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Safety aspects
Chapter2
Emergency stop function
The machine must be equipped at the installation stage with an electrical panel, on
which must be installed an actuator for the emergency stop function, which when
operated brings dangerous movements to a halt by isolation of the power supply:
the button must be mushroom-shaped and coloured red, provided with mechanical
restraint and released by turning.
2.4 Residual risks
Mechanical hazards
Part of machine/stage of use
Description
Plates/provisions/PPE
Installation of machine
Hazard arising from failure to observe
ergonomic principles, caused by
excessive strain, i.e. generic mechanical
hazard during the moving and installing
stages of the machine.
Electrical hazards
System area
Description
Plates/provisions/PPE
Panels, covers and electrical apparatus.
The safety signs must be fixed in an
extremely visible position on the door
of the electrical panel and on covers
containing electrical apparatus, to
highlight the risks to which an operator
could be exposed in the event of opening
the electrical panel (danger resulting
from the presence of live parts), the level
of voltage present, the prohibition of
tampering by unauthorized personnel
and the prohibition on the use of liquids
on electrical apparatus in the event of
fire.
