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SSG 16 | Version 2.01
Safety
Tips and recommendations
It is necessary to observe the safety notes quoted in
these operating instructions in order to reduce the risks
for personal injuries and damages to property.
2.2 Obligations of the operating company
The operating company is the person who operates the
machine for business or commercial reasons by herself,
or leaves it to a third party for use or application, and who
bears the legal product responsibility for the protection of
the user, the staff or for third parties.
Obligations of the operating company:
If the machine is used for commercial purposes, the op-
erating company must comply with the legal working saf-
ety regulations. Therefore, the safety notes in this op-
erating manual, as well as the safety, accident preven-
tion and environment protection regulations applying for
the area of application of the machine must be met. The
following applies in particular:
- The operating company must be informed about
the applying industrial safety regulations and fur-
ther analyse hazards resulting from the special
working conditions at the place of use the ma-
chine. She must implement these in form of oper-
ating manuals for the operation the machine.
- During the entire lifetime of the machine, the oper-
ating company must verify whether the operating
manuals prepared by her correspond to the cur-
rent status of the regulations, and must adapt
these if necessary.
- The operating company must unambiguously reg-
ulate and determine the responsibilities for instal-
lation, operation, troubleshooting, maintenance
and cleaning.
- The operating company must ensure that all per-
sons who work with the machine, have read and
understood this manual. Furthermore she must in-
struct the staff in regular intervals and inform them
about the hazards.
- The operator must provide the necessary protec-
tive equipment to the staff and order the use of the
necessary protective equipment in a binding way..
Furthermore the operating company is responsible to
keep the machine always in a technically flawless state.
Thus, the following applies:
- The operator must ensure that the maintenance in-
tervals described in this manual are kept.
- The operator must have all safety devices checked
regularly for their good working order and their in-
tegrity.
2.3 Requirements to staff
Qualifications
The different tasks described in this manual represent
different requirements to the qualification of the persons
entrusted with these tasks.
Only persons reliable working procedures can be ex-
pected from, are allowed to perform all works. Persons
the responsiveness of which is affected by e. g. drugs,
alcohol or medication, are not allowed to work with the
machine.
The qualifications of the personnel for the different tasks
are mentioned below:
CAUTION!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cate a possibly dangerous situation which may lead
to minor or light injuries if they are not avoided.
NOTE!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cate a possibly dangerous situation which may lead
to property and environmental damages if they are
not avoided.
Tips and recommendations
This symbol highlights useful tips and recommenda-
tions as well as information for an efficient and trou-
ble-free operation.
WARNING!
Danger in case of insufficient quali-
fication of the staff!
Insufficiently qualified persons cannot estimate the
risks while using the machine and expose themsel
-
ves and others to the danger of severe or let-hal inju
-
ries.
- Have all works only performed by qualified per-
sons.
- Keep insufficiently qualified persons out of the wor-
king area.
