Agricultural Front-End Loaders - Safety Requirements

CSA Group
Standards Development Organisation:
Canadian Standards Association (operating as CSA Group)
Working Program:
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Designation Number:
CAN/CSA-M682-04 (R2014)
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Domestic
Standard Development Activity:
Reaffirmation
Status:
Proceeding to development
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Scope:

This Standard specifies safety requirements for the design and construction of agricultural front-end loaders (front loaders) designed to be mounted on agricultural wheeled tractors (as defined in CSA M684).

The purpose of this Standard is to provide a reasonable degree of personal safety for operators and other persons during normal operation and servicing of agricultural front-end loaders on agricultural tractors

Project need:

The standard is being reaffirmed as there are no changes to the design and construction requirements. Committee is also waiting for ASABE S583 “Safety of Ag Front End Loaders to publish a new edition. Once it’s published, committee will review and discuss changes to the CSA standard

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