National foreword

This Published Document is the UK implementation of ISO/TS 3691‑8:2026. It supersedes PD ISO/TS 3691‑8:2019, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MHE/7, Industrial trucks.

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

Contractual and legal considerations

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This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

This publication is not to be regarded as a British Standard.

Compliance with a Published Document cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This Published Document was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2026.

Foreword

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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 110, Industrial trucks, Subcommittee SC 2, Safety of powered industrial trucks.

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO/TS 3691‑8:2019), which has been technically revised.

The main changes are as follows:

Changes have been made to the Australian requirements in relation to electric counterbalance trucks travelling with elevated forks, operator restraints, platforms equipped with anchorage point(s) for fall protection, low-level order pickers, platforms with reference to AS 5144.3 and freight container handling.
Changes have been made to the North American requirements in relation to brakes, visibility and guarding for platforms.
Requirements for Canada have been added in relation to electrical, brakes, operation alongside pedestrian and stand-on trucks, fork arms, operator restraint, electromagnetic compatibility, visibility overhead guard and user responsibility.
Standard load centre distance D table has been added.
North America has been split into Canada and the United States of America for clarification.
The regions have been clarified throughout the document.
China has been added to the document.

A list of all parts in the ISO 3691 series can be found on the ISO website.

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

Introduction

The ISO 3691 series has been developed to provide globally relevant International Standards for industrial trucks. This goal was achieved with most of the issues. Where divergent regional requirements remain, these are addressed by this document.

The EN 16307 series addresses legal requirements related to European Directives that are not accepted worldwide. This document addresses requirements related to regulations and standards in force in Australia, Canada, China, Japan, South Africa and the United States of America that are not applicable elsewhere.

This document does not repeat all the technical rules that are state-of-the-art and applicable to the material used to construct the industrial truck. For these, see ISO 12100.

1 Scope

This document gives regional requirements for Australia, Canada, China, Japan, South Africa and the United States of America, which are outside the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area (EEA), for the types of industrial trucks specified in the scopes of ISO 3691‑1, ISO 3691‑2, ISO 3691‑3, ISO 3691‑4 and ISO 3691‑6.

It is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 3691‑1, ISO 3691‑2, ISO 3691‑3, ISO 3691‑4 and ISO 3691‑6.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures

4.1 Regional requirements additional to or replacing those given in ISO 3691‑1, ISO 3691‑2, ISO 3691‑3, ISO 3691‑4 and ISO 3691‑6

4.2 Regional requirements replacing those given in ISO 3691‑4 for standard load centre distance, D

4.3 Regional requirements additional to or replacing those given in ISO 3691‑3

4.4 Truck modification

4.5 Freight container handling for Australia

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