What is BS EN 16952 about?  
BS EN 16952 discusses about Agricultural machinery. BS EN 16952 specifies safety requirements and measures for self-propelled rough-terrain work platforms for orchard’s operations(WPO) operating at a maximum of 3 m high, where the vertical projection of the centre of the area of the platform in all platform configurations at the maximum chassis inclination specified by the manufacturer is always inside the tipping lines, used in agriculture, designed to work on unimproved natural terrain and/or disturbed terrain, and intended to move at least two persons to work positions in an orchard where they are carrying out fruit picking, thinning out, pruning or other operations related to orchard from the work platform.
 Note1: It does not cover the hazards arising from:
- Use in potentially explosive atmospheres
- Getting on and off the work platform at changing levels
- Environmental aspects
- Road safety
Note 2: This European Standard does not apply to:
- Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs)
- Boom-type MEWPs.
- Tail lifts, mast climbing work platforms
- LIfting tables, aircraft ground support equipment
- Elevating operator positions on industrial trucks
- Unguided work cages suspended from lifting appliances
- Machines having centre of the area of the platform outside the tipping lines
Who is BS EN 16952 for? 
BS EN 16952 is relevant for the following stakeholder groups representing the  market players regarding machinery safety:  
- Truck manufacturers  
- Safety regulatory bodies  
- Machine operators  
- Truck maintenance servicemen  
- End consumers  
Why should you use BS EN 16952?  
Significant hazards are common to all agricultural machines.
BS EN 16952 describes methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the intended use of these machines during normal operation and service, except hazards related to conveyor belts and elevators for the bin. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices (including residual risks) to be provided by the manufacturer. 
BS EN 16952 taken together with EN ISO 4254-1 and EN 15811, deals with all the significant hazards, hazardous situations, and events relevant to WPOs, when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse foreseeable by the manufacturer 
What’s changed since the last update? 
BS EN 16952:2018+A1:2021. It supersedes BS EN 16952:2018, which is withdrawn.
