach rough-
terrain trucks
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 12100:2010,
!EN 1459-1:2025" and EN 1459-2:2015+A1:2018 with the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
lifting attachment
interchangeable equipment mounted to the truck from which a lifting accessory or a load can be
suspended
EXAMPLE Jib, hoist
3.2
jib
device, telescopic or not, intended to extend forward the lifting point of the truck
Note 1 to entry: See Figure 1.

Figure 1 — Example of a jib
3.3
hoist
interchangeable equipment for lifting and lowering suspended loads over predetermined distances, using
ropes or chains
3.4
suspended load
load that can swing freely in one or more direction when attached to a lifting attachment by means of a
lifting accessory or a load handling means
EXAMPLE Log clamp
3.5
tether
simple means used to restrain the dynamic effects of the suspended load
3.6
level ground
ground with a gradient of 0 ± 2 %
3.7
pick and carry
act of travelling with a suspended load
3.8
load handling means
part of the lifting attachment for holding the load or which the load/lifting accessory is attached to
EXAMPLE Hook, grab, clamp
3.9
connection point for lifting accessory
point on the boom or carriage intended by the manufacturer of the truck for connecting lifting accessories
(e.g. shackle and hook)
3.10
truck type
one or more trucks representative of a given design, technical characteristics and application
Note 1 to entry: A type of truck can be produced in series or as a single unit.
Note 2 to entry: One type of truck can have variants; they are considered as belonging to the same type, when
they have the same basic design, present similar hazards and have similar protective measures.
4 Safety requirements and/or protective/risk reduction measur
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