About

• Secretariat: DIN

  Committee Manager:

  Mrs Dipl.-Ing Jeannette Bernard
• Chairperson (until end 2026):

  Mr Dr Andreas Kühn
• ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:

  Mme Blandine Garcia
  ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:

  Ms Lucy Kirk
• Creation date: 1963

Scope

Standardization in the field of power-operated industrial trucks, hand-operated industrial trucks (including sack trucks, hand carts, trailers), all types of wheels and castors excluding those with pneumatic tyres and rubber solid tyres for pneumatic tyre rims, comprising :

• terminology and definitions;
• safety requirements related to:
  • design and construction;
  • testing and inspection methods
  • operation and maintenance;
• principal dimensions to facilitate interchangeability where essential to the interest of users and manufacturers.
• Energy efficiency and other sustainability aspects

Excluded :

• vehicles designed primarily for earth-moving or road transport.