What is BS EN 14749– Safety requirements for domestic and kitchen furniture about?
Several accidents occur in the house, and several of them include furniture. Frequently, children are also engaged. The majority of these errors might have been avoided. BS EN 14749 has been prepared in order to provide assurance that kitchen cabinets and worktops and domestic storage having the requirements are reasonably safe. BS EN 14749 provides guidelines regarding safety requirements and test methods for all types of kitchens and bathroom storage units and domestic storage furniture and their components.
Note 1 : BS EN 14749 does not apply to non-domestic storage, office storage, industrial storage, catering equipment, retail storage, and industrial storage lockers.
Note 2 : BS EN 14749 does not include requirements for the resistance to aging, degradation, flammability, and electrical safety.
Note 3 : Safety that is dependent upon the structure of the building is not included in BS EN 14749.
Who is BS EN 14749 - Safety requirements for domestic and kitchen furniture for?
BS EN 14749 guidelines on safety requirements for domestic and kitchen furniture is useful for:
- Home, Apartments
- Restaurants
- Sectors dealing with Hospitality and Culinary Arts
- Canteens
- Cafes
- Safety ensuring bodies
Why should you use BS EN 14749 - Safety requirements for domestic and kitchen furniture?
BS EN 14749 provides certain guidelines to test the safety requirements for domestic and kitchen furniture. BS EN 14749 tests the tolerance of the furniture based on nominal force, velocity, mass, dimension, and angle. BS EN 14749 safety requirements are based upon the knowledge that kitchen units, bathroom units and domestic storage furniture and their components are likely to cause serious injury only when they are heavy and fall through a significant distance. This is possible if floor standing units overturn, wall or screen hanging units become detached, or heavy components become detached from units.
BS EN 14749 provides guidelines to ensure that the components with which the user can come into contact during normal use shall have no burrs and/or sharp edges, nor shall there be any open-ended tubes.
BS EN 14749 sets guidelines that in order to avoid pinching points for feet, the safety height for units moving vertically shall be at least 100 mm from the floor. Here you can see that BS EN 14749 states some meticulously studied safety measures regarding safety requirements for domestic and kitchen furniture. Hence, the use of BS EN 14749 will state a basic idea of having a safe environment while working in domestic spaces or in kitchen worktops.