1-10 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 II (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 II according to ISO
3449:1992 (valid for 1404/1703 (from AG02503)/2003 (from AG02503)/2404/
50Z3/6003/6503/75Z3/8002/8003/9503/12002) or according to ISO 3449:2005
(valid for 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.
• 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. 4: FOPS category II (symbolic representation)