General considerations
HON 670 / HON 671 Controllers Component Documentation
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About the safety notices
The information contained in the safety notices is intended to prevent personal injury. Safety
notices contain the following information:
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Nature and source of the danger
▪
Possible consequences associated with the non-observance of the notice
▪
Procedures for the prevention of personal injury
This document contains the following types of safety notices:
Type of safety notice
Description
Sign
Basic safety notices
Superordinate safety notices not relating to a
specific task:
▪
They contain a summarized description of
hazards, risks and safety procedures associ-
ated with the handling of the device.
▪
Their purpose is to inform and educate the
user about an existing danger and about
practicing behavioral safety.
▪
They are suitable as safety instruction for all
employees handling the device.
Recognizable by the heading
of the chapter
Instruction-related
safety notices
Safety notices containing specific instructions
relating to the entire manual or a group of
manuals
Step-related safety
notices
Safety notices containing specific instructions
relating only to the step
DANGER
WARNING
CAUTION
Additional safety
notice
Instruction to observe certain safety notices
with reference to a location in the document
where safety notices containing specific
information about dangers, risks and specific
instructions for safety procedures can be found
The safety notices containing specific instructions are identified with a signal word. The signal
word represents a certain danger level:
Danger level
If you fail to follow the instruction, then …
And the consequence is …
DANGER
an accident will happen
serious bodily injury or
death.
WARNING
an accident may happen
possible serious bodily
injury or death.
CAUTION
an accident may or will happen.
minor or moderate bodily
injury.
Warnings about possible material damages are identified with the word
Attention
in this
document.
Meaning
Types of safety notices
Danger levels
Warnings about material
damages