National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 16851:2017+A1:2020. It supersedes BS EN 16851:2017, which is withdrawn.

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The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MHE/3/3, Bridge, gantry and slewing jib cranes.

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 British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 January 2017.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 14 November 2016 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 9 November 2020.

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-CENELEC 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-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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

European foreword

This document (EN 16851:2017+A1:2020) 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2021, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2021.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

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 Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

This document includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 9 November 2020.

This document supersedes EN 16851:2017.

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For relationship with other European Standards for cranes, see Annex D.

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

Introduction

This European Standard is a type C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100.

This European Standard has been prepared to provide one means for equipment of cranes to conform to the essential health and safety requirements of the Machinery Directive.

The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events are covered are indicated in the scope of this document (see Clause 1).

When provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or B standards, 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 document applies to:

light crane systems, either suspended or free-standing systems, where the rated capacity of any single lifting device is 4 t or less;
pillar and wall-mounted jib cranes, without an operator's cabin, whose rated capacity is 10 t or less and whose overturning load moment is 500 kNm or less.

NOTE For illustration of crane types, see Annex B.

This document is not applicable to cranes covered by another product specific crane standard, e.g. EN 15011:2011+A1:2014 or EN 14985:2012.

This document is applicable to cranes and crane systems, whose structures are made of steel or aluminium, excluding aluminium structures containing welded joints.

This document gives requirements for all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to cranes, when used as intended and under conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).

The specific hazards due to potentially explosive atmospheres, ionizing radiation, operation in electro-magnetic fields beyond the range of EN 61000‑6‑2:2016 and operation in pharmacy or food industry are not covered by this document.

This document does not cover hazards related to the lifting of persons.

This document is applicable to cranes, which are manufactured after the date of its publication by CEN as a European Standard.

This document is not applicable to cranes manufactured before the date of its publication.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 List of significant hazards

5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures

5.1 General

5.2 Aluminium structures

5.3 Actions on supporting structures

5.4 General components

5.5 Tandem operation of cranes/trolleys from a single control station

5.6 Use of multiple lifting devices

5.7 Man-machine interface

5.8 Equipment for warning

5.9 Safety related functions of control systems

6 Verification of safety requirements and/or protective measures

6.1 General

6.2 Types of verification

6.3 Fitness for purpose testing

7 Information for use

7.1 General

7.2 Operator’s manual

7.3 User’s manual

7.4 Marking of rated capacities

Bibliography

BS EN 16851:2017+A1:2020

Cranes. Light crane systems

Current

Published:

31 Dec 2020