本欧洲标准规定了回转可变行程越野卡车（以下简称卡车）的一般安全要求，该卡车由一个带有回转上部结构的下底盘组成，该底盘配备有一个伸缩式提升装置（枢轴动臂），通常在其上安装一个负载处理装置（如车厢和叉臂）。叉臂包含在本欧洲标准中，并被视为卡车的一部分。除1.3和1.4中列出的危险外，本欧洲标准涉及与卡车相关的所有重大危险、危险情况和事件，这些危险、危险情况和事件是在制造商可以合理预见的预期和误用条件下使用的（见附件A）。本欧洲标准不适用于:-prEN 1459-1（非回转）覆盖的可变行程越野卡车；-preniso36912所涵盖的工业可变范围卡车；-卡车安装的可伸缩卡车；-装有倾斜或提升操作位置的可伸缩卡车；-EN 13000涵盖的移动式起重机；-主要为土方运动而设计的机器，如装载机和推土机，即使其斗和刀片被叉取代（见EN 474系列）；-主要设计有可变长度负载悬挂元件（如链条、绳索）的卡车，负载可从这些元件向各个方向自由摆动；-主要用于集装箱装卸的卡车；-轨道上的卡车；-附件（prEN 1459-5）。本欧洲标准不涉及与以下相关的危险:-混合动力系统；-燃气动力系统；-装有汽油机的卡车；-电池供电系统；-拖拉机专用设备（如动力输出）。本欧洲标准不涉及以下情况下可能发生的危险:a） 处理可能自由摆动的悬挂荷载（附加要求见prEN 1459-4）；b） 在公共道路上使用卡车；c） 在潜在爆炸性环境中作业；d） 地下作业；e） 牵引拖车时；f） 配备人员工作平台（附加要求见EN 1459-3）。

This European Standard specifies the general safety requirements of slewing variable-reach rough-terrain trucks (here-after referred to as trucks), consisting of a lower chassis with a slewing upper structure equipped with a telescopic lifting means (pivoted boom), on which a load handling device (e.g. carriage and fork arms) is typically fitted. Fork arms are covered by this European Standard and considered to be parts of the truck. This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to the trucks when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A) with the exception of hazards listed in 1.3 and 1.4. This European Standard does not apply to: - variable-reach rough terrain trucks covered by prEN 1459-1 (non-slewing); - industrial variable-reach trucks covered by prEN ISO 3691 2; - lorry-mounted variable-reach trucks; - variable reach trucks fitted with tilting or elevating operator position; - mobile cranes covered by EN 13000; - machines designed primarily for earth moving, such as loaders and dozers, even if their buckets and blades are replaced with forks (see EN 474 series); - trucks designed primarily with variable length load suspension elements (e.g., chain, ropes) from which the load may swing freely in all directions; - trucks designed primarily for container handling; - trucks on tracks; - attachments (prEN 1459-5). This European Standard does not address hazards linked to: - hybrid power systems; - gas power system; - trucks equipped with gasoline engine; - battery power system; - tractor specific devices (e.g. PTO). This European Standard does not address hazards which may occur when: a) handling suspended loads which may swing freely (additional requirements are given in prEN 1459-4); b) using trucks on public roads; c) operating in potentially explosive atmospheres; d) operating underground; e) when towing trailers; f) fitted with a personnel work platform (additional requirements are given in EN 1459-3).