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1. Aerial access platforms with combustion engines Equipment consisting of a minimum of a work platform, an extending structure and a chassis. The work platform is a fenced platform or a cage which can be moved under load to the required working position. The extending structure is connected to the chassis and supports the work platform; it allows movement of the work platform to its required position.

2. Brush cutter A combustion-engine driven portable hand-held unit fitted with a rotating blade made of metal or plastic intended to cut weeds, brush, small trees and similar vegetation. The cutting device operates in a plane approximately parallel to the ground.

3. Builders' hoist for the transport of goods A power-operated, temporarily installed builders' hoist intended for use by persons who are permitted to enter engineering and construction sites, serving

(i) defined landing levels, having a platform — designed for the transportation of goods only — which permits the access of persons during loading and unloading — which permits the access and travel by authorised persons during erection, dismantling and maintenance — guided — travelling vertical or along a path within 15° max. of the vertical — supported or sustained by: wire, rope, chain, screwed spindle and nut, rack and pinion, hydraulic jack (direct or indirect), or an expanding linkage mechanism — where masts may or may not require support from separate structures, or

(ii) either one upper landing or a work area extending to the end of the guide (e.g. a roof), having a load-carrying device:

— designed for the transportation of goods only — designed that there is no need to step on it for loading or unloading purposes or for maintenance, erection and dismantling — from which persons are prohibited at any time — guided — which is designed to travel at an angle of at least 30° to the vertical but may be used at any angle — sustained by steel wire rope and a positive drive system — controlled by constant pressure type controls — which does not benefit from the use of any counterweight — having a maximum rated load of 300 kg — having a maximum speed of 1m/s — and where the guides require support from separate structures.

4. Building site band saw machine A hand-fed powered machine weighing less than 200 kg fitted with a single saw blade in the form of a continuous band mounted on and running between two or more pulleys.

5. Building site circular saw bench

A hand-fed machine weighing less than 200 kg fitted with a single circular sawblade (other than a scoring saw) with a diameter of 350 mm or more, up to a maximum diameter of 500 mm, which is fixed during the normal cutting operation, and a horizontal table, all or part of which is fixed during operation. The sawblade is mounted on a horizontal non-tilting spindle, the position of which remains stationary during machining. The machine may have any of the following features:

— the facility for the sawblade to be raised and lowered through the table — machine frame below the table may be open or enclosed — the saw may be fitted with an additional, manually operated travelling table (not adjacent to the sawblade).

6. Chain saw, portable A power-driven tool designed to cut wood with a saw chain and consisting of an integrated compact unit of handles, power source and cutting attachment, designed to be supported with two hands.

7. Combined high pressure flusher and suction vehicle A vehicle which may work either as a high pressure flusher or as a suction vehicle. See high pressure flusher and suction vehicle.

8. Compaction machine

A machine which compacts materials, e.g. rock fills, soil or asphalt surfacing, through a rolling, tamping or vibrating action of the working tool. It may be self-propelled, towed, walk-behind or an attachment to a carrying machine. Compaction machines are subdivided as follows:

— rollers for ride-on operators: self-propelled compaction machines with one or more metallic cylindrical bodies (drums) or rubber tyres; the operator's station is an integral part of the machine — walk-behind rollers: self-propelled compaction machines with one or more metallic cylindrical bodies (drums) or rubber tyres in which the operation facilities for travelling, steering, braking and vibrating are disposed in such a way that the machines have to be operated by an attending operator or by remote control — towed roller: compaction machines with one or more metallic cylindrical bodies (drums) or rubber tyres which do not possess an independent drive system and where the operator's station is to be found on a tractor unit

— vibratory plates and vibratory rammers: compactions machines with mainly flat base plates which are made to vibrate. They are operated by an attending operator or as an attachment to a carrier machine — explosion rammers: compaction machines with mainly a flat pad as the compacting tool which is made to move in a predominantly vertical direction by explosion pressure. The machine is operated by an attending operator.

9. Compressor Any machine for use with interchangeable equipment which compresses air, gases or vapours to a pressure higher than the inlet pressure. A compressor comprises the bare compressor itself, the prime mover and any component or device supplied, which is necessary for safe operation of the compressor. Excluded are the following categories of device:

— fans, i.e. devices producing air circulation at a positive pressure of not more than 110 000 pascals — vacuum pumps, i.e. devices or appliances for extracting air from an enclosed space at a pressure not exceeding atmospheric pressure — gas turbine engines.

10. Concrete-breakers and picks, hand held

Powered (by any method) concrete-breakers and picks used to perform work on civil engineering and building sites.

11. Concrete or mortar mixer A machine to prepare concrete or mortar, irrespective of the loading, mixing and emptying process. It may be operated intermittently or constantly. Concrete mixers on trucks are called truck mixers (see definition 55).

12. Construction winch A power-operated, temporarily installed lifting appliance which is equipped with means for raising and lowering a suspended load.

13. Conveying and spraying machine for concrete and mortar Items of plant pumping and spraying concrete or mortar, with or without agitator, whereby the material to be transported is conveyed to the placing position through pipelines, distribution devices or distribution booms. Conveyance is carried out:

— for concrete mechanically, by piston or rotor pumps — for mortar mechanically by piston, worm, hose and rotor pumps or pneumatically by compressors with or without air chamber. These machines may be mounted on trucks, trailers or special vehicles.

14. Conveyor belt A temporarily installed machine suitable for transporting material by means of a power-driven belt.

15. Cooling equipment on vehicles A cargo space refrigeration unit on vehicle categories N2, N3, O3 and O4 as defined by Directive 70/156/EEC. The refrigeration unit may be powered by means of an integral part of the refrigeration unit, a separate part attached to the vehicle body, a driving engine of the vehicle, or by an independent or standby power source.

16. Dozer A self-propelled wheeled or crawler machine used to exert a push or pull force through mounted equipment.

17. Drill rig A machine which is used for drilling holes on construction sites by — percussive drilling — rotary drilling — rotary percussive drilling. Drill rigs are stationary during drilling. They may move from one place of work to another, under their own power. Self-propelled drill rigs include those mounted on lorries, wheeled chassis, tractors, crawlers, skid bases (pulled by winch). When drill rigs are mounted on lorries, tractors and trailers, or a wheel-based, transportation may be carried out at higher speeds and on public roads.

18. Dumper

A self-propelled machine wheeled or crawler machine having an open body, which either transports and dumps or spreads material. Dumpers may be equipped with integral self-loading equipment.

19. Equipment for loading and unloading of silos or tanks on trucks Powered devices attached to silo or tanker trucks for loading or unloading of liquids or bulk material by means of pumps or similar equipment.

20. Excavator, hydraulic or rope-operated A self-propelled crawler or wheeled machine having an upper structure capable of a minimum of 360° rotation, which excavates, swings and dumps material by the action of a bucket fitted to the boom and arm or telescopic boom, without moving the chassis or undercarriage during any one cycle of the machine.

21. Excavator-loader

A self-propelled wheeled or crawler machine having a main structural support designed to carry both a front-mounted bucket loading mechanism and a rear-mounted backhoe. When used in the backhoe mode, the machine normally digs below ground level with bucket motion towards the machine. The backhoe lifts, swings and discharges material while the machine is stationary. When used in the loader mode, the machine loads or excavates through forward motion of the machine, and lifts, transports and discharges material.

22. Glass recycling container A container, built of whatever material, that is used for the collection of bottles. It is equipped with at least one opening for filling in bottles and another one for emptying the container.

23. Grader A self-propelled wheeled machine having an adjustable blade, positioned between front and rear axles, which cuts, moves and spreads material usually to grade requirements.

24. Grass trimmer/grass edge trimmer