scope:

This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to stationary and displaceable single blade automatic and semi-automatic up-cutting cross cut sawing machines with one sawing unit herein after referred to as "machines" designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials if they are covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light alloy laminates when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.

Machines which are designed to work wood based materials may also be used for working hardened plastic materials with similar physical characteristics as wood.

For the definition of stationary and displaceable machine see 3.2.4 and 3.2.5.

Any work piece positioning equipment fitted to the machine is included in this document.

This document does not apply to machines designed for cross cutting logs.

This document is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.

NOTE Machines covered by this document are listed under 1.4 of Annex IV of the Machinery Directive.