Safety
2.3
Owner and personnel
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Personal protective equipment (PPE)
During transport, assembly and maintenance/service work
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protective clothing,
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slip-resistant safety shoes,
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cut and puncture-resistant protective gloves
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protective helmet (for compressor transport and work inside the compres-
sor)
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Safety goggles (when working on pressurized components / on the control
pneumatics)
must be worn.
When operating the control in the compressor room, hearing protection must
also be worn if necessary.
Obligations of the opera-
tor
The operator is subject to the statutory obligations for occupational safety and
must be informed about the valid health and safety regulations.
The use of the master control implies that a suitable safety concept has been
developed for the machines or plants. This includes a hazard and risk analysis
in accordance with the relevant guidelines and standards (e.g. EMC and Low
Voltage Directive) and a test report for the validity of the safety functions.
Furthermore:
– The operator must authorize qualified electricians for any work on the con-
trol cabinet.
– The owner must only provide the key for opening the control cabinet to
qualified electricians who have been authorized by him to perform work on
the control cabinet.
– The owner must authorize specialist staff performing changes to settings/
parameters of the control.
Obligations of the per-
sonnel
The personnel is subject to the statutory obligations for occupational safety
and must be informed about the valid health and safety regulations.
Furthermore:
– The personnel must have completely read the operating instructions prior
to commissioning/operation of the control.
– Personnel must have read the operating instructions for compressors, their
integrated controls and the equipment in full prior to commissioning/oper-
ating these components.
– The staff must have been authorized based on these instructions for any
work that they may perform depending on their qualification.
