BS EN 12786:2013

This standard BS EN 12786:2013 Safety of machinery. Requirements for the drafting of the vibration clauses of safety standards is classified in these ICS categories:

• 17.160 Vibrations, shock and vibration measurements
• 13.110 Safety of machinery
• 01.120 Standardization. General rules

This European Standard gives guidance for the writers of harmonized type-C machinery safety standards on how to deal with vibration where hand-transmitted vibration and/or whole-body vibration is identified as a significant hazard.

This European Standard also gives guidance on how to deal with the requirement for declaration of the vibration emission of portable hand-held and/or hand-guided machinery and for mobile machinery.

This European Standard supplements EN ISO 12100.