scope:

This document deals with all common significant hazards, hazardous situations and events of the following forestry machinery and machines configured as forestry machines: fellers, bunchers, delimbers, forwarders, log loaders, skidders, processors and harvesters as defined in ISO 6814 and also multi-function versions of these machines, when used as intended and under condition of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. The machines can be of the mobile, ride-on or self-propelled type or a combination of these types. The use of this document will not alone be sufficient to cover all significant hazards for a majority of machines covered by this document. The list of significant hazards dealt with in this standard is given in Annex A. This document is not applicable to machines, which are manufactured before its publication as an International standard.