This standard specifies terms and definitions, safety requirements, test methods, instructions for use and markings for petrol (diesel) engine-powered pedestrian-controlled lawnmowers (hereinafter named “lawnmower”).
Annex A identifies the significant hazards covered by this standard that require actions to eliminate or reduce the risk.
This standard also applies to corresponding components of pedestrian-controlled lawnmowers powered by other combustion engines, as well as sulky lawnmowers excluding the sulky attachments.
This standard does not apply to ride-on lawnmowers, or to lawnmowers, the cutting element of which is non-metallic flexible wire or free-centered non-metallic cutter having a cutting energy (kinetic energy) for each single cutting element of 10 J or more.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB/T 3767-1996 Acoustics—Determination of sound power levels of noise sources using sound pressure—Engineering method in an essentially free field over a reflecting plane
GB/T 4269.1 Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment—Symbols for operator controls and other displays—Part 1: Common symbols
GB/T 4269.2 Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment—Symbols for operator controls and other displays—Part 2: Symbols for agricultural tractors and machinery
GB/T 4269.3 Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment—Symbols for operator controls and other displays—Part 3: Symbols for powered lawn and garden equipment
GB/T 5395-2008 Forestry machinery—Vibration test code for portable hand-held machines with internal combustion engine—Vibration at the handles
GB/T 9480 Tractors machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment—Operators manuals—Content and presentation
GB 10396 Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment—Safety signs and hazard pictorials—General principles
GB/T 15706.1 Safety of machinery—Basic concepts general principles for design—Part 1: Basic terminology methodology
GB/T 15706.2 Safety of machinery—Basic concepts general principles for design—Part 2: Technical principles
GB/T 17248.2-1999 Acoustics—Noise emitted by machinery and equipment—Measurement of emission sound pressure levels at a work station and at other specified positions—Engineering method in an essentially free field over a reflecting plane
GB/T 17958 Requirements for vibration hazards reduction of hand-held machines at the workplace
GB/T 20247 Acoustics—Measurement of sound absorption in a reverberation room
GB 23821-2009 Safety of machinery—Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by upper and lower limbs
LY/T 1570 Power lawn and garden equipment—Symbols for operator controls and safety signs
EN ISO
11688-1:1998 Acoustics—Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment—Part 1: Planning
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
