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1.2 Operator obligations
The Council Directive 12th June 1989, n°391 (adopted in Italy with Legislative Decree 19 September 1994,
n.626), on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at
work, defines the fundamental criteria regulating the behaviour of operators to prevent accidents.
In particular, article 13, contained in section III of the Directive, lists the obligations of the operators
and in particular:
1.
It shall be the responsibility of each worker to take care as far as possible of his own safety and health
and that of other persons affected by his acts or omissions at work in accordance with is training and the
instructions given by his employer.
2.
To this end, workers must in particular, in accordance with their training and the instructions given by
their employer:
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make correct use of machinery, apparatus, tools dangerous substances, transport equipment and other
means of production;
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make correct use of the personal protective equipment supplies to them and, after use, return it its proper
place;
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refrain from disconnecting, changing or removing arbitrary safety device fitted, e.g. to machinery, appara-
tus, tools, plant and building, and use such safety devices correctly;
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immediately inform the employer and/or the workers with specific responsibility for the safety and health
of workers of any work situation they have reasonable grounds for considering represents a serious and
immediate danger to safety and health and of any shortcomings in the protection arrangements;
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cooperate, in accordance with national practice, with the employer and/or workers with specific responsi-
bility for the safety and health of workers, for as long as may be necessary to enable any tasks or re-
quirements imposed by the competent authority to protect the safety and health of workers at work to be
carried out;
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cooperate, in accordance with national practice, with the employer and/or workers with specific responsi-
bility for the safety and health of workers, for as long as may be necessary to enable the employer to
insure that the working to environment and working conditions are safe and pose no risk to safety and
health within their field of activity.
In compliance with what is mentioned in section II article 10, the employer shall take appropriate measures to
make sure that these directives, and the related safety standards, be known and abided by. Therefore the em-
ployer shall take appropriate measures so that workers and/or their representatives in the undertaking and/or
establishment receive, in accordance with national laws and/or practices which may take account, the size of
the undertaking and/or establishment , all that necessary information so that the safety and health of the
operator are safeguarded.
Therefore:
This machine usage and maintenance manual shall be kept by the person in charge in an easily accessible
place, in perfect state of conservation and the complete disposal of those requesting it, as long as the latter are
in some way linked to the operation of the machine himself.
