BS EN ISO BRITISHSTANDARD 13090-1:1998 Mechanical vibration and shock Guidance on safety aspects of tests and experiments with people - Part 1: Exposure to whole-body mechanical vibration and repeated shock TheEuropeanStandardENIS013090-1:1998hasthestatusofa British Standard ICS 13.160 BSi NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAW BSENIS013090-1:1998 National foreword This British Standard is the English language version of EN ISO 13090-1:1998. It is identical with ISO 13090-1:1998. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee GME/21,Mechanicalvibrationandshock,toSubcommitteeGME/21/6,Human exposure to mechanical vibration and shock, which has the responsibility to: aidenquirerstounderstand thetext; presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeany enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitorrelated international and European developmentsand promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references Attention is drawn to the fact that CEN and CENELEC standards normally include an annex which lists normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications. The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the“Find" facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and i, the EN ISO title page, page 2, the ISO title page, pages ii to iv, pages 1 to 16 and a back cover. This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had amendments incorporated.This will be indicated in the amendmenttable on the inside front cover. This British Standard, having Amendmentsissued sincepublication beenpreparedunderthe direction of the Engineering Amd. No. Date Comments Sector Board, was published underthe authority of the Standards Board and comes intoeffecton 15August1998 C BSI 05-1999 ISBN0580301710 BSENIS013090-1:1998 Contents Page National foreword Inside front cover Foreword 2 Foreword ii Text of ISO 13090-1 1 BSI 05-1999 i