BRITISH STANDARDHand-held non-electric power tools Safety requirements Part 10: Compression power toolsThe European Standard EN 792-10:2000 has the status of aBritish StandardICS 25.140.01| BS EN792-10:2000|NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBS EN 792-10:2000National forewordThis British Standard is the official English language version of EN 792-10:2000. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteeMCE/8, Compressors, pneumatic tools, pneumatic machines and vacuum technology, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.Cross-referencesThe British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled International Standards Correspondence Index, or by using theFind facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue.A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.Summary of pagesThis document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 18, an inside back cover and a back cover.The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued.Amd. No.DateCommentsThis British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the EngineeringSector Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 August 2000BSI 08-2000ISBN 0 580 36342 2Amendments issued since publication(8523($1 67$1$51250( (8523e(11( (8523b,6&+( 1250(1 -XQH ,&6 (QJOLVK YHUVLRQ+DQG KHOG QRQ HOHFWULF SRZHU WRROV 6DIHW UHTXLUHPHQWV 3DUW &RPSUHVVLRQ SRZHU WRROV0DFKLQHV SRUWDWLYHV j PRWHXU QRQ pOHFWULTXH 3UHVFULSWLRQV GH VpFXULWp 3DUWLH 0DFKLQHV SRUWDWLYHV j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e (8523e(1 ( 1250$/,6$7,21 (8523b,6&+(6 .20,7( )h5 125081* &HQWUDO 6HFUHWDULDW UXH GH 6WDVVDUW % %UXVVHOV &(1$OO ULJKWV RI HSORLWDWLRQ LQ DQ IRUP DQG E DQ PHDQV UHVHUYHG ZRUOGZLGH IRU &(1 QDWLRQDO 0HPEHUV 5HI 1R (1 (3DJH (1 &217(176SDJH)RUHZRUG ,QWURGXFWLRQ 6FRSH 1RUPDWLYH UHIHUHQFHV 7HUPV DQG GHILQLWLRQV *HQHUDO WHUPV DQG GHILQLWLRQV 7HUPV DQG GHILQLWLRQV UHODWHG WR FRPSUHVVLRQ SRZHU WRROV /LVW RI KDDUGV 6DIHW UHTXLUHPHQWV DQG PHDVXUHV 0HFKDQLFDO VDIHW 7KHUPDO VDIHW 1RLVH