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PART 3 SAFETY & ACCIDENT PREVENTION
MACHINE SAFETY DEVICES
This product & maintenance manual is not purely intended as a guide for the usage, op-
eration, & maintenance of the saw unit in a strict production environment; it is instead an
instrument to providing information on how to use the machine correctly & safely. The fol-
lowing
standards
listed below, which are applicable to the
Brobo Group S315/S350/S400
Series Metal Cutting Saw
, are those specified by the EEC Committee that governs the safety
of machinery, health & safety at work, personal protection & safeguarding of the work en-
vironment. In addition, the saw also
complies
with the
Australian Standards
regarding the
safeguarding & general requirements for electrical equipment.
REFERENCE STANDARDS
MACHINE SAFETY
•
EEC Directive No. 98/37/CE - Machines Directive
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EEC Directive No. 91/368 - 94/68 - Amends sections of EEC Directive No. 98/37/
CE relating to machine safety
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EEC Directive No. 73/23 - Low Voltage Directive
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AS4024.1 - 1996 - Safeguarding of Machinery
HEALTH & SAFETY AT WORK
•
AS3100 - 2002 - General Requirements for Electrical Equipment
•
OH. & S. 1995.81/1995 - Compliance References
•
EEC Directive No. 80/1107; 83/477; 86/188; 88/188; 88/642 - Protection of
workers against risks caused by exposure to physical, chemical & biological agents in
workplace
•
EEC Directive No. 73/23 & Special EEC Directives No. 89/654; 89/655 - Improve-
ments in health & safety at work