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EN13374May2025EuropeanstandardNormeeuropeenneEuropaischenormICS13.340.99;91.220SupersedesEN13374:2013+Al:2018EnglishVersionTemporaryedgeprotectionsystems-Productspecification-TestmethodsGarde-corpsperipheriquestemporaires-SpecificationTemporareSeitenschutzsysteme-duproduit-Methodesd'essaiProduktfestlegungen-PriifverfahrenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon7April2025.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCEN-CENELECManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCEN-CENELECManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,RepublicofNorthMacedonia,Romania,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,TiirkiyeandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATIONEuropaischeskomiteefurnormungCEN-CENELECManagementCentre:RuedelaScience23,B-1040Brussels©2025CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.ContentsPageEuropeanforeword4Introduction512Scope6Normativereferences7344.14.24.34.455.15.1.15.1.25.1.35.1.45.1.55.25.2.15225235.35.3.15.3.25.3.35.3.45.45.4.15.4.25.4.35.4.466.16.1.16.1.26.1.36.1.46.26.2.16226.2.36.36.3.1Termsanddefinitions8Classificationofedgeprotectionsystems12ClassB.12ClassC12Requirements13General.13Basicrequirements13Principalguardrail13Intermediateguardrail13Additionaldimensionalrequirementsforindividualclasses13EdgeprotectionsystemclassA13EdgeprotectionsystemclassB14EdgeprotectionsystemclassC15Materialrequirements17General17Materialforcounterweights17Staticanddynamicdesignrequirementsforindividualclasses17General17EdgeprotectionsystemclassA18EdgeprotectionsystemclassB18EdgeprotectionsystemclassC18Structuraldesign18Introduction18Methodofdesign18Ultimatelimitstate(fundamentalandaccidentalloads)19Serviceabilitylimitstate20Partialsafetyfactors20Ultimatelimitstatewithfundamentalloads20Serviceabilitylimitstate20Ultimatelimitstatewithaccidentalloads21Staticloads.21General216.3.2 Serviceabilitylimitstate-Pointloads236.3.3 UltimatelimitstatePointloads256.3.4 UltimatelimitstateMaximumwindload266.3.5 UltimatelimitstateLoadcombination276.3.6 UltimatelimitstateLoadparalleltotheedgeprotectionsystem286.3.7 Ultimatelimitstatewithaccidentalloads286.3.8 Accidentalremoval296.3.9 Testmethods301.1 General301.2 Loadapplication301.3 Sampletobetested301.4 TestsforconformitywithstaticloadrequirementsforclassesAandB311.4.1 General311.4.2 Testsforserviceability311.4.3 Testforstrength321.5 TestsforconformitywithdynamicloadrequirementsforclassesBandC341.5.1 TestprocedureforClassBandClassC341.5.2 TestprocedureforClassC371.6 Testreports408 Designation409 Marking4110 Informationtobegiventothesite4110.1 Generalrequirements4110.2 Principalcontents4111 Assessment42AnnexA(informative)Inclinations,fallingheightsandheightofedgeprotection43A.lAppropriateclassesfortheuseatdifferentinclinationsandfallingheights43A.2Heightofedgeprotectionondifferentlevels48A.3Additionalprotectionabovetheprincipalguardrail48Annex B (informative)Simplifiedmethods512.1 Simplifiedtestprocedure512.2 Simplifiedevaluationofrecordedresults51Annex C (informative)A-deviations52Bibliography54EuropeanforewordThisdocument(EN13374:2025)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC53''Temporaryworksequipment”,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyDIN.ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextorbyendorsemenatthelatestbyNovember2025,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestbyNovember2025.Attentionisdrawntothepossibilitythatsomeoftheelementsofthisdocumentmaybethesubjectofpatentrights.CENshallnotbeheldresponsibleforidentifyinganyorallsuchpatentrights.ThisdocumentsupersedesEN13374:2013+Al:2018.ThisdocumentincludesthefollowingsignificanttechnicalchangeswithrespecttoEN13374:2013+Al:2018:一mostofthefigureshavebeenupdatedandnewfigureshavebeenadded,一classificationinClause4hasbeenclarified,一Clause6hasbeenclarifiedandupdatedand6.3.8added,一Clause7hasbeenclarifiedandupdated,一AnnexAhasbeenrewrittenandfiguresadded,一AnnexBSimplifiedmethodshasbeenadded,一AnnexCwithA-deviatio