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  • BS EN 1551:2000

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    Safety of industrial trucks. Self propelled trucks over 10 000 kg capacity

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  30-09-2012

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-07-2000

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    4 List of hazards
    5 Requirements
    6 Verification of safety requirements and/or measures
    7 Information for use
    Annex A (normative) Single side loading fork lift trucks -
                        Stability tests
    Annex B (normative) Rough terrain trucks with masts -
                        Stability tests
    Annex C (normative) Bi-directional and multi-directional
                        trucks - Stability tests
    Annex D (normative) Trucks operated with offset load (offset
                        determined by utilization) additional
                        stability test
    Annex E (normative) Side loading trucks handling freight
                        containers of 6 m length and above
                        additional stability tests
    Annex F (normative) Overhead guard - Impact drop test
    Annex G (informative) Loading control
    Annex ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard
                           addressing essential requirements or
                           other provisions of EU directives

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    Applies to self propelled lift trucks with a rated capacity greater than 10 000 kg. Not applicable to trucks powered by natural gas/remote control or trucks with elevated operator position.

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    Committee MHE/7
    Development Note Supersedes 94/710747 DC. (09/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    EN 1526:1997+A1:2008 Safety of industrial trucks - Additional requirements for automated functions on trucks
    ISO 6055:2004 Industrial trucks — Overhead guards — Specification and testing
    EN 1175-1:1998+A1:2010 Safety of industrial trucks - Electrical requirements - Part 1: General requirements for battery powered trucks
    EN 1175-3:1998+A1:2010 Safety of industrial trucks - Electrical requirements - Part 3: Specific requirements for the electric power transmission systems of internal combustion engine powered trucks
    EN 1175-2:1998+A1:2010 Safety of industrial trucks - Electrical requirements - Part 2: General requirements of internal combustion engine powered trucks
    ISO 3795:1989 Road vehicles, and tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry — Determination of burning behaviour of interior materials
    EN 1755:2015 Industrial Trucks - Safety requirements and verification - Supplementary requirements for operation in potentially explosive atmospheres
    ISO 3287:1999 Powered industrial trucks — Symbols for operator controls and other displays
    ISO 15870:2000 Powered industrial trucks — Safety signs and hazard pictorials — General principles
    ISO 5053:1987 Powered industrial trucks Terminology
    ISO 10525:1997 Counterbalanced trucks handling freight containers of 6 m (20 ft) length and above Additional stability tests
    ISO 1074:1991 Counterbalanced fork-lift trucks Stability tests
    ISO 6292:2008 Powered industrial trucks and tractors Brake performance and component strength
    ISO 2330:2002 Fork-lift trucks — Fork arms — Technical characteristics and testing
    EN 292-2 : 91 AMD 1 95 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES AND SPECIFICATION
    ISO 10658:1996 Industrial trucks operating in special conditions of stacking with load laterally displaced by powered devices Additional stability test
    1998/37/EC : 1998 DIRECTIVE 98/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 22 JUNE 1998 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO MACHINERY
    EN 281 : 1988 SELF-PROPELLED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS SIT-DOWN RIDER-CONTROLLED - RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION & LAYOUT OF PEDALS
    ISO 2867:2011 Earth-moving machinery Access systems
    ISO 3874:2017 Series 1 freight containers — Handling and securing
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