EN 61477:2009

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2009
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SIST EN 61477:2003
SIST EN 61477:2003/A1:2003
SIST EN 61477:2003/A2:2007
Delo pod napetostjo - Minimalne zahteve za uporabo orodij, naprav in opreme (IEC
61477:2009)
Live working - Minimum requirements for the utilization of tools, devices and equipment
Arbeiten unter Spannung - Mindestanforderungen für die Nutzung von Werkzeugen,
Geräten und Ausrüstungen
Travaux sous tension - Exigences minimales pour l'utilisation des outils, dispositifs et
équipements
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61477:2009
ICS:
13.260 9DUVWYRSUHGHOHNWULþQLP Protection against electric
XGDURP'HORSRGQDSHWRVWMR shock. Live working
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61477
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2009
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.260; 29.240.20; 29.260.99 Supersedes EN 61477:2002 + A1:2002 + A2:2005

English version
Live working -
Minimum requirements
for the utilization of tools, devices and equipment
(IEC 61477:2009 + corrigendum 2009)

Travaux sous tension -  Arbeiten unter Spannung -
Exigences minimales Mindestanforderungen
pour l'utilisation des outils, für die Nutzung von Werkzeugen,
dispositifs et équipements Geräten und Ausrüstungen
(CEI 61477:2009 + corrigendum 2009) (IEC 61477:2009 + Corrigendum 2009)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2009-05-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified
to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

Central Secretariat: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels

© 2009 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 61477:2009 E
Foreword
The text of document 78/772/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61477, prepared by IEC TC 78, Live working,
was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 61477 on
2009-05-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 61477:2002 + A1:2002 + A2:2005.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2010-02-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2012-05-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61477:2009 with its corrigendum April 2009 was approved by
CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 60895 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60895:2003 (modified).
IEC 61230 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61230:2008 (not modified).
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60050-651 1999 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV) -
Part 651: Live working
IEC 60417 Data- Graphical symbols for use on equipment - -
base
1) 2)
IEC 60743 - Live working - Terminology for tools, EN 60743 2001
equipment and devices
1)
Undated reference.
2)
Valid edition at date of issue.

IEC 61477 ®
Edition 2.0 2009-02
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Live working – Minimum requirements for the utilization of tools, devices and
equipment
Travaux sous tension – Exigences minimales pour l’utilisation des outils,
dispositifs et équipements
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
N
CODE PRIX
ICS 13.260; 29.240.20; 29.260.99 ISBN 2-8318-1030-3
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3
INTRODUCTION.5
1 Scope.6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Characteristics of tools .7
4.1 Marking, graphical symbols and information to the users.7
4.2 Dimensions and weight .8
4.3 Electrical characteristics.8
4.4 Mechanical characteristics .9
4.5 Thermal characteristics .9
5 Conditions of use .9
5.1 Operating range .10
5.2 Precautions for use .10
5.3 Verifications before use.11
6 Conditions for maintenance .11
6.1 Cleaning.11
6.2 Periodic checks and verifications.12
6.3 Repair .12
7 Conditions for storage and transportation .13
Bibliography.14

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LIVE WORKING –
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UTILIZATION
OF TOOLS, DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT

FOREWORD
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8) Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is
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patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 61477 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 78: Live
working.
This second edition of IEC 61477 cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2001, its
Amendment 1 (2002) and Amendment 2 (2004).
The document 78/772/FDIS, circulated to the National Committees as Amendment 3, led to
the publication of the new edition.
The text of this standard is based on the first edition, Amendment 1, Amendment 2 and the
following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
78/772/FDIS 78/786/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.

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This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in
the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
The contents of the corrigendum of April 2009 have been included in this copy.

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INTRODUCTION
This International Standard does not replace national regulations but it can be regarded as a
reference for the development of national regulations. Where National regulations are in force
to dictate the conditions of utilization of tools, devices and equipment for live working, these
can be more stringent than the minimum requirements of this standard.

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LIVE WORKING –
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UTILIZATION
OF TOOLS, DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT

1 Scope
This International Standard gives the minimum requirements relative to specification,
manufacture, selection, application and maintenance of tools, devices and equipment for live
working.
It provides the type of information which is useful to skilled persons in order to make the use
of tools, devices and equipment safer.
This type of information includes:
• the characteristics of tools, devices and equipment;
• their conditions for use;
• their conditions for maintenance;
• their conditions for storage and transportation.
Such information may be given in standards, manufacturer’s instructions for use and in
internal regulations set forth by companies for their own employees.
Such information should be completed by work methods, which are excluded from the scope
of this standard.
In this standard, the word tool(s) is used for "tools
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