Preface
This is the first edition of CSA Standard CAN/CSA-M4254.1 Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry - Technical means for ensuring safety - Part 1 : General, which is an adoption of the identically titled I S 0 (International Organization for standardization) Standard 4254-1:1989.
Clauses 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, and 12 have been revised (see Canadian deviations) to reflect current Canadian practice and updates to IS0 Standards.
This Standard was reviewed by the Technical Committee on Agricultural Machinery under the jurisdiction of the Standards Steering Committee on Occupational Health and Safety and has been formally approved by these Committees. It has been approved as a National Standard of Canada by the Standards Council of Canada.
Scope
This part of ISO 4254 provides guidelines regarding the prevention of accidents arising from the use of tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry. It also specifies technical means of improving the degree of personal safety of operators and others involved in the course of normal running, maintenance and use, intended to be carried out by the user of the machinery.
This part of ISO 4254 gives general guidelines to be met when designing tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry. This standard applies to tractors and machinery that are designed for and travel at rates of speed less than 40 km/h (25 mph)
NOTE - Subsequent parts may have wider or more limited fields of application for individual machinery types (see the Foreword).
