SN EN 609-2 : 1999 + A1 2010

      Foreword
      Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Safety requirements
      4.1 Electrical equipment
      4.2 Safety and reliability of control systems
      4.3 Starting and stopping
             4.3.1 Electrically driven machines
             4.3.2 Machines not powered by electricity
      4.4 Hydraulic equipment
      4.5 Log support
      4.6 Protective measures against contact with the
             rotating tool
             4.6.1 Guarding from above
             4.6.2 Lateral screw guarding
             4.6.3 Measures to prevent entanglement by the
                      screw
             4.6.4 Screw run-down time
      4.7 Safety measures to prevent rotation of the log
      4.8 Device for removing jammed logs
      4.9 Stability
      4.10 Guarding of mechanical drives
5 Verification of safety requirements
6 User information
      6.1 Marking
      6.2 Warning notices
      6.3 Instruction handbook
Annex A (normative) List of hazards
Annex ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard
                       addressing essential requirements or
                       other provisions of EU Directives

Defines safety requirements and their verification for designing and constructing screw splitters with horizontal screws, for one operator for splitting wood, regardless of power source used. With dual purpose circular saws for firewood/log splitting machines, only the log splitter part is addressed for circular saws. Methods are outlined for reducing or eliminating risks from using them, as well as defining the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the makers. A list of important hazards dealt with is covered in annex A.