This European Standard specifies the safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of hand-held combustion engine powered and back-pack combustion engine powered, garden vacuums and garden blower/vacuums with or without shredding means and garden blowers, designed for one operator only. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices (including residual risks) to be provided by the manufacturer.
Throughout this European Standard the term 'machine' is used to mean all the types of garden blowers and
vacuums covered by it.
This European Standard deals, with all hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see Clause 4), except for:
- vibration of backpack machines;
- structural integrity for blowers and blower vacuums;
- strength for harnesses and back-pack supports.
This European Standard is not applicable to:
- walk-behind, hand-guided (support-wheeled) and ride-on machines;
- mains driven and battery powered blowers and vacuums of combinations thereof;
NOTE EN 60335-1 and IEC 60335-2-100 give the safety requirements for mains driven blowers and blower
vacuums, vacuum cleaners for household and industrial use.
This European Standard is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of its
publication as EN.
BS EN 15503:2009 Referenced Document
EN 1088:1995 Safety of machinery - Interlocking devices associated with guards - Principles for design and selection Incorporates Amendment A2: 2008
EN 14930:2007 Agricultural and forestry machinery and gardening equipment - Pedestrian controlled and hand-held machines - Determination of accessibility of hot surfaces (Incorporates Amendment A1: 2009)
EN ISO 11201:2009 Acoustics - Noise emitted by machinery and equipment - Measurement of emission sound pressure levels at a work station and at other specified positions - Engineering method in an essentially free field over a reflecting plane
EN ISO 12100-1:2003 Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design - Part 1: Basic terminology, methodology Incorporates Amendment A1: 2009 [Superseded: CEN EN 292-1]*， 2024-04-19 Update
EN ISO 12100-2:2003 Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design - Part 2: Technical principles Incorporates Amendment A1: 2009 [Superseded: CEN EN 292-2]*， 2024-04-19 Update
EN ISO 13849-1:2008 Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts of control systems - Part 1: General principles for design
EN ISO 13857:2008 Safety of machinery - Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by upper and lower limbs [Superseded: CEN EN 294, CEN EN 811]
EN ISO 22867:2008 Forestry machinery - Vibration test code for portable hand-held machines with internal combustion engine - Vibration at the handles
EN ISO 22868:2008 Forestry machinery - Noise test code for portable hand-held machines with internal combustion engine - Engineering method (Grade 2 accuracy)*， 2024-04-19 Update
EN ISO 3744:2009 Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels of noise sources using sound pressure - Engineering method in an essentially free field over a reflecting plane
EN ISO 4871:2009 Acoustics - Declaration and verification of noise emission values of machinery and equipment (ISO 4871:1996)
BS EN 15503:2009 history
2009BS EN 15503:2009+A2:2015 Garden equipment. Garden blowers, vacuums and blower/vacuums. Safety
2009BS EN 15503:2009+A1:2013 Garden equipment. Garden blowers, vacuums and blower/vacuums. Safety
2009BS EN 15503:2009 Garden equipment - Garden blowers, vacuums and blower/ vacuums - Safety