BRITISHSTANDARDBSENMobileelevatingworkplatforms—Designcalculations—Stabilitycriteria—Construction—Safety—ExaminationsandtestsICS53.020.99 280:2001+A2:2009NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheUKimplementationofEN280:2001+A2:2009.ItsupersedesBSEN280:2001whichiswithdrawn.Thestartandfinishoftextintroducedoralteredbyamendmentisin-dicatedinthetextbytags!.TagsindicatingchangestoCENtextcarrythenumberoftheCENamendment.Forexample,textalteredbyCENamendmentA1isindicatedby!.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeMHE/12,Liftingplatforms.Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.ThisstandardwasacceptedbyamajorityvoteundertheUniversalAcceptanceProcedure(UAP).Duringitsdevelopmenttherewereanumberofcommentssubmittedbythecommittee,butitwasnotpossibletodiscussthesewithinCENpriortothestandardbeingpublished.ThesamecommentshavebeensubmittedforprEN280(May2009),whichisthecurrentrevisiondraftforpubliccomment(DPC).ThiswillreplaceEN280:2001+A2:2009whenitispublished.InthemeantimethecommitteerecommendsthatusersconsultBSEN280:2001withregardtotheamendedSubclauses5.3.20(paragraph1,lastsentance),5.4.4(paragraph1,lastsentance),7.1.1.2(q),(r),(s)and(t)and7.2(c).Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandardcannotconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.BSEN280:2001+A2:2009ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorPolicyandStrategyCommitteetitle,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon18September2001©BSI2009Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateComments1519326August2004ImplementationofCENamendmentA1:200431August2009ImplementationofCENamendmentA2:2009ISBN9780580616105EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN280:2001+A2August2009ICS53.020.99SupersedesEN280:2001EnglishVersionMobileelevatingworkplatforms-Designcalculations-Stabilitycriteria-Construction-Safety-ExaminationsandtestsPlates-formesélévatricesmobilesdepersonnel-Calculsdeconception-Critèredestabilité-Construction-Sécurité-ExamenetessaisFahrbareHubarbeitsbühnen-Berechnung-Standsicherheit-Bau-Sicherheit-PrüfungenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon15June2001andincludesAmendment1approvedbyCENon13May2004andAmendment2approvedbyCENon16July2009.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCENManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsbilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCENManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:AvenueMarnix17,B-1000Brussels©2009CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN280:2001+A2:2009:E2ContentsPageForeword..............................................................................................................................................................3Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................41Scope......................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences............................................................................................................................63Termsanddefinitions...........................................................................................................................74Listofhazards.....................................................................................................................................115Safetyrequirementsand/ormeasures.............................................................................................175.1General.................................................................................................................................................175.2Structuralandstabilitycalculations.................................................................................................175.3Chassisandstabilisers...............................................................................................