prEN 500-1 rev

Mobile road construction machinery - Safety - Part 1: Common requirements prEN 500-1 rev

Scope

1.1 This part of this standard specifies the common safety requirements for mobile road construction machinery ). The EN 500 series is applicable to mobile road construction machinery as listed in annex A.
It specifies common requirements for the design and construction of mobile road construction machinery, in order to protect employees from accidents and health hazards, which could occur during operation, loading, transport and maintenance.
Additional specific requirements for certain types of mobile road construction machinery are given in parts 2 to 6 of this standard.
This part of this standard gives safety requirements for all types of mobile road construction machinery and shall be used in conjunction with one of the parts 2 to 6. These machine specific parts do not repeat the requirements from part 1 but add to or replace the requirements for the type in question.
Machine specific requirements in parts 2 to 6 take precedence over the respective requirements of this standard.
For types of mobile road construction machinery not dealt with in parts 2 to 6, EN 500-1:Rev. 1 applies.
1.2 This European standard deal with the significant hazards pertinent to mobile road construction machinery, when used as intended and in conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see clause 4).
This European Standard specifies the appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce risks arising from the significant hazards as specified in clause 4.
1.3 This standard applies to machines, which are manufactured after the date of publication of this standard

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