Operators Manual
ALS 230
1.2.3Operator’s duty of care
The machine was designed and constructed taking into account a hazard analysis and after careful selection of the harmonised standards to be observed, as well as other technical specifications. Thus, it corresponds to the state of the art and allows the highest possible degree of safety during operation.
The safety of the machine, however, can only be put into operating practice if all measures required for the safety are taken. It falls within the operator‘s duty of care to plan these measures and to verify their implementation.
Above all, the operator must make sure that
•the machine is only used in accordance with its purpose (cf. the section “Use in accordance with the purpose” in the chapter “Specification”)
•the machine is only operated in faultless serviceable condition and that especially the safety devices are regularly checked with respect to their serviceability
•the required personal protective clothing and equipment for operating, maintenance and repair personnel are available and are being used
•a legible and complete copy of the operating instructions is always available at the place of operation of the machine
•only personnel which is qualified and authorised for it will operate, service, and repair the machine
•this personnel is instructed in all relevant issues of occupational safety and environmental protection on a regular basis and is familiar with the operating instructions and especially the safety instructions contained therein
•all safety and warning instructions on the machine itself are not removed and are legible
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