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Safety
Tips and recommendations
It is necessary to observe the safety notes written in
these operating instructions in order to reduce the risk of
personal injuries and damages to property.
2.2 Obligations of the operating company
of the operator
The operating company is the person who operates the
Scissor lift for business or commercial reasons by her-
self, or leaves it to a third party for use or application, and
who bears the legal product responsibility for the protec-
tion of the user, the staff or for third par-ties.
Obligations of the operating company
If the Scissor lift is used for commercial purposes, the
operating company of the Scissor lift must comply with
the legal working safety regulations. Therefore, the
safety notes in this operating manual, as well as the
safety, accident prevention and environment protection
regulations applying for the area of application of of the
Scissor lift must be met. The following applies in particu-
lar:
- 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 of the Scis-
sor lift. She must implement these in form of opera-
ting manuals for the operation of the Scissor lift.
- During the entire lifetime of of the Scissor lift, the
operating company must verify whether the opera-
ting manuals prepared by her correspond to the
current 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 Scissor lift, have read and
understood this manual. Furthermore she must in-
struct the staff in regular intervals and in-form 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 Scissor lift 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.
CAUTION!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cates a potentially dangerous situation which may
lead to slight or minor injury if not avoided.
ATTENTION!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cates a possibly dangerous situation which may lead
to property and environmental damages if they are
not avoided.
NOTE!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-ca-
tes a potentially dangerous situation which may lead
to material or environmental damage if not avoided.
Tips and recommendations
This symbol highlights useful tips and recommendati-
ons as well as information for efficient and trouble-
free operation.
