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EN ISO 11681-1:2011 Standard

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#machines #part #hazards #hand #manufacturer

This standard is superseded by:
  •   EN ISO 11681-1:2022
  •   This standard is no longer addressed in the last official Journal publication of the "2025-08-13 ". This standard is addressed for the last time in the official journal publication of the "2023-08-02"

      Directive

    Machinery (MD) Directive (2006/42/EC)

      Last Official Journal reference

    Wednesday 2nd of August 2023

      Description:

    Machinery for forestry - Portable chain-saw safety requirements and testing - Part 1: Chain-saws for forest service (ISO 11681-1:2011)

      Purpose

    This part of ISO 11681 gives safety requirements and measures for their verification for the design and construction of portable, combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws, intended to be used for forest work by only one operator, by persons with the right hand on the rear handle and left hand on the front handle having read and understood the safety requirements provided in the instruction handbook and using the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified. This part of ISO 11681 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events, with the exception of kickback and balance for machines with an engine displacement of more than 80 cm3, relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. NOTE See Annex A for a list of significant hazards. This part of ISO 11681 is applicable to chain-saws manufactured after its date of publication.

      Publication

    Wednesday 29th of February 2012

      Cessation

    This standard has been withdrawn on 2025-02-02

      Reference

    This standard supersedes the "EN ISO 11681-1:2008"

    Anyway is still possible use the "EN ISO 11681-1:2008" until June 30th, 2012

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