DTN - Lift and transport appliances

This document specifies safety requirements for spreaders used with cranes designed for the purpose of handling freight containers, e.g. those based on ISO 668:2020. The connection between the spreader and the container is by the use of twistlocks that engage into the container’s upper corner castings.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant to container handling spreaders, when it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
The spreader is interfaced to the crane’s control and safety system.
This document does not cover the following types of spreaders:
-   hand operated spreaders (without external power supply);
-   bottom lift grapple spreaders used for swap bodies and road trailers.
This document does not deal with the lifting of persons.
This document is not applicable to container handling spreaders manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document is a collection of interpretations related to the EN 115 series. This document collects interpretations to EN 115-1:2008+A1:2010 and EN 115-1:2017. Interpretations to other standards of the EN 115 series will be added when they are available.
Interpretations aim to improve the understanding of the clause(s) they are referring to and by that facilitating common understanding between manufacturers, installers, notified bodies, inspection bodies and national authorities.
Interpretations do not have the same status as the European standards to which they are related. However, the application of interpretations given to the interested parties confidence that the relevant European standard has not been wrongly applied.

This document specifies limit states and methods to prevent mechanical hazards in shafts and rotating or non-rotating axles of cranes by design and theoretical proof of competence.
This document is intended to be used together with the other generic parts of the EN 13001 series of standards (see Annex D).
This document covers specific shafts and rotating or non-rotating axles as an integrated part of cranes, that are not dealt with by other EN 13001 standards (e.g. pinned connections in EN 13001-3-1:2025). It is not intended to shafts or axles being part of standardized component (e.g. gearboxes, motors).
The significant hazardous situations and hazardous events that could result in risks to persons during intended use and reasonably foreseeable misuse are identified in Annex E. Clauses 4 to 7 of this document provide requirements and methods to reduce or eliminate these risks:
-   exceeding the limits of strength (yield, ultimate, fatigue);
-   exceeding temperature limits of material or components.
This document does not deal with the proofs of strength of welded and cast shafts, and dynamic instabilities such as shaft whirling.
This document does not apply to cranes that are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN and serves as a reference base for the European Standards for particular crane types (see Annex D).
This document deals only with limit state method in accordance with EN 13001-1:2015 [34].

This document specifies safety requirements for the following non-fixed load lifting attachments for cranes, hoists and manually controlled load manipulating devices:
a)   plate clamps;
b)   vacuum lifters:
1)   self-priming;
2)   non-self-priming (pump, venturi, turbine);
c)   lifting magnets:
1)   electric lifting magnets (battery fed and mains-fed);
2)   permanent lifting magnets;
3)   electro-permanent lifting magnets;
d)   lifting beams;
e)   C-hooks;
f)   lifting forks;
g)   clamps;
h)   lifting insert systems for use in normal weight concrete,
as defined in Clause 3.
This document does not give requirements for:
—   non-fixed load lifting attachments in direct contact with foodstuffs or pharmaceuticals requiring a high level of cleanliness for hygiene reasons;
—   hazards resulting from handling specific hazardous materials (e.g. explosives, hot molten masses, radiating materials);
—   hazards caused by operation in an explosive atmosphere;
—   hazards caused by noise;
—   hazards relating to the lifting of persons;
—   electrical hazards;
—   hazards due to hydraulic and pneumatic components.
For high risk applications not covered by this standard, EN 13001-2:2021, 4.3.2 gives guidance to deal with them.
This document covers the proof of static strength, the elastic stability and the proof of fatigue strength.
This document does not generally applies to attachments intended to lift above people. Some attachments are suitable for that purpose if equipped with additional safety features. In such cases the additional safety features are specified in the specific requirements.
This document does not cover slings, ladles, expanding mandrels, buckets, grabs, or grab buckets. This document does not cover power operated container handling spreaders, which are in the scope of EN 15056.
This document is not applicable to non-fixed load attachments manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document specifies requirements for either rubber or plastics or both covered conveyor belting of textile construction for general surface use on flat or troughed idlers.
This document is not applicable to light conveyor belts as described in ISO 21183-1.

This document is to be used together with the other generic parts of the EN 13001 series of standards, see Annex E, as well as pertinent crane type product EN standards, and as such they specify general conditions, requirements and methods to, by design and theoretical verification, prevent mechanical hazards of hydraulic cylinders that are part of the load carrying structures of cranes. Hydraulic piping, hoses and connectors used with the cylinders are not within the scope of this document, as well as cylinders made from other material than carbon steel.
NOTE 1   Specific requirements for particular crane types are given in the appropriate European product standards, see Annex E.
The significant hazardous situations and hazardous events that could result in risks to persons during intended use are identified in Annex F. Clauses 5 to 7 of this document provide requirements and methods to reduce or eliminate these risks:
a)   exceeding the limits of strength (yield, ultimate, fatigue);
b)   elastic instability (column buckling).
NOTE 2   EN 13001-3-6 deals only with the limit state method in accordance with EN 13001-1.

1.1   This document specifies the safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed service lifts, with traction, positive, or hydraulic drive, serving defined landing levels, having a carrier the interior of which is regarded as inaccessible to persons on account of its dimensions and means of construction, suspended by ropes or chains or jack and moving between rigid guide rails inclined not more than 15° to the vertical.
This document covers service lifts with rated load not exceeding 300 kg and not intended to transport persons.
1.2   This document does not cover:
a)   service lifts with drives other than those stated in 1.1;
b)   services lifts having carrier with dimensions that exceed:
1)   for floor area, 1,0 m2;
2)   for depth, 1,0 m;
3)   for height, 1,20 m. The height is not limited if the carrier comprises several permanent compartments, each of which satisfies the above dimensions.
c)   lifting appliances, such as paternosters, mines lifts, theatrical lifts, appliances with automatic caging, skips and hoists for building and public works sites, ships hoists, platforms for exploration or drilling at sea, construction and maintenance appliances;
d)   safety during operations of transport, erection, repairs and dismantling of service lifts;
e)   use of glass for the walls of the well, for the carrier and for the landing doors including their vision panels;
f)   hydraulic service lifts where the setting of the pressure relief valve exceeds 50 MPa;
g)   any form of radiation except EMC (see 4.10.1.1.3);
h)   installation in potentially explosive atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, seismic conditions, transporting dangerous goods, etc.;
i)   ambient temperature in the well and machinery space(s) lower than +5 °C and higher than +40 °C;
j)   health and safety of animals.
However, this document can usefully be taken as a basis.
Noise and vibrations are not dealt with in this document as they are not considered a significant nor relevant hazard for the actual type of the service lift.
Fire propagation is not dealt with in this document.
1.3   The well is regarded as accessible if the opening giving access have clear dimensions of at least 0,40 m x 0,50 m, and:
a)   the horizontal depth of the well is greater than 1 m, or
b)   the area of the well is greater than 1 m2, or
c)   the maintenance is intended to be carried out from the carrier roof or pit regardless the well dimensions.
1.4   The machinery space is regarded as accessible if:
a)   the door(s)/trapdoor(s) giving access have clear dimensions of at least 0,60 m x 0,60 m, and
b)   the height of the passageway is at least 1,80 m.
NOTE   A door about horizontal when closed is referred to as a trapdoor.
1.5   This document covers the safety requirements for service lifts with rated speeds up to 1 m/s.
1.6   This document is not applicable to service lifts which are installed before the date of its publication as EN.

1.1   This document specifies safety requirements for design, construction and manufacturing of permanently installed electrically powered vertical lifting appliances affixed to a building structure intended for use by persons, including persons with disability:
-   travelling vertically between predefined levels along a guided path whose inclination to the vertical does not exceed 15°;
-   supported or sustained by rack and pinion, rope traction drive, noncircular elastomeric-coated suspension means (hereafter called traction belts) traction drive, rope positive drive, chains, timing belts, screw and nut, guided chain or hydraulic jack (direct or indirect);
-   with enclosed wells;
-   with a rated speed not greater than 0,15 m/s;
-   with the carrier completely enclosed;
-   with a temperature in the well and in the machinery spaces between +5 °C and +40 °C.
1.2   This document does not specify additional requirements for:
-   lightning protection;
-   operation subject to ATEX rules;
-   lifting appliances whose primary function is the transportation of goods;
-   earthquakes, flooding;
-   firefighting and evacuation;
-   noise and vibrations;
-   the transport of type-C wheelchairs as defined in EN 12183:2022 and/or EN 12184:2022;
-   vertically sliding doors.
1.3   Components incorporated in a lifting appliance installation are:
a)   designed in accordance with usual engineering practice and calculation codes, taking into account all failure modes;
b)   of sound mechanical and electrical construction;
c)   free of defects.
1.4   This document is not applicable to lifting appliances manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document specifies the electrical requirements for the design and construction of the electrical installation in self-propelled industrial trucks that are within the scope of ISO 5053-1:2020, except rough-terrain variable-reach trucks as defined in ISO 5053-1:2020, 3.21 and 3.22, straddle carriers as defined in ISO 5053-1:2020, 3.18 and 3.19, and all those functions utilized for the automatic operation of driverless industrial trucks as defined in ISO 5053-1:2020, 3.32. It provides the electrical/electronic and safety-related parts of control system requirements for those self-propelled industrial trucks identified above.
NOTE 1   For detailed information about the electrical/electronic requirements for driverless trucks see EN ISO 3691-4:2023, 4.1.3.
NOTE 2   Reference is made to this document in other standards which cover the non-electrical requirements of the various industrial truck types.
This document deals with safety requirements for all electrical and electronic components of industrial trucks, including electrically actuated hydraulic/pneumatic valves. It specifies minimum performance levels required for safety functions realized by safety related parts of control systems. It is intended to be used to avoid or minimize hazards or hazardous situations listed in Annex I. These situations can arise during the operation in the area of use for which it is designed and during maintenance of trucks in accordance with the specifications and instruction given by the manufacturer.
This document does not deal with hazards which could occur:
-   during construction;
-   when operating in potentially explosive atmospheres;
-   because of malfunction of non-electric safety-related parts of control systems, e.g. hydraulic and pneumatic elements like pistons, non-electric valves, pumps, etc.;
-   when operating outside the range of 30 % to 95 % (not condensing) of relative humidity.
NOTE 3   The level of the defined required performance for electrical safety related control systems can be used as a guideline to determine the performance of non-electric systems.
NOTE 4   Hazards due to penetration of water and dust are covered by the definition of PLr of safety functions, according to EN ISO 13849-1:2023.
NOTE 5   Safety measures outside the scope of the electrical/electronic system are covered by other safety standards e.g. EN ISO 3691 series and EN 16307 series.

This document is applicable to the following groups of machines, auxiliary equipment and their combinations:
-   palletizers;
-   depalletizers;
-   auxiliary equipment incorporated in or linked to the operations of palletizers and depalletizers;
-   conveying systems which are part of palletizers or depalletizers;
-   palletizers combined with functions of machines which are covered by other parts of EN 415, but detailed requirements are only provided for palletizing functions.
The individual machines are described in 3.2. Auxiliary equipment is described in 3.3.
This document deals with safety requirements for machine design, transport, installation, commissioning, operation, adjustment, maintenance and cleaning of palletizers, depalletizers, auxiliary equipment and conveying systems which are part of palletizer or depalletizer. The extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are covered is indicated in Annex A.
Exclusions:
This document is not applicable to the following machines:
-   machines that were manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN;
-   conveyors that connect palletizers and depalletizers with machines that are not in the scope of this document.
Conveyors in the scope of this document also fall in the scope of EN 619:2022, however, this document describes the additional or specific hazards for conveyors fitted into palletizers and depalletizers and so the requirements of this document take precedence over the requirements of EN 619:2022.
This document does not consider the following hazards:
—   the use of palletizers and depalletizers in a potentially explosive atmosphere;
—   the health, safety or hygiene hazards associated with the products that are contained in the unit load handled by palletizers and depalletizers except for the spillage of hazardous substances caused by the malfunction of a machine.

This document specifies a test method for the determination of the maximum tensile strength of light conveyor belts, according to ISO 21183-1, or of other conveyor belts where ISO 283 is not applicable.

This document specifies a test method for the determination of the relaxed elastic modulus of light conveyor belts according to ISO 21183-1 or other conveyor belts where ISO 9856 does not apply.

This document specifies a static test method for measuring the strength of a conveyor belt mechanical fastening; the mechanical joints can be either of the type employing a connecting rod or of a type which does not employ a connecting rod.
This document does not cover vulcanized joints.
This document is neither applicable to nor valid for light conveyor belts, as described in ISO 21183-1.
NOTE            The purpose of the test specified in this document is to eliminate mechanical fastenings of insufficient static strength. It is intended to establish a dynamic test at a later date.

This document specifies test methods for determining the dynamic and static coefficients of friction for light conveyor belts according to ISO 21183-1.

This document provides rules on how to apply EN 81-20:2020 and EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022 to existing lifts to improve their accessibility and usability for persons including persons with disability. It is detailing the general requirement for accessibility as referred to in EN 81-80:2019, Annex A, Table A.1, No. 1.1.
NOTE   EN 81-70:2018 referenced in EN 81-80:2019 has been replaced by EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022.
This document applies to permanently installed lifts serving defined landing levels, having a car designed for the transportation of persons or persons and goods.
This document does not cover destination control system.

This document covers shank hooks made of steel forgings or steel castings, including stainless steel, with shanks machined for a thread/nut suspension of the hook.
Plate hooks, which are those, assembled of one or several parallel parts of rolled steel plates, are not covered by this document.
The significant hazardous situations and hazardous events that could result in risks to persons during intended use and reasonably foreseeable misuse are identified in Annex N. Clauses 4 to 6 of this document provide requirements and methods to reduce or eliminate the risks of exceeding the limits of strength (yield, ultimate, fatigue, brittle fracture) considering temperature limits of material.
The hazards covered by this document are identified in Annex N. This document is applicable to hooks installed in cranes manufactured after the date of approval of this European Standard by CEN and serves as a reference base for product standards of particular crane types.
This part of EN 13001 deals only with the limit state method in accordance with EN 13001-1:2015.

This document provides rules on how to apply EN 81-71:2022 to existing lifts to improve their vandal resistance. It is detailing the general requirement for vandal resistance as referred to in EN 81-80:2019, Annex A, Table A.1, No. 1.2.
NOTE   EN 81-71:2018 referenced in EN 81-80:2019 has been replaced by EN 81-71:2022 without technical changes. The reference to category 0 has been removed.
This document applies to permanently installed lifts serving defined landing levels, having a car designed for the transportation of persons or persons and goods.

This document specifies the safety requirements of self-propelled rough-terrain variable-reach trucks (hereafter referred to as trucks), intended to handle loads, equipped with a telescopic lifting means (pivoted boom), on which a load handling device (e.g. carriage and fork arms) is fitted.
For the purpose of this document, rough-terrain variable-reach trucks are designed to transport, lift and place loads and can be driven on unimproved terrain.
Fork arms are considered to be part of the truck. Trucks can also be equipped with a variety of attachments (e.g. bale spikes, mowers, sweepers).
This document deals with all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to the trucks 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 apply to:
—   slewing rough-terrain variable-reach trucks covered by EN 1459 2:2015+A1:2018;
—   rough terrain variable-reach tractors covered by CEN/TS1459-8;
—   industrial variable reach trucks covered by EN ISO 3691 2:2016;
—   lorry-mounted variable-reach trucks covered by ISO 20297 1:2017;
—   variable-reach trucks fitted with tilting or elevating operator position;
—   mobile cranes covered by EN 13000:2010+A1:2014;
—   machines designed primarily for earth moving, even if their buckets and blades are replaced with forks (see EN 474 series);
—   trucks designed primarily with variable length load suspension elements (e.g. chain, ropes) from which the load may swing freely in all directions;
—   trucks designed primarily for container handling;
—   trucks on tracks;
—   trucks with articulated chassis;
—   attachments.
This document does not address sound power level.
This document does not address hazards linked to:
—   operation of the truck from a position other than the normal operating position or the remote control;
—   hybrid power systems;
—   gas power systems;
—   gasoline engine systems;
—   battery power systems.
This document does not address hazards which may occur:
a)   when handling suspended loads which may swing freely (additional requirements are given in EN 1459 4: 2020);
b)   when using trucks on public roads;
c)   when operating in potentially explosive atmospheres (additional requirements are given in EN 1755:2015);
d)   when operating underground;
e)   when towing trailers;
f)   when fitted with a personnel work platform (additional requirements are given in EN 1459 3:2015 and EN 1459 9:2021);
g)   when using systems capable of controlling the speed of the truck as set by the operator (cruise-control).
This document does not provide a method of calculation for fatigue and strength of material.
This document is not applicable to trucks manufactured before the date of its publication.

This Type C standard document is applicable for fixed and electric motor driven cableways operating as monocable or bicable aerial ropeways operating on a single-track or dual-track for the transport
-   of goods to supply goods to and dispose of waste from mountain huts and shelters and
-   of specially designated persons.
The particular characteristics of these cableways are their low usage (on average 6 trips per operating day), low speed (up to 4 m/s) and the limited group of people using the cableway. There is no transport obligation.
This document is not applicable to:
-   cableways primarily designed, constructed or operated mainly for the transport of persons and subject of Regulation (EU) 2016/424;
-   portable cableways;
-   lifts;
-   funicular railways;
-   fixed and portable equipment used exclusively for leisure and pleasure purposes and not for the transport of persons;
-   water ski lift installations;
-   agricultural and forestry installations;
-   rope crane installations and crane installations;
-   mining installations or other installations set up and used for industrial purposes;
-   drilling installations.
This document deals with the significant hazards arising from the construction and operation of the aforementioned cableways and measures to eliminate or reduce these hazards, provided that these cableways are used in accordance with their intended purpose and that the remaining residual risk has been anticipated and accepted by the manufacturer.
In the event that there are changes to the existing cableways, these changes are assessed in terms of their impact on safety in accordance with EN ISO 12100:2010. If this assessment shows that the intended changes do not constitute a significant change pursuant to the Machinery Directive, the requirements under this document are in all cases fulfilled by the assemblies/components.
In the following sections, for reasons of simplification, the term cableway is used on its own to cover the types of equipment covered by this standard.
This document does not cover:
-   hazards caused by noise in particular through the release of airborne sound;
-   hazards caused by vibration;
-   hazards caused by explosion;
-   hazards caused by electromagnetic influences (EMC).
NOTE 1 Directive 2014/30/EU regarding electromagnetic compatibility may be used for machinery or components in accordance with this document. This document is not intended as a means of proving compliance with the basic health and safety requirements of the aforementioned directive or the aforementioned hazards.
The requirements of this document do not apply for equipment and systems manufactured or placed on the market before the date of appearance of this document.

This document specifies safety requirements for the following non-fixed load lifting attachments for cranes, hoists and manually controlled load manipulating devices:
a)   plate clamps;
b)   vacuum lifters:
1)   self-priming;
2)   non-self-priming (pump, venturi, turbine);
c)   lifting magnets:
1)   electric lifting magnets (battery fed and mains-fed);
2)   permanent lifting magnets;
3)   electro-permanent lifting magnets;
d)   lifting beams;
e)   C-hooks;
f)   lifting forks;
g)   clamps;
h)   lifting insert systems for use in normal weight concrete,
as defined in Clause 3.
This document does not give requirements for:
-   non-fixed load lifting attachments in direct contact with foodstuffs or pharmaceuticals requiring a high level of cleanliness for hygiene reasons;
-   hazards resulting from handling specific hazardous materials (e.g. explosives, hot molten masses, radiating materials);
-   hazards caused by operation in an explosive atmosphere;
-   hazards caused by noise;
-   hazards relating to the lifting of persons;
-   electrical hazards;
-   hazards due to hydraulic and pneumatic components.
For high risk applications not covered by this standard, EN 13001-2:2014, 4.3.2 gives guidance to deal with them.
This document covers the proof of static strength, the elastic stability and the proof of fatigue strength.
This document does not generally applies to attachments intended to lift above people. Some attachments are suitable for that purpose if equipped with additional safety features. In such cases the additional safety features are specified in the specific requirements.
This document does not cover slings, ladles, expanding mandrels, buckets, grabs, or grab buckets. This document does not cover power operated container handling spreaders, which are in the scope of EN 15056.
This document is not applicable to non-fixed load attachments manufactured before the date of its publication.

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.

This document specifies the maximum electrical resistance of a conveyor belt and the corresponding test method.
The test is intended to ensure that the belt is sufficiently conductive to avoid the accumulation of electrical static charge which can be developed during service use.
This document is not suitable or applicable to light conveyor belts as described in ISO 21183-1, the static electrical properties of which are measured by ISO 21178.

This document specifies a test method for determining the transverse flexibility (troughability) of a conveyor belt, expressed as a ratio, F/L. The method is not suitable or valid for light conveyor belts as described in ISO 21183-1.
NOTE            The transverse “flexibility” determined by the method described in this document is only indirectly associated with the inverse of flexural modulus as specified in ISO 178. Nor does it take into consideration the differences in “flexibility” as exhibited by three-point and four-point bending, which takes account of the flexural strain and the thickness of the test piece.

This document specifies safety requirements:
-   for tower cranes;
-   for climbing systems for tower cranes erected from parts.
This document applies to tower cranes for construction works, which are either erected by parts or self-erecting cranes, including mobile self-erecting tower cranes. Tower cranes for construction works are exclusively equipped with a hook as load-handling device.
This document is applicable to tower cranes to be operated outdoors at ambient temperature between
-20 °C and +40 °C.
This document is not applicable to tower cranes, which are permanently installed on a yard or integrated in a manufacturing process, resulting in a significantly different classification of the crane and its mechanisms, or which are equipped with a grab or when a sudden release of the load is intended, resulting in significantly different load actions and number of stress cycles.
This document is not applicable to mobile cranes, mobile harbour cranes, crawler cranes, slewing jib cranes, bridge and gantry cranes, offshore cranes, floating cranes, loader cranes, hand operated cranes or railway cranes.
This document deals with significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to tower cranes, it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. This document specifies the appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce risks arising from the significant hazards (see Annex A).
The significant hazards covered by this document are identified in Annex A.
This document covers hazards related to the lifting of persons using a climbing system for tower cranes as defined in 3.6, 3.6.1 and 3.6.2. The lifting of persons by a tower crane itself is not included.
The requirements related to Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), the specific hazards due to external influence on electrical equipment, potentially explosive atmospheres and ionising radiation are not covered by this document.
To improve readability, additional requirements for climbing systems are given in Annex E of this document. Additional requirements for mobile self-erecting tower cranes are given in Annex B of this document.
This document is not applicable to tower cranes and climbing systems which are manufactured before the date of publication by CEN of this document.

This document applies to the following machines and to machines which incorporate more than one function as listed below. The document also applies to partly completed machinery as far as conformity is claimed for certain essential health and safety requirements.
This document deals with the following machines handling rigid containers including:
-   unscrambling machines;
-   cap removing machines;
-   cleaning machines;
-   sanitizing machines;
-   filling machines;
-   capping, closing and sealing machines;
-   closure securing machines;
-   inspection machines;
-   labelling machines;
-   decorating machines;
-   heating- and cooling machines for packed product, working at atmospheric pressure;
-   sterilizing machines (others than heat treatment)
with one or more of the following functions: cleaning, sanitizing, pasteurizing, filling, labelling, closing, sealing or inspecting and handling pre-formed rigid containers including their closures.
This document also deals with equipment when it is part of a machine listed above:
-   conveyors;
-   vacuum or magnetic transfer conveyors;
-   dispose or eject devices (pushers);
-   keg stopping devices;
-   keg lift and inverting machines;
-   extraction or ventilation system or blowers;
-   hoppers;
-   rotary mechanisms;
-   coding and marking equipment incorporated in a packaging machine;
-   hot foil coders;
-   laser coders;
-   ink jet coders;
-   emboss coders.
The individual machines are described in 3.2.
This document deals with safety requirements and their verification for machine design, construction and information applicable to installation, commissioning, operation, adjustment, maintenance, cleaning, dismantling of packaging machines for pre-formed rigid containers.
The extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are covered is indicated in Annex B.
NOTE   The hazards on a specific machine can vary depending on its working principle; the type, size and mass of the product; the packaging material; auxiliary equipment attached to the machine and the environment in which the machine is used. If the machine presents hazards that are not covered by this document or EN 415-10, the manufacturer can assess these hazards and take measures by using the principles detailed in EN ISO 12100:2010.
Exclusions
This document is not applicable to the following machines:
-   machines that were manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN;
-   machines for cups or trays or tubs made of a foil of plastic, aluminium or paper, which are the subject of EN 415-3;
-   aerosol filling and sealing machines;
-   filling machines for gas;
-   autoclaves;
-   conveyors which link packaging machines but are not integrated in packaging machines or part of packaging machines;
-   blow moulding machines;
NOTE   See EN 422:2009:
-   sleeve label removing machines.
This document does not consider the following hazards:
-   the use of packaging machines in potentially explosive atmospheres not generated by the machine itself;
-   hazards associated with packing explosives;
-   hazards arising from ancillary equipment, which is not part of the machine, e.g. equipment for evacuating gases, for cooling or refrigeration, for the supply of steam, energy or product.

This document specifies the method of energy consumption measurement for the following types of industrial trucks as defined in ISO 5053-1:
—     variable-reach container handler;
—     counterbalance container handler.

This document specifies general test criteria and requirements to measure the energy consumption for self-propelled industrial trucks (hereinafter referred to as trucks) during operation. For electric trucks, the efficiency of the battery and the battery charger is included.
ISO 23308-2, ISO 23308-3, ISO 23308-4 and ISO 23308-6 contain additional, truck-specific requirements which build on those expressed in this document.
This document is applicable to the in-use phase of the product life cycle.
It applies to the following truck types as defined in ISO 5053-1:
—     counterbalance lift truck;
—     articulated counterbalance lift truck;
—     reach truck (with retractable mast or fork arm carriage);
—     straddle truck;
—     pallet-stacking truck;
—     pallet truck;
—     platform and stillage truck;
—     end-controlled pallet truck;
—     order-picking truck;
—     centre-controlled order-picking truck;
—     towing tractor;
—     pushing tractor;
—     burden and personnel carrier;
—     lorry-mounted truck;
—     towing and stacking tractor;
—     side-loading truck (one side only);
—     variable-reach container handler;
—     counterbalance container handler;
—     lateral-stacking truck (both sides);
—     lateral-stacking truck (three sides);
—     multi-directional lift truck;
—     variable-reach truck;
—     platform truck;
—     double-stacker;
—     rough-terrain truck;
—     rough-terrain variable-reach truck;
—     slewing rough-terrain variable-reach truck;
—     stacking high-lift straddle carrier.

This document specifies the method of energy consumption measurement for the following types of industrial trucks as defined in ISO 5053-1:
—     counterbalance lift truck;
—     articulated counterbalance lift truck;
—     reach truck (with retractable mast or fork arm carriage);
—     straddle truck;
—     pallet-stacking truck;
—     pallet truck;
—     platform and stillage truck;
—     end-controlled pallet truck;
—     order-picking truck;
—     centre-controlled order-picking truck;
—     towing tractor;
—     pushing tractor;
—     burden and personnel carrier;
—     towing and stacking tractor;
—     side-loading truck (one side only);
—     lateral-stacking truck (both sides);
—     lateral-stacking truck (three sides);
—     multi-directional lift truck.

This document specifies requirements for the truck side of the attachment interface of rough-terrain non-slewing and slewing variable reach trucks (hereafter referred to as "trucks") dealt with in EN 1459-1:2017+A1:2020, EN 1459-2:2015+A1:2018 and EN 1459-4:2020.
This document covers the interface for the attachments fitted to the telescopic boom carriage or mounted on the forks when it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. This document does not cover:
- interface for interchangeable equipment designed for lifting person(s) (covered by EN 1459-3:2015);
- interface for equipment for container handling (e.g. spreader);
- interface for equipment permanently installed on the machine and not intended to be removed by the user.
NOTE In this case, equipment becomes part of the truck.
This document does not give requirements for the completed assembly of a truck fitted with an attachment. This document does not address risks to parts of the truck other than the interface with the attachment.
This document is not applicable to interfaces manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document specifies the safety characteristics and the requirements:
-   of anti-collision devices and systems intended for installation on self-erecting tower cranes and tower cranes erected from parts for construction work (as defined in EN 14439:2006+A2:2009) to avoid:
-   the risks of collision between several cranes;
-   the risks of collision between a crane in service and fixed obstacles;
-   travelling over prohibited zones;
-   of working range limiting devices.
NOTE   Anti-collision devices and systems and working range limiting devices according to this document are safety components.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to anticollision devices and systems installed on tower cranes, when used as intended and under conditions foreseen by the manufacturer. This document specifies the appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce risks arising from the significant hazards (see Clause 4).
This document is not applicable to anti-collision devices and systems which are manufactured before the date of publication by CEN of this document.

This document specifies a method of test for the measurement of the propagation resistance of an initial tear in textile conveyor belts, either in full thickness or of the carcass only.
This document is applicable to textile belts in installations where there is a risk of longitudinal tearing.

This document specifies the methods of energy consumption measurement for the following type of industrial trucks as defined in ISO 5053-1:
—     stacking high-lift straddle carrier (hereafter referred to as straddle carrier), as defined in ISO 5053-1:2020, 3.19.

This document specifies the particular materials, manufacturing and testing requirements for stranded ropes for suspension, compensating and governor duties for traction drive and hydraulic lifts moving between guides and similar applications.
The particular hazards covered by this Part are identified in Clause 4.
This document does not establish requirements for information for use other than those given in Clause 7 of Part 1. Neither does it cover the requirements for ropes fitted with terminations.
Minimum breaking force values for the more common classes, sizes and grades of rope are provided in Tables 6 to 10.

This document applies to general purpose offshore cranes including their supporting pedestals and
structures.
This document is applicable to general purpose offshore cranes, whose structures are made of steel.
This document provides requirements for significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant
to general purpose offshore cranes, for lifting of goods and lifting of persons, when used as intended
and under the conditions foreseen by the risk assessment (see Clause 4).
This document is applicable to general purpose offshore cranes, which are manufactured after the date
of approval by CEN of this document.
This document is not applicable for:
a) transportation, assembly, disabling, scrapping, installation or erecting of the crane;
b) any item attached to the hook, such as loads, non-fixed load lifting attachments, lifting accessories,
baskets, carriers and containers;
c) lifting operations in ambient temperatures below - 20 °C;
d) lifting operations in ambient temperatures above 45 °C;
e) accidental loads as a result of collisions, earthquakes, explosions, etc., which are not covered by
exceptional loads defined in Table B.7;
f) floating cranes (covered by EN 13852-2), light offshore cranes (covered by EN 13852-3) and 2D/3D
motion compensated cranes;
g) subsea lifting operations;
h) lifting operations involving more than one crane;
i) offshore cranes as part of the emergency preparedness plan for evacuation.

This document specifies the additional requirements to EN 81 20:2020 for new passenger and goods passenger lifts, which can be used to support faster evacuation of persons with disabilities, including in case of fire alarm.
This document does not apply to:
-   lifts for evacuation due to circumstances which introduce other hazards such as explosion threat, chemical or biological attack, flooding, storm damage, or earthquake. In these cases, this document can be used as a basis with further measures as required from risk assessment;
-   the provision of evacuation aids to assist when the evacuation lift is unavailable.
The significant hazards covered by this document are listed in Annex D.
The following significant hazards are out of the scope of this document:
-   fire or smoke in the evacuation lift well, safe areas or machinery spaces;
-   ingress of water to the lift well during evacuation process;
-   insufficient or incorrectly located evacuation lifts;
-   insufficient evacuation capacity;
-   inability of users to understand the use of the lift in evacuation;
-   entrapment in waiting area (safe area) due to absence of lift service or adjacent stairs;
-   structural collapse or failure of building services (including public supply network, lighting, ventilation) before the evacuation using lifts has been completed;
-   presence of harmful gases, potentially explosive atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, transport of dangerous goods;
-   unavailability of the evacuation lift.
This document is not applicable to evacuation lifts manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document is applicable to the following groups of machines:
-   powered hand strapping tools;
-   semi-automatic strapping machines;
-   automatic strapping machines.
This document does not apply to:
-   strapping tools, where the strap tension is only applied by manual effort;
-   machines, intended for use with paper strap;
-   hand-held motor-operated electric strapping tools.
NOTE   For hand-held motor-operated electric strapping tools see EN 60745-2-18:2009 and EN 62841-1:2015.
This document deals with safety requirements for machine design, transport, installation, commissioning, operation, adjustment, maintenance and cleaning. The extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are covered is indicated in Annex A.
This document does not consider the following hazards:
-   the use of strapping machines in potentially explosive atmosphere;
-   the health, safety or hygiene hazards associated with the products that may be handled by the machines, but does include general advice on this subject;
-   hazards that are associated with decommissioning strapping machines.
Hazards associated with decommissioning of strapping machines are not considered and therefore excluded but are generally part of the instruction manual (see Clause 6), together with suited measures, if necessary.

This document specifies minimum requirements for design, calculation, examinations and tests of hydraulic powered loader cranes and their mountings on vehicles or static foundations.
This document applies to loader cranes designed to be installed on:
-   road vehicles, including trailers, with load carrying capability;
-   tractors (road or agricultural), where only a towed trailer has capability to carry goods;
-   demountable bodies to be carried by any of the above;
-   other types of carriers (e.g. separate loaders, crawlers, rail vehicles, non-seagoing vessels);
-   static foundations.
This document also applies to loader cranes equipped with special tools or interchangeable equipment (e.g. grapple, clamshell bucket, pallet clamp, etc.), as specified in the operator’s manual.
This document does not apply to loader cranes used on board sea going vessels or to articulated boom system cranes which are designed as total integral parts of special equipment such as forwarders.
The hazards covered by this document are identified in Clause 4.
This document does not cover hazards related to the lifting of persons.
NOTE   The use of cranes for lifting of persons can be subject to specific national regulations.
This document is not applicable to loader cranes manufactured before the publication of this document. For loader cranes designed before the publication of this document, the provisions concerning stress calculations in the version of EN 12999 that was valid at the time of their design, are still applicable.

This document specifies limit states, requirements and methods to prevent mechanical hazards in steel structures of cranes by design and theoretical proof of competence.
The significant hazardous situations and hazardous events that could result in risks to persons during intended use are identified in an informative Annex L (informative). Clauses 4 to 8 of this document provide requirements and methods to reduce or eliminate these risks:
a)   exceeding the limits of strength (yield, ultimate, fatigue);
b)   exceeding temperature limits of material or components;
c)   elastic instability of the crane or its parts (buckling, bulging).
This document does not apply to cranes which are designed before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE   This document deals only with the limit state method in accordance with reference [44].

1.1   This draft European Standard deals with safety requirements for construction, manufacturing, installation, maintenance and dismantling of electrically powered vertical lifting platforms affixed to a building structure intended for use by persons with impaired mobility:
-   travelling vertically between predefined levels along a guided path whose inclination to the vertical does not exceed 15°;
-   intended for use by persons with or without a wheelchair;
-   supported or sustained by rack and pinion, rope traction drive, noncircular elastomeric-coated steel suspension members (hereafter called flat belt) traction drive, rope positive drive, chains, toothed belts, screw and nut, guided chain, scissors mechanism or hydraulic jack (direct or indirect);
-   with enclosed liftways;
-   with a speed not greater than 0,15 m/s;
-   with platforms where the carrier is not completely enclosed.
1.2   This draft European Standard deals with all significant hazards relevant to lifting platforms, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
1.3   This draft European Standard does not specify the additional requirements for:
-   operation in severe conditions (e.g. extreme climates, strong magnetic fields);
-   lightning protection;
-   operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres);
-   handling of materials, the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations;
-   vertical lifting platforms whose primary function is the transportation of goods;
-   vertical lifting platforms whose carriers are completely enclosed;
-   vertical lifting platforms prone to vandalism;
-   hazards occurring during manufacture;
-   earthquakes, flooding;
-   firefighting, evacuation and behaviour during a fire;
-   noise and vibrations;
-   the design of concrete, hard core, timber or other foundation or building arrangement;
-   the design of anchorage bolts to the supporting structure;
-   type C wheelchairs as defined in EN 12183 and/or EN 12184.
NOTE   For the actual type of machinery, noise is not considered a significant nor relevant hazard.
1.4   This draft European Standard is not applicable to Vertical Lifting Platforms intended for use by persons with impaired mobility which are manufactured before the date of its publication as an EN.

1.1   This document specifies the safety requirements for the construction and installation of power operated lifts attached to cranes and intended for access to workplaces on cranes. The lift serves defined landing levels and has a car which is:
a)   designed for the transportation of persons and goods;
b)   guided;
c)   travelling vertically or along a path within 15 degrees maximum from the vertical;
d)   supported by rack and pinion or suspended by steel wire ropes;
e)   travelling with a speed not more than 1,0 m/s for permanent installed lifts and not more than 0,4 m/s for temporarily installed lifts.
1.2   This document identifies hazards as listed in Annex A that arise during the various phases in the life of such equipment and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards when used as intended by the manufacturer.
This document deals with significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to lifts for cranes, when it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. This document specifies the appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce risks arising from the significant hazards (see Annex A).
1.3   This document does not specify requirements for:
a)   noise;
b)   lighting;
c)   potentially explosive atmospheres;
NOTE   Directive 2014/34/EU concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres can be applicable to the type of machine or equipment covered by this document. The present standard is not intended to provide means of complying with the essential health and safety requirements of Directive 2014/34/EU.
d)   electromagnetic compatibility (emission, immunity);
e)   handling of loads the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations (e.g. molten metal, acids/bases, radiating materials, fragile loads);
f)   the use of combustion engines;
g)   hydraulic drive units.
1.4   This document is not applicable to:
a)   builders hoists according to EN 12158 1:2021, EN 12158 2:2000+A1:2010 and EN 12159:2012 and transport platforms according to EN 16719:2018;
b)   elevating control stations according to EN 14502 2:2005+A1:2008;
c)   lifts according to EN 81 20:2020.
1.5   This document deals with the complete lift design but excludes the design of the crane. It includes the base frame and base enclosure of the lift but excludes the design of any concrete, hard core, timber or other foundation arrangement. It includes the design of mast ties and the design of anchorage parts between the mast tie and the crane structure. This document also includes the design of the landing gates and their fixings.
1.6   This document does not apply to lifts for cranes manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.

1.1   This document specifies the safety rules for new accessible goods only lifts with traction, positive or hydraulic drive, permanently installed and only used by users (see 3.57), serving fixed and permanent landing levels, having a carrier made of a single load carrying area, designed for the transportation of goods only, moving along a fixed path by rigid guide rails and inclined not more than 15° to the vertical, with rated speed not exceeding 1 m/s.
This document covers accessible goods only lifts with rated load exceeding 300 kg and not intended to transport persons.
1.2   For the purpose of this document, a goods only lift carrier is regarded as accessible where one of the following conditions is satisfied:
a)   floor area of the carrier is greater than 1,0 m2;
b)   depth of the carrier is greater than 1,0 m;
c)   clear height of the carrier is greater than 1,20 m.
In case the carrier is without a roof, it is considered accessible when the clear height of the landing doors is greater than 1,20 m.
1.3   Two types of accessible goods only lifts are addressed:
a)   Type A, where the intended use is bound to the maximum rated speed of 0,30 m/s;
b)   Type B, where the intended use is bound to the maximum rated speed of 1,0 m/s.
1.4   In addition to the requirements of this document, supplementary requirements are to be considered in special cases (operation subject to ATEX rules, operational in ambiental condition not addressed by this standard, seismic conditions, transporting dangerous goods, etc.).
1.5   This document does not cover:
a)   accessible goods only lifts:
1)   with more than one lift machine;
i)   where loading and unloading is automated, or the carrier floor is fitted with mobile devices (e.g. rollers) for loading and unloading purposes;
ii)   intended to carry bulk loads (such as loose sand, gravel, etc.);
iii)   with drive systems other than those stated in 4.8;
b)   lifting tables according to EN 1570-1 and EN 1570-2;
c)   lifting appliances, such as appliances with more than one carrier, skips, goods only lifts for construction sites, for underground applications, mine winding gear, goods only lifts on seagoing vessels and mobile offshore units, construction and maintenance appliances in wind turbines, goods only lifts specially designed and constructed for research purposes for temporary use in laboratories, goods only lifts specially designed and constructed for military or police purposes;
d)   safety during operation of transport, erection, repairs and dismantling of accessible goods only lifts;
e)   the use of translucent material for the walls of the well and machinery spaces, for the carrier with the exception of the landing doors vision panels;
f)   the use of programmable electronic systems in safety related applications for lifts (PESSRAL);
g)   hydraulic lifts where the setting of the pressure relief valve exceeds 50 MPa;
h)   any form of radiation except EMC;
i)   fire propagation;
j)   energy dissipation type buffers;
k)   the possibility of two simultaneous acts of imprudence and/or the abuse of instructions for use.
l)   ambient temperature in the well and machinery spaces lower than +5 °C and higher than +40 °C;
m)   health and safety of animals.
However, this document can usefully be taken as a basis.
Noise and vibrations are not dealt with in this document as they are not considered a significant nor relevant hazard for the actual type of the accessible goods only lifts.
1.6   The requirements of this document are such that the possibility of a failure of an electric safety device or a safety component complying with all the requirements of this document needs not to be taken into consideration.
1.7   This document is not applicable to accessible goods only lifts which were manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.

1.1   This document specifies the safety requirements for the construction and installation of power operated lifting appliances installed permanently for indoor or outdoor service in wind turbines and intended for access to workplaces on wind turbines, including rescue and evacuation procedures. A lifting appliance serves defined landing levels and can move persons to working positions where they are carrying out work (which could be from the carrier) and has a carrier which is:
a)   designed for the transportation of persons and goods;
b)   guided;
c)   travelling vertically or along a path within 15° maximum from the vertical;
d)   supported or sustained by rack and pinion or rope traction drive;
e)   travelling with a speed not more than 0,7 m/s;
f)   able to operate in a temperature range between - 25 °C to + 55 °C.
1.2   This document does not cover hazards related to:
a)   noise;
b)   the use of the lifting appliance for erection or dismantling of the wind turbine;
c)   lightning protection;
d)   use in potentially explosive atmospheres;
e)   electromagnetic compatibility (emission, immunity);
f)   transporting of goods outside the carrier;
g)   the use of combustion engines;
h)   hydraulic and pneumatic drive units;
i)   the use of lifting appliances in floating wind turbines;
j)   use during earthquakes.
1.3   This document is not applicable to lifting appliances manufactured before the date of its publication.

1.1   This document specifies power operated temporarily installed builders’ hoists (referred to as “hoists” in this document) intended for use by persons who are permitted to enter sites of engineering and construction, serving landing levels, having a cage:
-   designed for the transportation of persons or of persons and materials;
-   guided;
-   travelling vertically or along a path within 15° max. of the vertical;
-   supported or sustained by rack and pinion;
-   designed with and / or without support from separate structure.
1.2   This document specifies the significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant to the machine as listed in Annex C which arise during the various phases in the life of the machine and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards when it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
1.3   This document does not specify the additional requirements for:
-   operation in severe conditions (e.g. extreme climates, strong magnetic fields);
-   lightning protection;
-   operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres);
-   electromagnetic compatibility (emission, immunity);
-   handling of loads the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations (e.g. molten metal, acids/bases, radiating materials, fragile loads);
-   the use of combustion engines;
-   the use of remote controls;
-   hazards occurring during manufacture;
-   hazards occurring as a result of mobility;
-   hazards occurring as a result of being erected over a public road;
-   earthquakes;
-   emission of airborne noise;
-   dual (twin) cage hoists;
-   twin masts hoists;
-   combination hoists, e.g. an EN 12159 hoist with an EN 12158-1 hoist;
-   counterweighted hoists, neither by separate counterweight nor counterweighted by another cage.
1.4   This document does not apply to:
-   builders’ hoists for the transport of goods only EN 12158-1:2021 and EN 12158-2:2000+A1:2010;
-   lifts according to EN 81-20:2020, EN 81-3:2000+A1:2008 and EN 81-43:2009;
-   work cages suspended from lifting appliances;
-   work platforms carried on the forks of fork trucks;
-   work platforms according to EN 1495:1997+A2:2009  ;
-   transport platforms according to EN 16719:2018;
-   funiculars;
-   lifts specially designed for military purposes;
-   mine lifts;
-   theatre elevators;
-   hoists with hydraulic drive/braking systems and hydraulic safety devices.
1.5   This document specifies the hoist installation. It includes the base frame and base enclosure but excludes the design of any concrete, hard core, timber or other foundation arrangement. It includes the design of mast ties but excludes the design of anchor bolts to the supporting structure. It includes the landing gates and their frames but excludes the design of any anchorage fixing bolts to the supporting structure.
1.6   This document does not apply to builders’ hoists for persons and material with vertically guided cages which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.

This document specifies general requirements for limiting and indicating devices used in cranes. These devices restrict operation or provide operational information for the operator or other persons. Specific requirements for particular types of cranes are given in the appropriate European Standard for the particular crane type.
This document does not cover erection, dismantling, or changing the configuration of a crane.
The hazards covered by this document are identified in Annex A.
This document is not applicable to cranes manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document is a collection of interpretations related to the EN 619:2022.
Interpretations aim to improve the understanding of the clause(s) they are referring to and by that facilitating common understanding between manufacturers, installers, notified bodies, inspection bodies and national authorities.
Interpretations do not have the same status as the European standards to which they are related.
However, the application of interpretations give to the interested parties confidence that the relevant European standard has not been wrongly applied. This document is not applicable to the machinery or machinery components manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document specifies health and safety design requirements for control devices and control stations and their operating positions for all types of cranes.
Specific requirements for particular types of cranes are given in the appropriate European Standard for the particular crane type (see Annex B).
This document does not deal with noise hazards because these are dealt with in safety standards for specific types of cranes. It also does not address the design of the cabin with regard to its sound insulation properties.
This document covers specific hazards which could occur during the use of control devices and control stations. It does not cover hazards which could occur during transport, construction, modification, de-commissioning, or disposal. The hazards covered by this document are identified in Annex A.
This document is not applicable to cranes manufactured before the date of its publication.

This document specifies technical requirements for the interface of the basic machinery within the scope of EN 12999 equipped to allow the use of an assigned type of work platform as interchangeable equipment where the combination of the basic machinery and the work platform as interchangeable equipment is within the scope of EN 280-1.
The basic machinery covered by this document is designed to be installed on a road vehicle with load carrying capability. The combination of the basic machinery and the work platform as interchangeable equipment covered by this document belongs to Group B Type 1 class as in the scope of EN 280-1.
The basic machinery covered by this document allows two modes of operation:
-   the “CRANE” mode of operation, for the use of the basic machinery as a loader crane within the scope of EN 12999;
-   the “MEWP” mode of operation, for the use of the work platform with the basic machinery as within the scope of EN 280-1.
This document covers hazards related to switching between “CRANE” and “MEWP” mode as described above and covers the specific hazards related with the combination and the assembly of the work platform as interchangeable equipment with the basic machinery (see Annex A).
This document does not address hazards which may occur:
a)   when using work platform not assembled with the lifting machinery but simply lifted by the machinery (e.g. suspended from the hook of the crane);
b)   when using attachments not intended for the lifting of persons.

1.1   This document specifies the safety requirements for lifting tables with the following characteristics:
-   serving no more than 2 fixed landings but able to pass a fixed landing and,
-   having a vertical travel speed of no more than 0,15 m/s, unless safe by position and,
-   for raising or lowering goods (with or without operator(s) and/or authorized person(s)), or;
-   for raising or lowering operator(s) and/or authorized person(s) with or without goods, to positions where they can carry out work from a fixed or movable lifting table that is guided throughout its vertical travel only (see Annex H).
1.2   This document specifies the appropriate technical measures for eliminating and reducing the risks arising from the significant hazards listed in Annex B.
1.3   This document does not apply to the following equipment:
-   lifting tables with a vertical travel speed exceeding 0,15 m/s, unless safe by position;
-   lifting tables, serving more than 2 fixed landings of a construction, for lifting goods, with a vertical travel speed not exceeding 0,15 m/s (EN 1570-2:2016);
-   lifting tables, serving more than 2 fixed landings of a construction, for lifting operators, with a vertical travel speed not exceeding 0,15 m/s;
-   lifting tables carrying operators and installed in full enclosures with a vertical travel speed not exceeding 0,15 m/s;
-   lifting tables used on ships;
-   lifting tables designed for artists and stage set features during artistic performances (EN 17206:2020);
-   power operated lifting platforms for persons with impaired mobility (EN 81-41:2010);
-   mobile lifting tables for airport ground support equipment (EN 1915-2:2001+A1:2009 and EN 12312-1:2013);
-   mobile elevating work platforms (EN 280-1:2022);
-   static Group B elevating work platforms (EN 280-1:2022);
-   vehicle servicing lifts (EN 1493:2022);
-   mobile lifting tables used for firefighting (EN 1777:2010);
-   mobile lifting tables with a horizontal travelling speed of more than 1,6 m/s;
-   rail dependent storage and retrieval equipment (EN 528:2021+A1:2022);
-   scissor lift pallet trucks (EN ISO 3691-5:2015, including EN ISO 3691-5:2015/AC:2016 and EN ISO 3691-5:2015/A1:2020);
-   lifting tables suspended from a ceiling.
1.4   This document does not consider the additional requirements for:
-   electromagnetic compatibility;
-   operation in severe conditions (e.g. extreme climates, freezer applications, strong magnetic fields);
-   operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres, mines);
-   handling of loads, the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations (e.g. molten metal, acids, radiating materials, particularly brittle loads, loose loads (gravel, tubes));
-   hazards occurring during construction, transportation, and disposal;
-   equipment installed on the load platform or the replacing or maintaining of it;
-   integration into broader systems or other machines, etc.;
-   cable-less controls, i.e. wireless;
-   lifting tables where the hydraulic pressure is derived directly from gas pressure;
-   lifting tables powered by internal combustion engines.

This document is applicable to self-propelled and pedestrian propelled manual and semi-manual industrial trucks as defined in ISO 5053-1:2020 including their load handling devices and attachments (hereafter referred to as trucks) intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
NOTE 1   Attachments mounted on the load carrier or on fork arms which are removable by the user are not considered to be a part of the truck.
This document specifies supplementary technical requirements for the prevention of the ignition of an explosive atmosphere of flammable gases, vapours, mists or dusts by industrial trucks of equipment group II and equipment category 2G, 3G, 2D or 3D.
NOTE 2   The relationship between an equipment category (hereafter referred to as category) and the corresponding zone (area classification) is shown in informative Annex B.
This document does not apply to:
-   trucks of equipment group I;
-   trucks of equipment group II, equipment category 1;
-   trucks intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres with hybrid mixtures;
-   protective systems.
This document does not apply to trucks intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres of carbon disulfide (CS2), carbon monoxide (CO) and/or ethylene oxide (C2H4O) due to the special properties of these gases.
Technical requirements relating to lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells as energy sources are not given in this document due to their specific hazards.