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DIN Standards Committee Mechanical Engineering

Overview

This standard defines relevant requirements set out in Annex I of EU Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, relating to machines which were placed on the European Economic Area (EEA) market for the first time, with the intent of simplifying the means of proving conformity with these requirements. Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, it is deemed a “harmonized” standard and thus, a manufacturer applying this standard may assume compliance with the requirements of the Machinery Directive ("presumption of conformity"). This part of ISO 4254 specifies the safety requirements and the means of their verification for the design and construction of self-propelled ride-on machines, mounted, semi-mounted and trailed machines used in agriculture in order to deal with the hazards which are typical for most of the machines. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices including information about residual risks to be provided by the manufacturer. This document deals with significant hazards, hazardous situations and events, as listed in Annex A, relevant to this agricultural machinery when used as intended and under the conditions of misuse foreseeable by the manufacturer during normal operation and service. This part of ISO 4254 is not applicable to - agricultural or forestry tractors, - aircraft and air-cushion vehicles used in agriculture, - lawn and garden equipment, - machine-specific components or functions (for example, working tools and/or processes). This part of ISO 4254 is not applicable to hazards related to periodic service, machine conversion and repairs intended to be carried out by professional service personnel, environmental hazards, road safety (for example, steering, braking), or to the power take-off (PTO) drive shaft; neither is it applicable to guards of moving parts for power transmission except for strength requirements for guards and barriers. This part of ISO 4254 is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication. Not all of the hazards dealt with by this part of ISO 4254 are necessarily present on a particular machine. A risk assessment should be carried out by the manufacturer to determine the hazards that are applicable and any hazards in addition to those dealt with by this part or a relevant machine-specific part. The requirements of a machine-specific part of ISO 4254 take precedence over the requirements of this part. This standard contains the German version of EN ISO 4254-1:2015 prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 23 "Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry" in cooperation with Technical Committee CEN/TC 144 "Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry" within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). This standard differs from DIN EN ISO 4254-1:2013-10 as follows: a) in the European Foreword, the reference to EN 15811 has been updated. The national interests in the preparation of the standard have been represented by Committee NA 060-16-30 "Einzelthemen" ("Specific projects") DIN Standards Committee Mechanical Engineering (NAM). Stakeholders were involved in preparation of the standard.

Document: references other documents

Document: referenced in other documents

Responsible national committee

NA 060-16-14 AA - Tractors and self-propelled machinery  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 144/WG 1 - General safety requirements  

Responsible international committee

ISO/TC 23/SC 3 - Safety and comfort