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HKM 700 | 1.01
Safety
Tips and recommendations
It is necessary to observe the safety notes written in
these operating instructions in order to reduce the risk of
personal injuries and damages to property.
2.2 Obligations of the operating company
of the operator
The operating company is the person who operates the
manual sweeper for business or commercial reasons by
herself, or leaves it to a third party for use or application,
and who bears the legal product responsibility for the
protection of the user, the staff or for third parties.
Obligations of the operating company
If the manual sweeper is used for commercial purposes,
the operating company of the manual sweeper must
comply with the legal working safety regulations. There-
fore, the safety notes in this operating manual, as well as
the safety, accident prevention and environment protec-
tion regulations applying for the area of application of
the manual sweeper must be met. The following applies
in particular:
- The operating company must be informed about
the applying industrial safety regulations and fur-
ther analyse hazards resulting from the special
working conditions at the place of use of the man-
ual sweeper. She must implement these in form of
operating manuals for the operation of the manual
sweeper.
- During the entire lifetime of the manual sweeper,
the operating company must verify whether the
operating manuals prepared by her correspond to
the current status of the regulations, and must
adapt these if necessary.
- The operating company must unambiguously reg-
ulate and determine the responsibilities for instal-
lation, operation, troubleshooting, maintenance
and cleaning.
- The operating company must ensure that all per-
sons who work with the manual sweeper, have
read and understood this manual. Furthermore
she must instruct the staff in regular intervals and
inform them about the hazards.
- The operator must provide the necessary protec-
tive equipment to the staff and order the use of the
necessary protective equipment in a binding way.
Furthermore the operating company is responsible to
keep the manual sweeper always in a technically flaw-
less state. Thus, the following applies:
- The operator must ensure that the maintenance in-
tervals described in this manual are kept.
- The operator must have all safety devices
checked regularly for their good working order
and their integrity.
CAUTION!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cates a potentially dangerous situation which may
lead to slight or minor injury if not avoided.
ATTENTION!
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cates a possibly dangerous situation which may
lead to property and environmental damages if they
are not avoided.
NOTE !
This combination of symbol and signal words indi-
cates a potentially dangerous situation which may
lead to material or environmental damage if not
avoided.
Tips and recommendations
This symbol highlights useful tips and recommenda-
tions as well as information for an efficient and trou-
ble-free operation.
