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OTHER DEFINITIONS:
HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION:
Any situation in which an operator interacts with the machine in any of
the operational phases at any time of the life of the machine itself;
OPERATOR’S QUALIFICATION:
Minimum level of competence that an operator must have in order to
perform the described operation;
NUMBER OF OPERATORS:
The appropriate number of operators needed to optimally perform the
described operation, it is derived from an accurate analysis made by the
manufacture, and for which the use of a different number of operators
may prevent the occurrence of the expected result or endanger the
safety of the personnel involved;
STATE OF THE MACHINE:
The state of the machine includes the operating mode, for example:
running in automatic mode, maintained action control (jog), shutdown,
etc… the safety conditions on the machine such as included protectors,
excluded protectors, emergency shutdown, isolation from energy
sources, etc…
RESIDUAL RISK:
Risks that remain, despite of the protective measures incorporated in the
design of the machine, the complementary protections, and the
additional protective measures.
SAFETY COMPONENT:
Component:
- designed to fulfill a safety function;
- the failure and/or malfunctioning of which endangers the safety of
persons (such as a lifter; a fixed, moving or adjustable protector; an
electrical, electronic, optical, pneumatic or hydraulic device that interlock
a protector; etc…).
