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A quick Google search using ASTM ROPS turned up hundreds of hits. A lot of CSA Canadian Standards and a bunch of US. Many allow either standard to be used and I think you'll find most if not all comply to both. the standards specify design standards and testing. They also specify permanent marking of standards met. One thing that also is required is that every ROPS be serialized. So Henro the one you drilled can be traced /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
16.21 Protective structures
(1) Operators of mobile equipment must be protected against falling, flying or intruding objects or material by means of suitable cabs, screens, grills, shields, deflectors, guards or structures.
(2) The means of protection must meet the requirements of the following applicable standard:
(a) WCB Standard -- G601, Standard for Log Loader and Log Yarder Backstops;
(b) WCB Standard -- G602, Standard for Log Loader and Log Yarder Raised Cabs;
(c) WCB Standard -- G603, Standard for Log Loader and Log Yarder Window Guards;
(d) WCB Standard -- G604, Standard for Light-Duty Screen Guards for Off-Highway Equipment;
(e) WCB Standard -- G605, Standard for Mobile Equipment Half-Doors;
(f) WCB Standard -- G607, Standard for Medium Duty Screen Guards -- Front End Log Loader;
(g) WCB Standard -- G608, Standard for Mobile Equipment Roof Structures -- Heavy Duty;
(h) WCB Standard -- G609, Standard for Mobile Equipment Roof Structures -- Light Duty;
(i) Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Recommended Practice J231 JAN81, Minimum Performance Criteria for Falling Object Protective Structure (FOPS);
(j) Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard J1043 SEP87, Performance Criteria for Falling Object Protective Structure (FOPS) for Industrial Machines;
(k) ISO Standard 3449:1992, Earth-Moving Machinery -- Falling-Object Protective Structures -- Laboratory Tests and Performance Requirements;
(l) Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Recommended Practice J1084 APR80, Operator Protective Structure Performance Criteria for Certain Forestry Equipment;
(m) Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Recommended Practice J1356 FEB88, Performance Criteria for Falling Object Guards for Excavators.
(3) A worker must not remain in the cab of a vehicle while loads are elevated over the cab unless the cab is protected by an adequate overhead guard.
[Amended by B.C. Reg. 312/2003, effective October 29, 2003.]
* See also section 4.4 of the OHS Regulation.
Note: Information on the selection of guarding for mobile equipment used in various applications is provided in the WCB publication Standards for Operator Protective Structures (OPS).
16.22 Rollover protective structures
(1) The following types of mobile equipment, weighing 700 kg (1 500 lbs) or more, must have rollover protective structures (ROPS):
(a) crawler tractors, loaders and skidders;
(b) wheel tractors, dozers, loaders and skidders;
(c) motor graders;
(d) self-propelled wheel scrapers;
(e) compactors/rollers;
(f) self-propelled rock drills moved by an on-board operator;
(g) wheeled trenchers manufactured after January 1, 1999;
(h) pipe layers or side boom tractors manufactured after January 1, 2000.
(2) The board may require a ROPS to be installed on any mobile equipment if the design of the equipment or circumstances of use indicate the need.
(3) Mobile equipment listed in subsection (1) may be used without a ROPS if
(a) the equipment operates in a specific location where there is no significant hazard of rollover, and
(b) the surface in the area of operation is maintained free of ground irregularities which might cause a rollover.
Note: Where circumstances render compliance with the requirement for ROPS impracticable, alternative proposals designed to provide equivalent protection to workers may be submitted to the board for consideration.
16.23 ROPS standards
A ROPS must meet the requirements of one of the following applicable standards:
(a) CSA Standard B352.0-95, Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) for Agricultural, Construction, Earthmoving, Forestry, Industrial, and Mining Machines -- Part 1: General Requirements, and
(i) CSA Standard B352.1-95, Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) for Agricultural, Construction, Earthmoving, Forestry, Industrial, and Mining Machines -- Part 2: Testing Requirements for ROPS on Agricultural Tractors, or
(ii) CSA Standard B352.2-95, Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) for Agricultural, Construction, Earthmoving, Forestry, Industrial, and Mining Machines -- Part 3: Testing Requirements for ROPS on Construction, Earthmoving, Forestry, Industrial, and Mining Machines;
(b) Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard J1040 MAY94, Performance Criteria for Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) for Construction, Earthmoving, Forestry, and Mining Machines;
(c) ISO Standard 3471: 1994, Earth-moving Machinery -- Rollover Protective Structures -- Laboratory Tests and Performance Requirements.
(d) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 312/2003, effective October 29, 2003.]
* See section 4.4 of the OHS Regulation.
Note: Clause 6 of CSA Standard B352-M80, Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) for Agricultural, Construction, Earthmoving, Forestry, Industrial and Mining Machines is a standard acceptable to the board under section 4.4(2) for the design of a ROPS for a one-of-a-kind machine.
[Note revised October 29, 2003.]
16.24 ROPS certification
(1) A ROPS must be certified by the ROPS manufacturer or a professional engineer as meeting a standard specified in section 16.23.
(2) Any addition, modification, welding or cutting on a ROPS must be done in accordance with the instructions of and be recertified by the ROPS manufacturer or a professional engineer.
16.25 ROPS identification
(1) The following information must be permanently marked upon a ROPS:
(a) the name and address of the manufacturer or the professional engineer who certified the ROPS;
(b) the model number or other effective means of identifying the machine for which the ROPS was designed;
(c) the serial number or other unique means of identifying the ROPS;
(d) the maximum weight of the machine for which the ROPS was designed;
(e) the standard to which the ROPS conforms.
(2) Modified ROPS must be permanently marked with the following information:
(a) an identification of the modifications effected;
(b) the date of recertification;
(c) the name and address of the recertifying engineer.
16.26 Effects of ROPS on visibility
ROPS and other structures required by this Part for the protection of the operator must be designed and installed to provide an adequate view for the operator to safely use the machine.
