AS 2726.

1—2004
AS 2726.1

Australian Standard™
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Chainsaws—Safety requirements

Part 1: Chainsaws for general use

 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee SF-033, Chainsaw Safety. It
was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 18 March 2004
and published on 30 April 2004.

The following are represented on Committee SF-033:

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources (Tasmania)
German-Australian Chamber of Industry & Commerce
Outdoor Power Equipment Association
Primary Industries (SA) Forestry
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Queensland Forestry Research Institute

Safety Institute of Australia
State Forests of New South Wales
Swedish-Australian Chamber of Commerce
Victorian Association of Forest Industries
WorkCover New South Wales

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 AS 2726.1—2004

Australian Standard™
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Chainsaws—Safety requirements

Part 1: Chainsaws for general use

Originated as AS 2726—1984.
Previous edition AS 2726.1—1995.
Second edition 2004.

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 AS 2726.1—2004 2

PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee SF-033, Chainsaw
Safety to supersede AS 2726.1—1995, Chainsaws—Safety requirements, Part 1: Chainsaws
for general use.
The objective of this Standard is to provide manufacturers and users with specifications for
safety requirements for chainsaws intended for general use to reduce the hazards that may
be encountered by the operator.
This edition takes into account the changes that have taken place in chainsaw design since
the publication of the previous edition.
This Standard is Part 1 of a two part series. Part 2 deals with the safety requirements of
chainsaws for tree service.
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This Standard is based on the work of ISO/TC 23/SC 17, Tractors and Machinery for
Agriculture and Forestry—Manually Portable Forest Machinery and the Standards
developed by that Subcommittee, in particular ISO 11681-1:2004, Machinery for forestry—
Portable chain-saw safety requirements and testing—Part 1: Chain-saws for forest service.
In addition, the requirements given in IEC 60745-2-13:1989, Safety of hand-held motor-
operated electric tools, Part 2-13: Particular requirements for chain saws and
ANSI B175.1-2000, Gasoline-powered chain saws—Safety requirements have been
considered.
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CONTENTS

Page
1 SCOPE........................................................................................................................ 4
2 APPLICATION .......................................................................................................... 4
3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS.................................................................................. 4
4 DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................ 5
5 SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS ........................................................................................ 5
6 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ............................................................................. 6
7 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................... 6
8 MARKING OF CHAINSAWS ................................................................................. 12
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9 INSTRUCTION HANDBOOK................................................................................. 13
 AS 2726.1—2004 4

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Chainsaws—Safety requirements

Part 1: Chainsaws for general use

1 SCOPE
This Standard specifies safety requirements for portable, hand-held, electrically driven and
internal combustion engine-driven chainsaws primarily intended for cutting wood.
This Standard does not apply to—
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(a) pole-mounted powered pruners;

(b) hydraulic chainsaws;
(c) attachments fitted to chainsaws; or
(d) mechanical aids assisting the task of cutting wood.

2 APPLICATION
This Standard is intended for use in conjunction with regulations, applicable to the use of
chainsaws, issued by regulatory authorities.

3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
The following documents are referred to in this Standard:
AS
1319 Safety signs for the occupational environment
2727 Chainsaws—Guide to safe working practices
AS/NZS
1270 Acoustics—Hearing protectors
3160 Approval and test specification—Hand-held portable electric tools
ISO
3767 Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden
equipment—Symbols for operator controls and other displays
3767-5 Part 5: Symbols for manual portable forestry machinery
6531 Machinery for forestry—Portable hand-held chain-saws—Vocabulary
6533 Forestry machinery—Portable chain-saw front hand-guard—Dimensions
and clearances
6534 Portable chain-saws—Hand-guards—Mechanical strength
6535 Portable chain-saws—Chain brake performance
7182 Acoustics—Measurement at the operator’s position of airborne noise
emitted by chain saws
7505 Forestry machinery—Chain saws—Measurement of hand-transmitted
vibration

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