BS EN 1870-3:2014

This standard BS EN 1870-3:2014 Safety of woodworking machines. Circular sawing machines is classified in these ICS categories:

• 25.080.60 Sawing machines
• 79.120.10 Woodworking machines

This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to down cutting cross-cut saws and dual purpose down cutting cross-cut saws/circular saw benches, herein after referred to as “machines”, designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials where they are covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light alloy laminates when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.

This document does not apply to:

• machines for cross cutting logs;

• hand-held motor-operated electric tools or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, e.g. bench mounting;

• transportable machines set up on a bench or a table similar to a bench, which are intended to carry out work in a stationary position, capable of being lifted by one person by hand i.e. maximum mass ≤ 25 kg.

This document is not applicable to down cutting cross-cut saws and dual purpose down cutting cross-cut saws/circular saw benches which are manufactured before the date of its publication as European Standard.