Spate cleaner TANKO-SF
Of particular importance in this connection is Directive 2009/104/EC on the minimum specifications for safety and health protection of employees using work equipment in their work.
As a basic rule, in Germany the Industrial Safety Regulation (BetrSichV) must be observed.
In other countries, the respective national directives, statutes and country-specific regulations regarding occupational safety and accident prevention are to be complied with.
At the same time, the following, non-exhaustive instructions apply in particular:
– The operating company must ensure that the device is used only as intended (see section 2.1 Intended Use ).
– The operating company must keep informed of the locally applicable occupational health and safety regulations and, in addition, use a risk assessment to determine the hazards resulting from the specific working conditions at the location of use of the device. This must then be implemented in the form of operating instructions for the operation of the device. – When using hazardous materials, protective measures must be specified in accordance with the safety data sheets and operating instructions shall be compiled for hazardous materials. Personnel must be appropriately briefed about this. This also applies to hazardous substances that may arise during work processes. – A continuous risk assessment must be carried out for workplaces, including temperature conditions for the medium and the place of use (falling). The measures are to be defined in operating instructions. Personnel must be instructed accordingly.
– Supervisors must monitor compliance with the measures specified in the operating instructions.
– Throughout the entire operating period of the device, the operating company must check whether the operating instructions he has compiled reflect current legislation requirements and adapt them as necessary. – The operating company must clearly regulate and specify the responsibilities of personnel (e.g. for operation, maintenance and cleaning). – The operating company must allow only sufficiently qualified and authorized personnel to work on the device. – The operating company must ensure that all employees handling the device have read and understood the instructions. Furthermore, he must provide personnel with training at regular intervals with certification and inform them about the hazards. – The user must provide sufficient workplace lighting at the plant in accordance with the locally applicable regulations for occupational health and safety in order to prevent hazards occurring as a result of poor lighting. – The operating company must provide personnel with personal safety clothing and equipment and make sure that this is used (see section 2.4.1 Personal Protective Equipment ). – The operating company must make sure that the danger area of the higher-level plant in which the device is installed is not accessible to unauthorized persons. – The operating company must make sure that no one is permitted to work on the device whose ability to react is impaired by drugs, alcohol, medication or similar.
2 Safety
Translation of the original Operating / Installation Instructions 2016/09 Rev.1 9/63
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