Cranes - Safety - Hand powered cranes

This document specifies requirements for the following hand powered cranes defined in Clause 3: - hand chain blocks; - lever hoists; - jaw winches; - hand powered trolleys supporting lifting machines; NOTE Hand powered trolleys placed on the market on their own and intended to be used with products within the scope of this document are considered as interchangeable equipment as defined in Directive 2006/42/EC. - drum winches; - pulley blocks. This document deals with the following significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant to hand powered cranes, when it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer: - mechanical hazards; - thermal hazards; - material/substance hazards; - ergonomic hazards; - hazards associated with the environment in which they are used. This document does not cover hazards related to the lifting of persons. This document is not applicable to hand powered cranes for: - use in ambient temperature outside the range of - 10°C to + 50°C, however for some lifting medium the minimum temperature will be higher than -10 °C; - use in direct contact with food stuffs or pharmaceuticals requiring a high level of cleanliness for hygiene reasons; - handling specific hazardous materials (e.g. explosives, hot molten masses, radiating materials); - operation in an explosive atmosphere. This document is not applicable to hand powered cranes manufactured before the date of its publication.