EN 474-12:2022

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 474-12:2007+A1:2008
Stroji za zemeljska dela - Varnost - 12. del: Zahteve za bagre s kablom
Earth-moving machinery - Safety - Part 12: Requirements for cable excavators
Erdbaumaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 12: Anforderungen für Seilbagger
Engins de terrassement - Sécurité - Partie 12 : Prescriptions applicables aux pelles à
câbles
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 474-12:2022
ICS:
53.100 Stroji za zemeljska dela Earth-moving machinery
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 474-12
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
March 2022
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 53.100 Supersedes EN 474-12:2006+A1:2008
English Version
Earth-moving machinery - Safety - Part 12: Requirements
for cable excavators
Engins de terrassement - Sécurité - Partie 12 : Erdbaumaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 12: Anforderungen
Prescriptions applicables aux pelles à câbles für Seilbagger
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 14 February 2022.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Safety requirements and/or protective/risk reduction measures . 9
4.1 General . 9
4.2 Access . 9
4.3 Operator's station . 9
4.4 Seat . 9
4.5 Operator's controls and indicators . 10
4.6 Steering system . 10
4.7 Swing brakes . 10
4.8 Stability . 10
4.9 Excavator operation . 13
4.10 Lifting operation . 17
4.11 Cable excavator with electrical power source . 17
4.12 Maintenance . 17
5 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective/risk reduction measures . 18
6 Information for use . 20
6.1 General . 20
6.2 Operator’s manual . 20
Annex A (informative) List of significant hazards . 22
Annex B (normative) Performance and test requirements for cable excavator swing brakes . 27
B.1 General . 27
B.2 Terms and definitions . 27
B.3 Minimum performance . 27
B.4 Conditions for testing the swing service brake . 29
Annex C (informative) Illustrations . 30
C.1 Standard applications. 30
C.2 Special applications . 33
C.3 Wheel type cable excavator in transport position for road travelling . 35
Annex D (informative) Examples of free-fall operation and activation . 36
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC machinery, and amending
Directive 95/16/EC (recast) [2006 L157] aimed to be covered. 40
Bibliography . 45

European foreword
This document (EN 474-12:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 151 “Construction
equipment and building material machines - Safety”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2022, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by March 2024.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 474-12:2006+A1:2008.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of
EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
For bibliographic references, see EN 474-1:2022.
EN 474 “Earth-moving machinery — Safety” comprises the following parts:
— Part 1: General requirements
— Part 2: Requirements for tractor-dozers
— Part 3: Requirements for loaders
— Part 4: Requirements for backhoe-loaders
— Part 5: Requirements for hydraulic excavators
— Part 6: Requirements for dumpers
— Part 7: Requirements for scrapers
— Part 8: Requirements for graders
— Part 9: Requirements for pipelayers
— Part 10: Requirements for trenchers
— Part 11: Requirements for earth and landfill compactors
— Part 12: Requirements for cable excavators
— Part 13: Requirements for rollers
This document is intended for use in combination with part 1 of the series.
The main differences between this document and EN 474-12:2006+A1:2008 are as follows:
a) normative references (Clause 2) (revised and updated);
b) definitions (Clause 3) (revised and updated);
c) list of significant hazards (Annex A) (revised and updated);
d) requirements for operative protective structures (revised);
e) free-fall requirements (revised);
f) verification methods table (Clause 5) (added);
g) stability requirements (revised and updated);
h) requirements for swing brake (revised);
i) illustrations (updated);
j) Annex ZA (updated).
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
This document is a type-C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100.
This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market
players with regard to machinery safety:
— machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.).
Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the
above-mentioned stakeholder groups:
— machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
— service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
— consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers).
The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate at the drafting
process of this document.
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events are
covered are indicated in the scope of this document.
When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-B
standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other
standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C
standard.
1 Scope
This document together with EN 474-1:2022 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and
events relevant to cable excavators 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 cable excavators.
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).
The following significant and relevant hazards are not covered in this document:
— Laser;
— Lightning.
Drilling and foundation equipment (covered by EN 16228-1:2014+A1:2021 to
EN 16228-7:2014+A1:2021) are not dealt with in this document.
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 deal with demolition machinery.
This document is not applicable to cable excavators which are manufactured before the date of
publication of this document by CEN.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of t
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