Deutsches Institut fur Normung e. V.

Mobile elevating work platforms - Design calculations - Stability criteria - Construction - Safety - Examinations and tests
 N EN 280

Annotation

This European Standard specifies safety requirements and measures for all types and sizes of Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP, see 3.1) intended to move persons to working positions where they are carrying out work from the work platform (WP) with the intention that persons are getting on and off the work platform only at access positions at ground level or on the chassis.

NOTE Machines designed for the handling of goods which are equipped with work platforms as interchangeable equipment are regarded as MEWPs.

This European Standard is applicable to the structural design calculations and stability criteria, construction, safety examinations and tests before MEWPs are first put into service. It identifies the hazards arising from the use of MEWPs and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards.

It does not cover the hazards arising from:

a) use in potentially explosive atmospheres;

b) electromagnetic incompatibility;

c) work from the platform on external live electric systems;

d) use of compressed gases for load bearing components;

e) getting on and off the work platform at changing levels;

f) specific applications (e.g. railway, ships) covered by National or local regulations.

This European Standard does not apply to: