BS EN 1501-3:2008 Refuse collection vehicles and their associated lifting devices. General requirements and safety requirements. Front loaded refuse collection vehicles
BS EN 1501-3 applies to front loaded refuse collection vehicles, and specifies their technical requirements. It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to front loaded refuse collection vehicles.
BS EN 1501-3 also describes and gives the requirements of the front loaded refuse collection vehicles and the associated lifting device(s).
BS EN 1501-3 includes examples of standard types of front loaded refuse collection vehicles.
BS EN 1501-3 does not apply to:
• Operation in severe conditions (e.g. extreme environmental conditions such as: temperatures below –25 °C and above 40 °C, corrosive environment, tropical environment, lightning, wind velocity in excess of 75 km/h
• Operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres, contaminating environments)
• Transportation of passengers, lifting of persons
• Loading by crane
• Loading by satellite vehicle
• Containers other than defined in EN 840-1 to -4, EN 12574-1 to -3 and type B of EN 13071
• Handling of loads the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations such as hot wastes, acids and bases
• Radioactive materials, especially fragile loads, explosives.
Contents of BS EN 1501-3:
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Scope
• Normative references
• Terms and definitions
• Modes and controls of front loaded RCV
• List of significant hazards
• Safety requirements
• Verification
• Information for use
• Definition of working and functional spaces
• Examples of data sheet
• Types of systems for front loaded RCVs: lifting devices, compaction and
• discharge systems and types of waste containers
• Warning signals
• Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 98/37/EC, amended by 98/79/EC
• Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC
• Bibliography