Edition 1.0 Supplementary Operator’s Manual for Protective Structures for Excavators 1-7
Supplementary Operator’s Manual for Protective Structures for Excavators
Protective FOPS structure/small screen – category I (option)
Crushing hazard. Falling objects.
Objects will cause severe injury or death.
• Machine operation is prohibited in areas with risks of falling objects, without a
protective FOPS structure.
The protective FOPS structure corresponds to category I according to ISO
3449:1992 (valid for 1404 from AG02423) or ISO 10262:1998 (valid for ET18/
ET20/ET24/2503/28Z3/3503/38Z3/50Z3/6003/6503/75Z3/8003/9503/14504).
• Follow all local, state, or national regulations covering falling objects.
• The operator must ensure that only work is performed that does not require any
higher protection.
• Accidents cannot be fully avoided despite equipping a machine with protective
structures.
Protective structures may only be installed or removed by an authorized
Wacker Neuson Service Center.
Fig. 1: FOPS category I (symbolic representation)