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NEN EN 474-5 : 2006 + A3 2013

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EARTH-MOVING MACHINERY - SAFETY - PART 5: REQUIREMENTS FOR HYDRAULIC EXCAVATORS

Published date

12-01-2013

0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
3.1 Common definitions
3.2 Additional definitions
3.2.1 Excavator
3.2.2 Compact excavator
3.2.3 Walking excavator
3.2.4 Attachment bracket
3.2.5 Attachment
3.2.6 Tip-over protective structure (TOPS)
4 Safety requirements
4.1 General
4.1.1 Access
4.1.2 Operator's station
4.1.2.1 Minimum space envelope
4.1.2.2 Front guard
4.1.3 Operator's protection
4.1.3.1 Falling object protective structures
4.1.3.2 Front guard
4.1.3.3 Tip over protective structures (TOPS)
4.1.4 Operator's seat
4.1.4.1 Vibrations
4.1.5 Operator's control
4.1.5.1 General
4.1.5.2 Steering
4.1.5.3 Engine stopping
4.1.6 Swing brakes
4.1.6.1 Swing service brake
4.1.6.2 Swing parking brake
4.1.6.3 Safety design
4.1.7 Stability
4.1.7.1 Stability in different applications
4.1.7.2 Bucket and shovel application
4.1.7.3 Object handling
4.1.7.3.1 Stability factors
4.1.7.3.2 Rated object handling capacity table
4.1.7.4 Load hooking device
4.1.7.5 Load safety devices
4.1.8 Airborne noise
4.1.9 Attachment bracket
4.1.9.1 Locking
4.1.9.2 Identification
4.1.9.3 Instructions
4.1.10 Attachment
4.1.10.1 Identification
4.1.10.2 Instructions
4.2 Wheel and crawler excavators
4.2.1 Remote control
4.2.1.
4.2.1.1.1 General requirements
4.2.1.1.2 Emergency stop
4.2.1.1.3 Controls
4.2.1.2 Selecting switch
4.2.1.3 Controls
4.2.1.4 Travelling
4.2.1.5 Instructions
4.2.2 Parking brake for compact excavators
4.2.3 Lighting, signalling and marking lights and
        reflex-reflector devices
4.2.4 Tyres and rims
4.3 Walking excavators
4.3.1 Operator's station
4.3.1.1 Steering system
4.3.1.2 Visibility
4.3.1.3 Egress
4.3.2 Braking systems
4.3.2.1 Swing brake
4.3.3 Operator's protection
4.3.3.1 Roll over protective structures (ROPS)
4.3.3.2 Falling-object protective structures (FOPS)
4.3.3.3 Legs, hydraulic circuit
4.3.4 Retrieval and towing
5 Warning signs and hazard pictorials
6 Instruction handbook
Annex A (normative) List of additional hazards
Annex B (informative) Rated object handling capacity
Tables
Annex C (informative) Illustrations

Specifies all specific significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to hydraulic excavators as defined in EN ISO 6165:2006, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.

DevelopmentNote
2006 Edition Re-Issued in July 2013 & incorporates AMD 3 2013. (08/2013) Draft issued in April 2017. (05/2017)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
Netherlands Standards
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
UNI EN 474-5 : 2013 Identical
UNE-EN 474-5:2007 Identical
ONORM EN 474-5 : 2013 Identical
DIN EN 474-5:2013-12 Identical
I.S. EN 474-5:2006 Identical
SN EN 474-5+A3:2013 Identical
EN 474-5:2006+A3:2013 Identical
NF EN 474-5 : 1996 + A3 2013 Identical
BS EN 474-5 : 2006 Identical

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