1.1 This part of EN 500 specifies the common safety requirements for mobile road construction machinery
1)
. The
EN 500 series is applicable to mobile road construction machinery as listed in Annex A. When no specific standard
exists, EN 500-1 applies.
It specifies common requirements for the design and construction of mobile road construction machinery in order to
protect workers from accidents and health hazards which could occur during operation, loading, transport and
maintenance.
Additional specific requirements for certain types of mobile road construction machinery are given in parts 2 to 4
and 6 of this standard.
This part of this standard gives safety requirements for all types of mobile road construction machinery and shall be
used in conjunction with one of the parts 2 to 4 and 6. These machine-specific parts do not repeat the requirements
from part 1 but add to or replace the requirements for the type of mobile road construction machinery in question.
Machine-specific requirements in parts 2 to 4 and 6 take precedence over the respective requirements of this standard.
For types of mobile road construction machinery not dealt with in parts 2 to 4 and 6, EN 500-1 applies.
1.2 This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to mobile
road construction machinery, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably
foreseeable (see Clause 4).
This European Standard specifies the appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce risks arising from the
significant hazards as specified in Clause 4.
1.3 This European Standard applies to machines which are manufactured after the date of publication of this
European Standard by CEN.