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SECTION 1 - GENERAL
1.1 GENERAL SAFETY
As Designers, Manufacturers and Suppliers of Specialised Equipment, Dando
Drilling International Ltd ensure so far as it is reasonable that our products are
safe and without risk to health when properly used.
You are requested to take the necessary steps to ensure that the appropriate
information is made available to all those involved with the proper use of our
products, or to anyone who may work on, purchase, or otherwise acquire such
products for their own use.
1.2 OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Dando Drilling International Ltd support all new products being supplied to
their customers with a comprehensive Operator Manual which clearly defines
mandatory instructions for the operation, safe use and maintenance of the
products. Further, where proprietary items are incorporated into products of
Dando Drilling International Ltd, comprehensive Operators Manuals on these
items are also supplied, together with the Operating Manuals etc. on any
vehicle or other carrier supplied as part of a contract.
It is the responsibility of the owners or hirers of such products to ensure that
operators are provided with these Manuals and are suitably instructed
regarding the purpose of these Manuals and safety instructions. In addition,
operators should be suitably and adequately trained in the use of the product.
1.3 CODE OF SAFE DRILLING PRACTICE
It is the responsibility of the owners and hirers of this equipment to ensure
that the operators of the equipment are aware that drilling sites can be
potential hazardous environments, and that safe drilling practice should
always be adhered to.
Dando Drilling International draw your attention to the Code of Safe Drilling
Practice as published by the British Drilling Association [Ref 1], and would
recommend that all operators are fully conversant with all aspects covered by
this publication and take the necessary steps to become B.D.A. Accredited
Drillers. For operators outside the United Kingdom, we would recommend
that their national equivalent to the B.D.A. publication is adhered to.
The Guidance Notes on safety that follow are extracted from the British
Drilling Associati
on’s publication “Code of Safe Drilling Practice”, and Dando
Drilling International would like to acknowledge with thanks their permission
to reproduce this section. Further guidance on percussion drilling can be
found in Guidance for the Operation of Cable Percussion Rigs and
Equipment also published by the British Drilling Association [Ref 2].
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