IS 18512 : 2024/ISO/TS 24159 : 2022 Refuse Collection Vehicles - Safety of Manual and Rear-Loaded Refuse Collection Vehicles
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard which is identical to ISO/TS 24159 : 2022 'Refuse collection vehicles - Safety of manual and rear-loaded refuse collection vehicles' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Solid Waste Management Sectional Committee and approval of the Chemical Division Council.
Manual and rear-loaded refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) present specific risks to humans. Accidents have been reported during the operation of manual and rear-loaded RCVs, such as operators' bodies getting caught in vehicle parts while handling waste or maintaining the vehicle.
This standard provides general requirements, recommendations and examples of safety methods to ensure the safety of operation of manual and rear-loaded refuse collection vehicles (RCVs).
The text of ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions and terminologies are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, it should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.