naSRPS EN 17998:2025

Earth-moving machinery - Safety - Demolition machinery

Scope

This document specifies safety requirements for earth-moving machinery as defined in EN ISO 6165:2022, when designed for demolition applications.
This document is only applicable to the following earth-moving machinery types as described in EN ISO 6165:2022:
- hydraulic excavators;
- cable excavators.
This document gives requirements additional to the common safety requirements of EN 474-1:2022 "Earthmoving machinery - Safety - Part 1: General requirements" and to the machine specific parts of the EN 474:2022 series: EN 474-5:2022 "Requirements for hydraulic excavators" for demolition hydraulic excavators, or EN 474-12:2022 "Requirements for cable excavators: for demolition cable excavators.
This document does not repeat the requirements from the EN 474:2022 series, but adds or replaces the requirements as applicable for demolition applications.
This document does not provide safety requirements for machinery used in conjunction with explosives for the demolition application.
This document does not provide requirements for main electrical circuits and drives of machinery when the primary source of energy is an external electrical supply.
This document does not provide performance requirements for safety related functions of control system(s).
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant to earth-moving machinery, for demolition application, when it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A).
The following significant and relevant hazards are not covered in this document:
- laser;
- lightning.
This document is not applicable to earth-moving machinery which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.
NOTE For travelling on public roads, national traffic regulations apply (e.g. braking, steering, lighting, towing, etc.) until harmonized requirements are available.

Related directives

NOTE: If the word "harmonized" (marked in green) is not found in the field with the name of the directive, it means that the European standard is not cited in the OJEU.