scope:

This standard specifies ergonomic requirements for the design of machinery concerned with manual handling in industrial and professional applications. This standard applies to the manual handling of objects of 3 kg or more. The standard provides data for ergonomic design and risk assessment concerning lifting, lowering and carrying in relation to the construction, transport and commissioning (assembly, installation, adjustment), use (operation, cleaning, fault finding, maintenance, setting, teaching or process changeover) and decommissioning, disposal and dismantling of machinery.