1 Scope
This document deals with all common significant hazards, hazardous situations and
events of the following forestry machinery: fellers, bunchers, delimbers, forwarders,
log loaders, skidders, processors and harvesters as defined in ISO 6814 and also multi-function versions of these machines, when they are used as intended
and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, see Clause 4.
The machines listed can be of the mobile, ride-on or self-propelled type or a combination
of these types.
The following significant hazards are excluded:
NOTE Noise clauses including a noise test code will be developed as an amendment to this
document.
The use of this document will therefore not alone be sufficient to cover all significant
risks for a majority of machines covered by this document.
The list of significant hazards dealt with in this document is given in normative
Annex A. This Annex is the list of significant hazards that have been identified as common
to the covered mobile, ride-on and self-propelled forestry machines.
It is not applicable to environmental hazards.
This document is not applicable to machines, which are manufactured before the date
of publication of this document by CEN.