ISO/TC 214/WG 1 - Mobile elevating work platforms

This document specifies the design, calculations, safety requirements and test methods for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) with non-conductive (insulating) components. It is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 16368. It is applicable to all types and sizes of MEWPs with non-conductive (insulating) components, including dielectric components designed and tested to meet the specific electrical properties consistent with the manufacturer's identification plate. This equipment is intended to move persons, tools and equipment to working positions where they can carry out work from a work platform located above a non-conductive (insulating) boom section. This document covers structural design calculations and the application of stability criteria, construction, safety examinations and tests done before MEWPs with non-conductive (insulating) components are first put into service. Annex A identifies the hazards arising from the use of MEWPs with non-conductive (insulating) components and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards. MEWPs covered in this document are not intended to have any of their components make contact with live parts of electrical installations. The electrical properties of a MEWP's non-conducting (insulating) components can provide electrical protection in case of inadvertent contact above the non-conductive boom component at the platform end. If a MEWP is equipped with a chassis insulating system, it can provide electrical protection for ground personnel in case of inadvertent contact above that system. This document is not applicable to MEWPs designed for or capable of operating in live working conditions (see IEC 61057). The electrical insulation level is limited to voltages experienced in electrical distribution systems 46 kV and below.

This document specifies the performance requirements, location, marking and method of operation related to operator's controls on mobile elevating work platforms (hereafter referred to as MEWPs) and takes into account operator safety and ergonomics. It applies to all controls used by an operator and includes provisions for finger, thumb, hand, and foot operated controls.

ISO 18878:2013 provides methods for preparing training materials and administering standardized training to operators (drivers) of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs). It is applicable to MEWPs, as defined in ISO 16368, intended to move persons, tools and materials to positions where they can carry out work from the work platform.

ISO 16653:2011 specifies the design, calculations, safety requirements and test methods relevant to mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) suitable for orchard operations. It is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 16368, whose requirements it modifies, supplements or confirms. ISO 16653:2011 specifies the structural design calculations and stability criteria, construction, safety examinations and tests to be carried out before a MEWP to be used in orchard operations is first put into service. It identifies the hazards arising from the use of MEWPs in orchard operations and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of those hazards. It is applicable to single-person boom-type MEWPs, controlled from the platform and used to move a person to working positions for picking fruit and maintaining trees and trellis vines in an orchard.

ISO 16368:2010 specifies safety requirements and preventive measures, and the means for their verification, for all types and sizes of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) intended for moving persons to working positions. It gives the structural design calculations and stability criteria, construction, safety examinations and security tests to be applied before a MEWP is first put into service, identifies the hazards arising from the use of MEWPs and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of those hazards.

ISO 20381:2009 establishes general graphic symbols for the operator controls and other displays of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP).

ISO 16653-1:2008 specifies the safety requirements for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) with guardrail systems. It is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 16368. It is applicable to such MEWPs designed for applications requiring special access to specific work areas. These MEWPs can be either self-propelled or manually propelled and are used to elevate personnel to a level at which they can place, install or retrieve objects or material on a routine basis. To facilitate operator access to the work area, the retraction of a portion of the MEWP's work platform guardrail system(s) can be necessary. It is not applicable to powered industrial trucks used to pick and place stock or inventory.

ISO 16653-2:2009 specifies the design, calculations, safety requirements and test methods for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) with non‑conductive (insulating) components. It is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 16368. It is applicable to all types and sizes of MEWPs with non-conductive (insulating) components, including dielectric components designed and tested to meet the specific electrical properties consistent with the manufacturer's identification plate. This equipment is intended to move persons, tools and equipment to working positions where they can carry out work from a work platform located above a non-conductive boom section. ISO 16653-2:2009 covers structural design calculations and application of stability criteria, construction, safety examinations and tests done before MEWPs with non-conductive (insulating) components are first put into service. It identifies the hazards arising from the use of MEWPs with non-conductive (insulating) components and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards. It is not applicable to MEWPs designed for live working (see IEC 61057).

ISO 18878:2004 provides methods to prepare training materials and to administer training to operators (drivers) of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (hereafter known as MEWPs). It is applicable to MEWPs, as defined in ISO 16368, which are intended to move persons to positions where they can carry out work from the work platform. If national regulations are more stringent, they take precedence over the requirements of ISO 18878:2004.

ISO 13638:2003 specifies technical safety requirements and measures for all types and sizes of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) intended to move persons to working positions. ISO 13638:2003 is applicable to the structural design calculations and stability criteria, construction, safety examinations and security 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 operation by radio and other wireless controls, use in potentially explosive atmospheres, electromagnetic incompatibility, work on live electric systems (see IEC 61057:1991), use of compressed gases for load-bearing components. ISO 13638:2003 is not applicable to permanently installed personnel-lifting appliances serving defined levels; fire-fighting and fire rescue appliances; unguided work cages suspended from lifting appliances; elevating operator position on rail-dependent storage and retrieval equipment; tail lifts; mast-climbing work platforms; fairground equipment; lifting tables with a lifting height of less than 2 m; builders' hoists for persons and materials; aircraft ground-support equipment; digger derricks; elevating operator positions on industrial trucks); under-bridge inspection and maintenance devices; stock-picking or order-picking type equipment.