EU electrical hazard policy impossible to deliver, says Access sector

Euan Youdale Editor, Access International

23 August 2022

The access industry has reacted with surprise to a clause in the draft of the new EU European Machinery Regulations that requires all mobile machinery to be designed to prevent contact with overhead power lines or, where the risk cannot be avoided, designed to ensure that all electrical hazards are prevented.

Industry experts say they will support any practical measures to improve safety, but such measures are impossible to deliver.

The concerns, first highlighted by ESTA - Europe’s crane and specialized transport association - focus on a proposal in Annex III, Part 3, point 3.5.4. of the draft document.

The clause…

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