Jet Cleaner TANKO-MX
2.3 Duties of the Operating Company
The device is used in the commercial sector. The operating company is thus subject to the legal obligations of occupational safety. In the EEA (European Economic Area), the national implementation of Framework Directive 89/391/EEC on carrying out measures for improving safety and protecting the health of employees during work, as well as the associated individual Directives and among these in particular Directive 2009/104/EC regarding the minimum regulations for safety and health protection in connection with the use of machinery by employees at work, shall be observed and complied with in their current valid versions. As a basic rule, the operating company in Germany must observe the Industrial Safety Regulation (BetrSichV). In other countries, the respective national guidelines, statutes and country-specific regulations regarding occupational safety and the prevention of accidents must be adhered to. At the same time, the following, non-exhaustive instructions apply in particular: – The operating company must ensure that the device is only used for its intended use (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 must be recorded in operating instructions and 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 the current legislation 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 only allow 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 operating company 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.
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Translation of the original operating/installation instructions 2016/03
2 Safety
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