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New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc.
User’s Guide
HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT 1974
(For the United Kingdom)
New Brunswick Scientific, as manufacturer and supplier of laboratory equipment, is obliged under
the terms of the above act to provide our users with instructions on the safe installation, operation
and maintenance of our equipment.
Our equipment is designed to acceptable standards and does not entail any hazard if used as advised
in the attached instructions.
The following safety precautions should be observed by all personnel using this equipment:
1.
Read and understand this guide to operations. If in doubt, contact one of the New Brunswick
Scientific Companies listed.
2.
Do not remove any covers. There are no operable controls other than those referred to in this
manual. There are voltages in excess of 41.5 volts AC behind the covers.
3.
This equipment maintains low temperatures in the freezers to which it is connected. These
temperatures are such that direct contact with the contents or the inside of the freezer can
burn unprotected skin.
4.
Observe good housekeeping practices, at all times keeping the equipment, and the adjacent
areas, clean, dry and uncluttered.
5.
Should any malfunctions occur or be suspected, immediately call a qualified service
engineer or supervisor to investigate.
6.
This equipment uses high pressure gases. Observe the safety precautions recommended by
the supplier of the gas.
7.
Always use this equipment in a well-ventilated area; the in-use gas could build up around the
equipment which, without proper ventilation, could cause suffocation.
