BS EN 16842-9:2019

Powered industrial trucks. Visibility. Test methods and verification. Order-picking, lateral- and front-stacking trucks with elevating operator position | Status: Current

1 Scope This document specifies the requirements and test procedures for 360° visibility of self-propelled industrial order-picking, lateral- and front-stacking trucks with elevating operator position in accordance with ISO 5053‑1 (herein after referred to as trucks), without a load and it is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 16842‑1. The visibility of trucks driving in very narrow aisles and/or driving with elevated operator (above 500 mm) is not within the scope of this standard. Where specific requirements in this part are modified from the general requirements in EN 16842‑1, the requirements of this part are truck specific and to be used for self-propelled industrial order-picking, lateral- and front-stacking trucks with elevating operator position. This part of EN 16842 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant to the visibility of the operator for applicable machines when used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.