EN 774:1996

Garden equipment - Hand held, integrally powered hedge trimmers - Safety

Publication date:   Dec 29, 2001

Scope

This European Standard specifies safety requirements and their verification for design and construction of hand held integrally driven powered hedge trimmers which are designed for use by one operator, for trimming hedges and bushes utilizing one or more linear reciprocating cutter blades. It describes methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from their use. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer. This standard is not applicable to hedge trimmers with rotating blades or hedge trimmers powered by back-pack or other external power source. The electrical safety aspects of mains powered electric hedge trimmers are covered by EN 50144-1 and prEN 50144-2-15. The safety aspects of batteries and the electrical safety aspects of battery powered hedge trimmers are not covered by this standard. The list of significant hazards dealt with in this standard is given in Annex A. Annex A also indicates the hazards which have not been dealt with. Environmental aspects have not been considered in this standard. This standard applies primarily to machines which are manufactured after the date of issue of the standard.

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