BS EN 17314:2020

This standard BS EN 17314:2020 Industrial trucks. Specifications and test methods. Operator restraint systems other than lap-type seat belts is classified in these ICS categories:

• 53.060 Industrial trucks

This document specifies the tests for the verification of restraint systems against the risk of lateral ejection of the operator for:

• counterbalanced lift trucks with centre control, sit down and non-elevating operator position (see EN ISO 3691?1:2015, 4.7.8), with a rated capacity up to and including 10 000 kg;

• tractors as defined in EN 12312?15 (airport ground equipment);

• burden carriers (as defined in ISO 5053-1:2015, 3.25) with a maximum speed of more than 25 km/h with seated operator;

• other types of industrial trucks equipped with such a restraint system.

Counterblanced lift trucks, tractors and burden carriers are named hereafter as trucks.

This document describes type tests for a specific combination of truck and restraint system.

This standard does not cover:

• the risk due to frontal ejection;

• the monitoring of the protective position of the operator restraint system as defined in EN 16307?1 :— ² , 4.16;

• the testing of seat belts.

The document is not applicable for the retrofit of trucks with restraint systems.

This document does not give any requirements on the need for a restraint system.