Visibility from Earthmoving Machinery How is it Looking?

摘要

Anyone involved in the safety of earthmoving machinery will probably already know that there is a problem with the technical standard for what operators need to be able to see from their workstation. This goes back several years to when a German citizen submitted a petition on the matter to the European Parliament. His claim was that the standard that earthmoving machinery manufacturers were using in the design of machinery - ISO 5006 - did not provide a sufficient level of safety. After a long process of investigation and consultation the European Commission came to the conclusion that he was right, and in January 2015 published what is called a Decision. This Decision stated that the standard had been deemed inadequate and that the Commission's approval of the standard was being withdrawn. What this means is that although the standard still exists, manufacturers can no longer rely on it as a way to claim that their machines are safe enough with regards to visibility.