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BS EN ISO 3691-6:2021

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Industrial trucks. Safety requirements and verification – Burden and personnel carriers

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BSI 2021 42
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This document gives safety requirements and the means for their verification for self-propelled carriers designed for carrying burdens without lifting, as defined in ISO 5053-1:2020 , and/or personnel carriers, having three or more wheels, a maximum speed not exceeding 56 km/h and a load capacity not exceeding 5 000 kg (hereafter referred to as carriers or trucks).

This document is applicable to trucks equipped with a platform (which can be tilting) for the purpose of carrying materials or with a number of seats for the purpose of transporting passengers.

It is not applicable to:

  • vehicles intended primarily for earth-moving or over-the-road hauling;

  • driverless trucks;

  • pedestrian controlled trucks;

  • golf cars;

  • tractors with a drawbar pull up to and including 20 000 N equipped with a platform for the purpose of carrying materials.

This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events, as listed in Annex A, relevant to the applicable machines when used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.

This document does not deal with hazard due to the risk of break-up during operation.

It does not establish requirements for hazards that can occur when using trucks on public roads or when operating in potentially explosive atmospheres.

It does not establish requirements to provide fire extinguishers.

Regional requirements, additional to the requirements given in this document, are addressed in EN 16307-6:2014 and ISO/TS 3691-8:2019 .

PDF Catalog

PDF Pages PDF Title
2 undefined
8 Annex ZA (informative)Relationship between this European Standard and the essential requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered
15 Foreword
16 Introduction
17 1 Scope
2 Normative references
18 3 Terms and definitions
19 4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
4.1 General
4.1.1 Overall requirements
4.1.2 Normal climatic conditions
4.1.3 Electrical requirements
4.1.4 Edges and angles
4.1.5 Stored energy components
4.2 Starting/moving
4.2.1 Unauthorized starting
4.2.2 Unintended movement
20 4.2.3 Speedometer
4.3 Brakes
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Stand-on carriers
4.3.3 Failure of the energy supply
21 4.4 Manual control actuators
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Travel and braking controls
22 4.4.3 Steering controls
4.4.4 Marking
23 4.5 Power systems and accessories
4.5.1 Exhaust and cooling systems
4.5.2 Fuel tank
4.5.3 Access to engine and other compartments
4.5.4 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers
26 4.6 Operator and passenger positions
4.6.1 Dimensions
27 4.6.2 Compartment floor
4.6.3 Seats
28 4.6.4 Protection from burning
4.6.5 Protection against crushing, shearing and trapping
4.7 Stability
4.8 Protective devices
4.8.1 Warning device
4.8.2 Devices for towing
4.8.3 Wheels with split wheel rims for inflatable tyres
29 4.8.4 Battery restraint devices
4.8.5 Traction battery requirements
4.9 Visibility/lighting
4.9.1 Visibility
4.9.2 Lighting
30 4.10 Environmental conditions
4.10.1 Operator’s cab
4.10.2 Noise emissions
4.10.3 Vibration
4.10.4 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
31 4.11 Transport
4.11.1 Location for lifting and/or slinging points
4.11.2 Tie-down points
4.11.3 Slinging of removable attachments
5 Verification of safety requirements and/or protective measures
5.1 General
5.2 Functional verification
32 6 Information for use
6.1 General
6.2 Instruction handbook(s)
6.2.1 Concerning the carrier
6.2.2 Operation of the carrier
33 6.2.3 Service and maintenance of the carrier
34 6.2.4 Transportation, commissioning and storage
6.2.5 Truck modification
6.3 Marking
6.3.1 Information plates
35 6.3.2 Marking of controls
6.3.3 Other information
36 Annex A (informative) List of significant hazards
41 Bibliography
BS EN ISO 3691-6:2021
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