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: a) machinery serving fixed landings (see e. g. EN 81-1 and EN 81-2, EN 12159); b) fire-fighting and fire rescue appliances (see e. g. EN 1777); c) unguided work cages suspended from lifting appliances (see e. g. EN 1808); d) elevating operator position on rail dependent storage and retrieval equipment (see EN 528); e) tail lifts (see EN 1756-1 and EN 1756-2); f) mast climbing work platforms (see EN 1495); g) fairground equipment; h) lifting tables (see EN 1570-1); i) aircraft ground support equipment (see e. g. EN 1915-1 and EN 1915-2); j) elevating operator positions on industrial trucks (see EN 1726-2). Classification: MEWPs are divided into two main groups: a) Group A: MEWPs 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. b) Group B: All other MEWPs. Relating to travelling, MEWPs are divided into three types: 1) Type 1: Travelling is only allowed with the MEWP in its transport configuration; 2) Type 2: Travelling with raised work platform is controlled from a point of control at the chassis; 3) Type 3: Travelling with raised work platform is controlled from a point of control at the work platform. NOTE Type 2 and type 3 can be combined.
EN 280:2013+A1:2015 Referenced Document
DIN 15020-1:1974 Lifting Appliances; Principles Relating to Rope Drives; Calculation and Construction
EN 1495:1997 Lifting platforms - Mast climbing work platforms (Incorporates Amendment A2: 2009)
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EN 1756-1:2001 Tail Lifts - Platform Lifts for Mounting on Wheeled Vehicles - Safety Requirements - Part 1: Tail Lifts for Goods (Incorporates Amendment A1: 2008)*， 2024-04-20 Update
EN 1756-2:2004 Tail lifts - Platform lifts for mounting on wheeled vehicles - Safety requirements - Part 2: Tail lifts for passengers (Incorporates Amendment A1: 2009)
EN 1777:2010 Hydraulic platforms (HPs) for fire fighting and rescue services - Safety requirements and testing
EN 1808:2015 Safety requirements for suspended access equipment - Design calculations, stability criteria, construction - Examinations and tests
EN 528:2008 Rail dependent storage and retrieval equipment - Safety requirements*， 2024-04-20 Update
EN 81-1:1998 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Part 1: Electric lifts (Incorporates Amendment A3: 2009)
EN 81-2:1998 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Part 2: Hydraulic lifts (Incorporates Amendment A3: 2009)
EN 280:2013+A1:2015 history
2015EN 280:2013+A1:2015 Mobile elevating work platforms - Design calculations - Stability criteria - Construction - Safety - Examinations and tests
2013EN 280:2013 Mobile elevating work platforms - Design calculations - Stability criteria - Construction - Safety - Examinations and tests
2001EN 280:2001 Mobile elevating work platforms - Design calculations - Stability criteria - Construction - Safety - Examinations and tests Incorporates Amendment A2: 2009