CEMA, European Agricultural Machinery Association, has published a Technical Guidance to clarify and share the current consensus within the industry around the relevant technical solutions to address the risk of falling unit loads (bales) onto the operator following a foreseeable misuse of an agricultural front loader.
This CEMA Technical Guidance reflects the current consensus within standardisation, including industry, on the technical solutions to address the risk of falling unit loads onto the operator following a foreseeable misuse of an agricultural front loader.
The document explains the context following the European Commission’s formal objection to EN 12525, presents the standardisation’s current position on the use of operator protective guards (OPG) for certain front loaders, and outlines the technical issues that remain under discussion while the revision of the standard is ongoing.
It is intended to support manufacturers by documenting the current standardisation consensus, while recognising that the standardisation process is still underway and that multiple technical solutions continue to exist until a revised EN 12525 is finalised.
