Product Manual

4 Security
10 100_0202_si_0011.fm
4.2 Areas of responsibility of the operator
The operator is the individual who personally operates this machine for industrial or commercial
purposes or who entrusts a third party with the use. The operator bears legal responsibility for his/her
protection as well as that of third parties.
The user must make the operator's manual available to the operator and ensure that this has been read
and understood.
The manual must be kept next to the machine or place of use.
The operator must hand over the manual to subsequent operators or owners of the machine.
The country-specific regulations, standards, and guidelines on accident prevention and environmental
protection must be observed. The operator's manual must be supplemented with additional instructions
that take regulatory, national or generally applicable safety standards into consideration.
4.3 Operator responsibilities
 Know and implement the applicable industrial safety regulations.
 Use a risk assessment to identify the dangers that result from the working conditions at the site of
application.
 Create operating instructions for the operation of this machine.
 Periodically check whether the user instructions correspond to the current state of regulations.
 Clearly regulate and specify responsibilities for operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and
cleaning.
 Regularly train employees and inform them about potential hazards.
 Provide employees with the necessary equipment.
4.4 Personnel qualification
This machine may only be installed and operated by trained personnel.
Faulty operation, misuse or operation by untrained personnel can endanger health of the operator or
third parties and lead to damage to or total loss of the machine.
In addition, the operator should be:
 physically and mentally fit
 not under the influence of drugs, alcohol or medication that can impair responsiveness.
 familiar with the safety instructions in this manual.
 familiar with the intended use of this machine.
 Have reached the minimum age of 18 to operate this machine.
 Be instructed in the independent operation of the machine.
 Be authorized to operate machines and systems independently according to the standards of safety
engineering.
4.5 Residual dangers
Residual dangers in particular are hazards when dealing with machines that, despite a safe design,
cannot be eliminated.
These residual dangers are not obvious and may be the source of a possible injury or health hazard.
If unforeseeable residual dangers occur, the operation of the machine is to be stopped immediately and
the competent supervisor is to be informed. This supervisor shall make the following decisions and
initiate everything required to eliminate the occurring danger.
If necessary, the machine manufacturer is to be informed.
4.6 General safety instructions
The safety instructions in this chapter include the "General Safety Instructions", which should be
reported in the manual in accordance with the applicable standards. There may be information that is
not relevant to this machine.