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MHE/12/1 - Lifting Platforms - Mobile elevating work platforms

Sector: Manufacturing

Categories: Management. Human resources | Construction equipment | Lifting equipment. Other

Overview: Under the direction of MHE/12, this committee prepares British Standards and provides the UK contribution to ISO/TC 214/WG 1 and CEN/TC 98/WG 1 standards work on Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPS).

Committee standards activity

In Progress (4)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 25394 Mobile elevating work platforms — overhead obstruction detection systems and secondary guarding --performance requirements

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-10-29 		Drafting
BS ISO 21455 Mobile elevating work platforms. Operator's controls. Actuation, displacement, location and method of operation

Categories: Unclassified documents

Proposal begins : 		Proposal
BS EN 280-1 Mobile elevating work platforms. - Part 1: Design calculations - Stability criteria - Construction - Safety - Examinations and tests

Categories: Lifting equipment. Other

Public comment begins : 2024-10-24 		Public comment
BS 8460 Safe use of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) – Code of practice

Categories: Lifting equipment. Other

Public comment begins : 2025-03-25 		Public comment
Published (6)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 18893:2024 Mobile elevating work platforms. Safety principles, inspection, maintenance and operation

Categories: Lifting equipment. Other

Published standard begins : 2024-10-14 		Published standard
BS ISO 18878:2025 Mobile elevating work platforms. Operator training

Categories: Management. Human resources | Lifting equipment. Other

Published standard begins : 2025-01-20 		Published standard
BS ISO 16653-2:2021 Mobile elevating work platforms. Design, calculations, safety requirements and test methods relative to special features. MEWPs with non-conductive (insulating) components

Categories: Lifting equipment. Other

Published standard begins : 2022-03-01 		Published standard
BS ISO 16368:2024 Mobile elevating work platforms. Design, calculations, safety requirements and test methods

Categories: Lifting equipment. Other

Published standard begins : 2024-10-03 		Published standard
BS EN 280-2:2022 Mobile elevating work platforms. Additional safety requirements for load lifting appliances on the extending lifting structure and work platform

Categories: Lifting equipment. Other

Published standard begins : 2022-02-24 		Published standard
BS EN 280-1:2022 Mobile elevating work platforms. Design calculations. Stability criteria. Construction. Safety. Examinations and tests

Categories: Lifting equipment. Other

Published standard begins : 2022-02-17 		Published standard
Withdrawn (1)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 21455:2020 Mobile elevating work platforms. Operator's controls. Actuation, displacement, location and method of operation

Categories: Lifting equipment. Other

Withdrawn begins : 2020-07-28 		Withdrawn