Ammann ASC 200 Series, Operating Manual

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41 ASC110/ASC130/ASC150/ASC200/ASC250
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
2.1. Safety Regulations
2.1.1. Safety Regulations and
Instruction for Operation of the
Machine
The safety regulations stated in the individual chapters of
the documentation delivered with the machine are to be
complemented with safety regulations valid for the re-
spective country of use and on the respective jobsite with
regards to organization of work, work processes and
personnel.
2.1.1.1. Beginning of Compaction
Works
•
The contractor (the company which operates the ma-
chine) is obliged to issue regulations for operation and
maintenance of the machine, which must contain also
the requirements for safety of work.
•
Before the work is started, it is necessary to check:
- location of engineering networks
- underground spaces (direction, depth)
- suction and/or escape of dangerous agents
- bearing power of soil, inclination of the work area
These facts must be communicated to the machine’s
operator designated to carry out the work.
•
It is necessary to issue a technological procedures for
the actual work activity, which would set up:
- measurements for operation under exceptional
conditions (work in protective zones, at extreme
slopes, etc.);
- measurements for protection from the forces of
nature;
- requirements for operational safety;
- technical and organizational measurements for
securing safety of personnel, jobsite and the sur-
rounding area.
The technological procedures must be communicat-
ed to the machine’s operator.
2.1.1.2. Operation in an imperiled area
Whatever damage to service networks must be reported
immediately to the operating company, simultaneously,
access by unauthorized persons to the imperiled area
must be limited.
No worker must be left alone whenever there is no other
worker in sight that could provide or call for help, unless
another effective method of control and contact has been
installed.