What is BS EN 16307-1 about?
BS EN 16307-1 discusses about Safety requirements for industrial trucks.
BS EN 16307-1 is intended to be used in conjunction with EN ISO 3691-1:2015. These requirements are supplementary to those stated in EN ISO 3691-1:2015.
BS EN 16307-1 deals with the following significant hazards, hazardous situations, or hazardous events relevant, when it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer:
- Electrical requirements
- Noise emissions
- Vibration
- Visibility
- Electromagnetic radiation
BS EN 16307-1 defines supplementary requirements to EN ISO 3691-1:2015:
- Travel speed, brakes
- Travel and braking controls - additional operation from alongside pedestrian-controlled and stand on
- Trucks, lift chains, mast tilt, and carriage isolation
- Operator's seat, operator restraint system
- Protection against crushing, shearing, and trapping
- Information for use (instruction handbook and marking).
Note: Annex A (informative) contains the list of significant hazards covered BS EN 16307-1.
Note : Annex A (informative) contains the list of significant hazards covered BS EN 16307-1
Who is BS EN 16307-1 for?
BS EN 16307-1 is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market players with regard to machinery safety:
- Machine manufacturers (small, medium, and large enterprises)
- Health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.)
- Machine users/employers (small, medium, and large enterprises)
- Machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs)
- Service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium, and large enterprises).>
Why should you use BS EN 16307-1?
BS EN 16307-1 helps to ensure trust in the reliability of the industrial trucks by demonstrating their safety and effectiveness, and ultimately the protection of the emergency teams who use them. It’s important for the manufacturers, designers, and operators to assess all the risks associated with it. Hence crucial safety guidelines need to be followed which are compliant with regulatory authorities.
BS EN 16307-1 specifies the requirements for safe operation of industrial trucks. The manufacturers can demonstrate the safety of their industrial trucks and ultimately reduce the risks of hazardous situations.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 16307-1:2020 supersedes BS EN 16307-1:2013+A1:2015, which is withdrawn.
The main changes with respect to the first edition are as follows:
- Requirements in respect to visibility have been changed
- Requirements for the operator restraint system have been added