DANSK DS/EN ISO 11680-2 PDF

This part of ISO 11680 specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of portable hand-held pole-mounted powered pruners with a back-pack power unit, using a drive shaft, to transmit power to the cutting attachment. The cutting attachments covered are saw chains, reciprocating and circular saw blades. This part of ISO 11680 describes methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from their use. In addition it specifies the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer. It deals with all significant hazards except for electric shock hazard from contact with overhead electric lines, apart from warnings and advice for instruction handbook contents andvibration hazard from the back-pack power unit Environmental aspects, except for noise, have not been considered in this standard.