scope:

This standard is applicable to the calculation, design, construction, safety devices, installation, use,
maintenance and testing of dock levellers with the exception of
a) dock levellers for marine and aircraft applications;
b) lifting tables;
c) vehicle mounted tail lifts.
NOTE 1 Requirements for lifting tables are laid down in EN 1570.
NOTE 2 Requirements for vehicle mounted tail lifts are laid down in EN 1756-1
This standard includes dock levellers which are used by persons and/or manual or power driven
transport equipment (e. g. forklift trucks) as traffic paths between goods vehicles, both road vehicles and rail waggons, and parts of buildings such as loading docks. This standard does not deal with bridging devices where the load is a complete vehicle, such as a self propelled vehicle or towed trailer. Illustrations of various types of dock levellers are shown in Figure 1.