1-8 Edition 1.0 * Supplementary Operator’s Manual for Protective Structures for Excavators
Supplementary Operator’s Manual for Protective Structures for Excavators
Protective FOPS structure/large 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 38Z3) or according to ISO 3449:2008 (valid for 28Z3).
• 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.
• Accidencts 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. 2: FOPS category I (symbolic representation)