SIST EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020/A11:2020

Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-6: Particular requirements for hand-held hammers

2019-07-05: to be launched to the enquiry together with pr = 70011 (SV)
2019-07-05: Represents common mods. to EN 62841-2-6 (PR=70011)

Elektrische motorbetriebene handgeführte Werkzeuge, transportable Werkzeuge und Rasen- und Gartenmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 2-6: Besondere Anforderungen für handgeführte Hämmer

Outils électroportatifs à moteur, outils portables et machines pour jardins et pelouses - Sécurité - Partie 2-6 : Exigences particulières pour les marteaux portatifs

Elektromotorna ročna orodja, prenosna orodja ter stroji za trato in vrt - Varnost - 2-6. del: Posebne zahteve za ročna kladiva - Dopolnilo A11

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 31-Oct-2019
• Publication Date: 18-Oct-2020
• ICS: 25.140.20 - Electric tools
• ICS: 25.140.30 - Hand-operated tools
• Technical Committee: I09 - Imaginarni 09
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 16-Oct-2020
• Due Date: 21-Dec-2020
• Completion Date: 19-Oct-2020
• 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)
  OJ Ref: L 366, L 366 (C), STANDARDI TIPA C OJ Date: 15-Oct-2021
• Mandate: M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Ref Project: EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020/A11:2020 - Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-6: Particular requirements for hand-held hammers

Overview

SIST EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020/A11:2020 is a European amendment standard that specifies safety and performance requirements for electric motor-operated hand-held hammers. It applies to all hand-held hammers designed for various construction, repair, and garden applications. This standard is published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST) and aligns with EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020, incorporating important common European modifications for improved safety and reliability.

This amended edition enhances requirements for isolation and disabling devices, noise and vibration measurements, and aligns compliance with EU legislation such as Directive 2006/42/EC, ensuring that manufacturers, importers, and users across Europe meet the latest safety criteria.

Keywords: electric hand-held hammers, safety standard, motor-operated tools, battery tools, vibration, machinery Directive, compliance

Key Topics

• Scope of Application:
  The standard covers all significant hazards related to electric motor-operated hand-held hammers, including both corded and battery-operated devices.

• Safety Requirements:

  • Specific provisions for isolation and disabling devices in rotary hammers with integral batteries, reducing risks during maintenance or servicing.
  • Requirements for unintentional starting prevention and clear indication of device disconnection state.
  • Emphasis on protection against accidental reconnection and mitigation of mechanical hazards.

• Noise and Vibration Emissions:

  • Updated guidelines for measuring and limiting noise and vibration generated by hand-held hammers to protect user health.
  • Reference to standard methods and compliance verification to ensure accurate results.

• EU Machinery Directive Compliance:

  • Annexes align the standard’s requirements with essential safety directives (Directive 2006/42/EC).
  • Adoption ensures presumption of conformity when placing products on the European market.

• Documentation and Marking:

  • Clear instructions, labeling, and warnings on machinery and in technical documentation to enhance user safety and clarity.

Applications

• Construction and Demolition:
  Hand-held hammers covered by this standard are essential for drilling, chiseling, demolition, and renovation tasks. Compliance ensures tools can be safely used in building sites, renovation, and heavy-duty concrete work.

• Professional and Hobbyist Use:
  From professional contractors to skilled DIY enthusiasts, users benefit from improved safety features such as isolation devices and lock-off switches, reducing accident rates.

• Maintenance and Servicing:
  Requirements on battery isolation and disabling devices make maintenance safer for technicians and end-users, minimizing the risk of accidental activation during servicing.

• Manufacturers and Compliance:
  Tool manufacturers, importers, and distributors rely on SIST EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020/A11:2020 to certify products, access the European market, and demonstrate due diligence regarding legal and functional safety requirements.

Related Standards

• EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020:
  The core parent standard outlining general and specific requirements for hand-held hammers.

• EN 62841-1:2015:
  General requirements for electric motor-operated hand-held tools, forming the base reference for safety and testing.

• EN 206:
  Relevant for concrete specification and conformity, often cited in performance and testing contexts where hammers are used.

• Directive 2006/42/EC (Machinery Directive):
  Essential legislative framework for safe machinery within the European Economic Area, closely linked to compliance through Annex ZZ.

By adhering to SIST EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020/A11:2020, stakeholders ensure electric hand-held hammers are safe, reliable, and ready for demanding applications while meeting the highest European safety standards.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2020
Elektromotorna ročna orodja, prenosna orodja ter stroji za trato in vrt - Varnost - 2-
6. del: Posebne zahteve za ročna kladiva - Dopolnilo A11
Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden
machinery - Safety - Part 2-6: Particular requirements for hand-held hammers
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020/A11:2020
ICS:
25.140.20 Električna orodja Electric tools
25.140.30 Orodja za ročno uporabo Hand-operated tools
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020/A11

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2020
ICS 25.140.20
English Version
Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and
lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-6: Particular
requirements for hand-held hammers
Outils électroportatifs à moteur, outils portables et machines Elektrische motorbetriebene handgeführte Werkzeuge,
pour jardins et pelouses - Sécurité - Partie 2-6 : Exigences transportable Werkzeuge und Rasen- und

particulières pour les marteaux portatifs Gartenmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 2-6: Besondere
(IEC 62841-2-6:2020) Anforderungen für handgeführte Hämmer
(IEC 62841-2-6:2020)
This amendment A11 modifies the European Standard EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020; it was approved by CENELEC on 2020-08-10. CENELEC
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment 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 CENELEC member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as
the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2020 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020/A11:2020 E

European foreword
This document EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020/A11:2020 has been prepared by CLC/TC 116 “Safety and
environmental aspects of motor-operated electric tools”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2021-08-10
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2024-08-10
to be
conflicting with this document have
withdrawn
This document modifies by common modifications EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020, which consists of the text of
116/459/FDIS (future IEC 62841-2-6, Ed. 1) prepared by IEC/TC 116 ”Safety of motor-operated electric
tools“.
This European Standard is divided into four parts:
Part 1: General requirements which are common to most hand-held electric motor operated tools
(for the purpose of this standard referred to simply as tools) which could come within the
scope of this standard;
Part 2, 3 or 4: Requirements for particular types of tools which either supplement or modify the
requirements given in Part 1 to account for the particular hazards and characteristics of these
specific tools.
The following print types are used:
— requirements; in roman type
— test specifications: in italic type;
— notes: in smaller roman type.
The terms defined in Clause 3 are printed in bold typeface.
Subclauses, notes, tables and figures which are additional to those in Part 1 are numbered starting
from 101.
Clauses, subclauses, notes, tables, figures and annexes which are additional to those in
IEC 62841-2-6:2020 are prefixed “Z”.
This document follows the overall requirements of EN ISO 12100.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission and
the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For the relationship with EU Directive(s) see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this
document.
Compliance with the clauses of Part 1 together with Part 2-6 provides one means of conforming with the
essential health and safety requirements of the Directive concerned.
1 Modification to Clause 1, “Scope”
Add the following to the existing Clause 1:
“This document covers all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant for tools
covered by this standard.
NOTE Z101 Essential requirements not mentioned in Table ZZ.1 are deemed to be not applicable, because the
corresponding hazards are either not relevant for tools covered by this standard or do not require specific action by the
designer.”
2 Modification to Annex I, “Measurement of noise and vibration emissions”
Replace the title of Annex I with the following:
“Annex I
(normative)
Measurement of noise and vibration emissions”
and delete the NOTE.
3 Modification to Annex K, “Battery tools and battery packs”
Add the following new subclause:
K.21.18.Z101 Isolation and disabling device
Rotary hammers with an integral battery shall be equipped
— with an isolation device to prevent the risk of injury from mechanical hazards during servicing or user
maintenance; or
— with a disabling device that prevents unintentional starting of the tool.
An isolation device shall
— provide disconnection of all poles of the battery from the serviceable region of the tool;
— be equipped with an unambiguous indication of the state of the disconnection device which
corresponds to each position of its manual control (actuator);
— be provided with protection against accidental reconnection.
NOTE 1 Examples of methods to achieve this disconnection include removable jumpers, integral batteries that
can be disconnected for servicing or user maintenance, or an electromechanical power switch with a direct
mechanical link between the actuator and the contact.
NOTE 2 The risk of accidental reconnection for a power switch is addressed by the requirement of 21.18.1.2. The
other examples in NOTE 1 achieve this by the necessary actions for reconnection.
A disabling device may be achieved by any of the following:
— a self-restoring or non-self-restoring lock-off device where two separate and dissimilar actions are
necessary before the motor is switched on (e.g. a power switch which has to be pushed in before it
can be moved laterally to close the contacts to start the motor). It shall not be possible to achieve these
two actions with a single grasping motion or a straight-line motion;
— a removable disabling device provided with the tool where it shall not be possible for the tool to be
operated when either applied or removed.
Compliance is checked by inspection and by manual test.
4 Modification to Annex L, “Battery tools and battery packs provided with mains
connection or non-isolated sources”
Add the following new subclause:
L.21.18.Z101 Isolation and disabling device
Rotary hammers with an integral battery shall be equipped
— with an isolation device to prevent the risk of injury from mechanical hazards during servicing or user
maintenance; or
— with a disabling device that prevents unintentional starting of the tool.
An isolation device shall
— provide disconnection of all poles of the battery from the serviceable region of the tool;
— be equipped with an unambiguous in
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