Safer by design

Aggregates Europe – UEPG promotes the demand of the European Aggregates Industry for safer and healthier machines and equipment. Our Association addresses the design vacuum that often exists between the manufacturers and users of mobile plant used in quarry extraction and processing, by promoting the guidance ‘Safer by design’.

This guidance recommends core safety requirements on Access systems, Visibility, Safety & Security, Maintenance, Environment & Health for off-road mobile plant ranging from excavators, dump-trucks, loaders, bulldozers, to mobile crushing & screening equipment.

Aggregates Europe – UEPG is an Official Member of the European Commission’s Machinery Expert Group, echoing the demands of the largest extractive Industry in Europe.