prSRPS EN 474-6:2026

Earth-moving machinery - Safety - Part 6: Requirements for dumpers

Scope

This document together with EN 474 1:2022 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to dumpers when used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A) associated with the whole lifetime of the machine as described in EN ISO 12100:2010, 5.4.
The requirements of this document are complementary to the common requirements formulated in EN 474 1:2022. This document does not repeat the requirements of EN 474 1:2022 but supplements or modifies the requirements for dumpers.
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).
Pedestrian controlled dumpers are excluded from scope of this document.
This document does not deal with the hazards associated with self-loading equipment.
The following significant and relevant hazards are not covered in this document:
— Transmission of power between self-propelled machinery (or tractor) and recipient machinery;
— Laser;
— Lightning.
This document is not applicable to dumpers which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.

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.