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ANSI/OPEI 5395-2-2024
Garden Equipment - Safety Requirements for Combustion-Engine-Powered Lawnmowers - Part 2: Pedestrian-Controlled Lawnmowers
This part of OPEI 5395 specifies safety requirements and their verification for combustion-enginepowered pedestrian-controlled rotary lawnmowers and cylinder lawnmowers, including pedestriancontrolled mowers with a sulky having a seated operator (hereafter named "lawnmower"), and equipped with: -metallic cutting means; and/or - non-metallic cutting means with one or more cutting elements pivotally mounted on a generally circular drive unit, where these cutting elements rely on centrifugal force to achieve cutting, and have a kinetic energy for each single cutting element of 10 J (7.4 ft-lb) or more.
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