scope:

Within the general scope defined in Section I, B30.25 applies to scrap handlers consisting of a base, a revolving upper-structure with operator's station(s), and a front for lifting scrap or materials using attachments such as magnets and grapples, and any variations thereof in which the equipment retains the same fundamental characteristics. Bases may be crawler, rail-mounted, wheel-mounted, or pedestal. The scope includes only handlers used to lift, lower, and swing scrap and material at various radii which are powered by internal combustion engines or electric motors, and which are operated hydraulically.

This volume does not address hydraulic excavators designed for digging and trenching, forestry machines, machines designed for demolition, lattice and telescopic boom cranes, rail-mounted cranes for railway and auto-mobile wreck clearance, or equipment covered by other volumes of this Standard.