National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13557:2003+A2:2008. It supersedes BS EN 13557:2003+A1:2005, which is withdrawn.

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The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MHE/3, Cranes and derricks, to Subcommittee MHE/3/11, Crane safety and testing.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1 September 2003 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 26 September 2005 and Amendment 2 approved by CEN on 4 March 2008.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document (EN 13557:2003+A2:2008) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 147 “Cranes - Safety”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2008, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by October 2008.

This document supersedes EN 13557:2003.

This document includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2005-09-26 and Amendment 2 approved by CEN on 2008-03-04.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags and .

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of this document.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Introduction

This European Standard has been prepared to be a harmonised standard to provide one means for crane controls and control stations to conform to the relevant essential health and safety requirements of the Machinery Directive 98/37/EC.

This European Standard is a type C standard as stated in EN 1070.

The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are covered are indicated in the scope of this standard.

When provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type B standard, the provisions of this type C standard take precedence over the provisions of the other standards, for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type C standard.

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies health and safety design requirements for controls and control stations for all types of crane.

NOTE 1 Control systems are covered by other standards e.g. EN 60204‑32, EN 13135‑1 and prEN 13135‑2.

Annex C provides additional value to the requirements for cableless control systems as specified in EN 60204‑32.

NOTE 2 Annex C will be deleted after WG 3 agreed to introduce it into their document EN 13135‑1.

NOTE 3 Specific requirements for particular types of crane are given in the appropriate European Standard for the particular crane type.

This standard does not deal with noise hazards because these are dealt with in safety standards for specific types of cranes. It also does not address the design of the cabin with regard to its sound insulation properties.

This European Standard covers specific hazards which could occur during the use of controls and control stations. It does not cover hazards which could occur during transport, construction, commissioning, modification, maintenance, de-commissioning or disposal.

The hazards covered by this standard are identified in clause 4.

This European Standard is applicable after the date of approval by CEN of this standard.

2 Normative references

3 Definitions

4 Significant hazards

5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures

5.1 Controls

5.2 Control stations

6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or measures

7 Information for use

Bibliography

BS EN 13557:2003+A2:2008

Cranes. Controls and control stations

Published:

8 Dec 2003

Withdrawn:

26 Mar 2024