This document specifies requirements for the safe and ergonomic design of workplaces and their access points on commercial vehicle superstructures of tipper trucks. The intention is to minimise the risk of falling.
This document is intended to provide guidance on the correct selection of means of access and establishes criteria for access to fixed means of access to the operator's position and to routine maintenance points on mobile machinery. This document will also apply accessing vehicle-mounted tipping devices (hereinafter referred to as mechanical superstructures). It applies to both permanently installed and movable access points on the vehicle (e.g., folding or sliding components).
This document will furthermore apply to access points and workplaces on tipper body vehicle superstructures that are not covered by the scope of the EC Machinery Directive 2006/42 EC.
This document covers all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events, including the tipping stability of the vehicle, that are relevant to tipper trucks when used as intended and under conditions of misuse reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
The requirements applies to all workplaces on the vehicle superstructure of tippers that are accessed by persons during operation. The requirements do not apply to driver's seats for driving motor vehicles. Additionally, this document does not contain performance requirements for safety-related functions of control systems.
Legislation related to this standard
IN_DEVELOPMENT
prEN 18450
10.99
New project approved
Aug 21, 2026
