Edition 1.0 Supplementary Operator’s Manual for Protective Structures for Excavators 1-9
Supplementary Operator’s Manual for Protective Structures for Excavators
Protective FOPS structure/canopy – 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 1403/1503/1703 (up to AF05530)/1903/2003 (up to
AF05530)/2203/2503/3003/3503/3703/5002/6002/6502).
• 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. 3: FOPS category I (symbolic representation)
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