European foreword

This document (EN 16842‑3:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 150 “Industrial trucks – 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2019.

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 European Standard is intended to be used in combination with the requirements in EN 16842‑1.

EN 16842 consists of the following parts under the general title Powered industrial trucks – Visibility – Test methods and verification:

— Part 1: General requirements;
— Part 2: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity;
— Part 3: Reach trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity;
— Part 4: Industrial variable-reach trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity;
— Part 5: Industrial variable-reach trucks greater than 10 000 kg capacity (in preparation);
— Part 6: Sit-on counterbalance trucks and rough terrain masted trucks greater than 10 000 kg capacity;
— Part 7: Variable-reach and masted container trucks handling freight containers of 6 m (20 ft) length and longer;
— Part 8: Stand on counterbalance trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity (in preparation);
— Part 9: Order-picking, lateral- and front-stacking trucks with elevating operator position
— Part 10: Towing and pushing tractors and burden carriers

It is intended to develop additional parts related to the following machinery:

— Pallet stacking trucks (rider controlled);
— Single side loader;
— Multi-directional forklift truck;
— Articulated counterbalance lift truck;
— Non stacking low lift straddle carriers (as defined in ISO 5053‑1:2015, 3.18);
— Stacking high lift straddle carriers (as defined in ISO 5053‑1:2015, 3.19).

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, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 16842-3:2018

Powered industrial trucks. Visibility. Test methods and verification - Reach trucks up to and including 10 000 kg capacity

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Published:

31 Dec 2018