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For your safety
Signal terms and
definitions
Personal injury hazards are classified according to ISO 3864-2 using the keywords
DANGER, WARNING and CAUTION.
Property damage is indicated as follows:
Important information is marked with a pointing hand symbol.
Qualified personnel
Qualified personnel are persons:
• Who, based on their professional training, knowledge and experience, and
knowledge of the relevant standards, are in a position to assess the work to be
carried out and to identify the possible dangers
• Who are familiar with the transport, storage, installation, assembly, commission-
ing, operation and maintenance of the product and who have the qualifications
required for their job
• Who are authorised according to the standards of safety engineering to switch
on, switch off, earth and label circuits, devices and systems
• Who are trained or instructed in the maintenance and use of appropriate safety
equipment in accordance with the standards of safety engineering
• Who are trained in first aid
Product liability
DANGER
Indicates a hazard with a high degree of risk which, if not avoided, will result in
death or serious injury.
WARNING
Indicates a hazard with a medium degree of risk which, if not avoided, could result
in death or serious injury.
CAUTION
Indicates a hazard with a low degree of risk which, if not avoided, could result in
minor or moderate injury.
Note
Means that property damage can occur if the appropriate precautionary meas-
ures are not taken.
Note
Product liability claims are upheld only if the replacement of the purchased spare
parts is performed by personnel that have been trained and certified by Sie-
mens.
