BS EN BRITISH STANDARD 14439:2006 Cranes Safety - Tower cranes The European Standard EN 14439:2006 has the status of a British Standard ICS 53.020.20 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BS EN 14439:2006 BSI () National foreword This British Standard was published by BSI. It is the UK implementation of EN 14439:2006. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee MHE/3, Cranes and derricks, to Subcommittee MHE/3/5, Mobile cranes. A list of organizations represented on MHE/3/5 can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was Amendments issued since publication published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Licensed Copy: London Amd. No. Date Strategy Committee Comments on 31 January 2007 C BSI 2007 ISBN 978-0-580-49963-0 BSI EUROPEANSTANDARD EN 14439 Copy, (c) NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM Uncontrolled December 2006 ICS53.020.20 3 01:18:50 GMT+00:00 2007, English Version Cranes - Safety - Tower cranes Appareils de levage a charge suspendue - Sécurite - Grues Krane - Sicherheit - Turmdrehkrane a tour ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon21October2006. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national , Thu Jan 18 ( standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. cer EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG Management Centre:rue deStassart,36 5B-1050Brussels @2006CEN Ref.No.EN14439:2006:E worldwide for CEN national Members. BSI EN 14439:2006 (E) Uncontrolled Copy, (c) I Contents Page Foreword GMT+00:00 2007, Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Termsanddefinitions 4 List of significant hazards. 18:50 Safety requirements and/or protective measures 5.1 5.2 Design requirements on the load bearing structure .... 01:1 5.3 Design requirements for equipment . 11 5.4 Design requirements for health and safety ... 12 18 5.5 Noise reduction .20 Jan 6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures 6.1 Thu. General 6.2 Method of verification, .20 6.3 Fitnessforpurpose 6.4 Noise measurement . .22 7 Information for us 22 7.1 General 7.2 Instructions handbook ..22 7.3 Marking....... Annex A (normative) Stability requirements ... Annex B (informative) Requirements for the provision of anti-collision on tower crane . AnnexC(normative)Outsideindicatorsonthecrane. Annex D (normative) Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures ... Annex E (normative) Noise test code.. Annex F (informative) Marking - Example of layout.... Annex G (informative) Selection of a suitable set of crane standards for a given application .... Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 98/37/EC . .44 Bibliography .45 2 EN 14439:2006 (E) Foreword Safety", the secretariat of which is held by BSl