Deutsches Institut fur Normung e. V.

Earth-moving machinery - Safety - Part 1: General requirements
 N EN 474-1

Annotation

This European Standard specifies the general safety requirements for earth-moving machinery 1 ) described in EN ISO 6165:2006, except rollers and horizontal directional drill.

NOTE 1 Rollers are covered by EN 500.

NOTE 2 Horizontal directional drills are covered by EN 791.

This European Standard also applies to derivative machinery (see 3.1.2) designed primarily for use with equipment to loosen, pick-up, move, transport, distribute and grade earth and rock.

This European Standard gives the common safety requirements for earth-moving machinery families and is intended to be used in conjunction with one of the EN 474 parts 2 to 12. These machine specific parts (EN 474-2 to -12) do not repeat the requirements from EN 474-1:2006+A1:2009, but add or replace the requirements for the family in question.

NOTE 3 The requirements specified in this part of the standard are common to two or more families of earth- moving machinery.

This part gives specific requirements for demolition machinery.

Specific requirements in EN 474 parts 2 to 12 take precedence over the respective requirements of EN 474-1:2006+A1:2009.

For multipurpose machinery the parts of the standard that cover the specific functions and applications have to be used e.g. a compact loader also used as a trencher shall use the relevant requirements of EN 474 parts 1, 3 and 10.

The standard also covers general requirements for attachments intended to be used with earth moving machine families covered in the scope.