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Equipments for slaughterhouses - Fixed elevating platforms - Safety and hygiene requirements

Scope

This document applies to platforms used within the food industry when designing them. It specifies
safety requirements for all types and sizes of fixed height-adjustable personnel platforms intended to
move people to working positions for execution from the platform.
This document applies to platforms with a floor height < 3 m above ground level.
These requirements take into account hazards that may arise from the transport, mounting, adjustment,
maintenance and use of these working platforms.
This document also specifies measures to prevent the consumer of the treated product from being
exposed to the risk of infection and food-borne illness.
This document is applicable to the structural design elements, construction and safety examinations and
tests before the platforms are first put into service.

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