This European Standard applies for machines for break-out of flat glass including the following steps: transport and positioning, break-out, transport of the cut sizes to the unloading position, leading away of waste flat glass.1.2 This European Standard deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to machines for the break-out of flat glass when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4). Those hazards which are dealt with in EN 619 for conveyors are excepted. This European Standard specifies the appropriate technical measures to eliminate