Astor A 53, Operating Manual

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1.12 Obligation of the owner/operator
The owner/operator has, in particular, a number of obligations which must be
taken into account. The owner/operator undertakes to have only persons working
on the machine that:

are familiar with the fundamental regulations on work safety and
accident prevention

are trained to work on/with the machine,

have read and understood this manual.
The owner/operator is obliged
to:

supplement the operating manual with instructions that include
national regulations on accident prevention and environmental
protection. The usual regulations apply to detergents and other
lubricants and auxiliaries.

ensure that all relevant regulations, instructions and laws are
observed,

define the responsibilities of the personnel for operation,
maintenance and repair,

check whether the defined responsibilities are also complied with,

determine a machine operator who will refuse to comply with any
illegal instructions from third parties,

regularly check whether his/her personnel are operating the
machine safely and risk-consciously according to the operating
manual,

ensure that personnel have read and understood the operating
instructions for all system components, especially the chapter
"Safety instructions",

have damaged or missing parts replaced immediately,

ensure that the machine is properly earthed. The
ownwer/operator is responsible for this.

perform a noise level measurement for the installation location of
the machine (the local value may be different).
NOTE
The requirements of the EC Directive on the
use of work equipment 2009/104 /EC are to be
complied with.