Use and Maintenance Handbook
– Prime 400 Packaging Machine
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10.3
Safety
10.3.1
Introduction
Risk assessment includes both dangers to the operators and those to other
people who might be near the machine. Consideration is therefore given to the
dangers enshrined in UNI EN ISO 12100:2010. In compliance with what is
specified by UNI EN ISO 12100:2010, careful assessment has been made of the
risks, of the way to avoid them and the systems to avoid dangers with particular
attention to the following:
Intended use (including maintenance) and foreseeable improper use.
Identification of the significant dangers.
10.3.2
Danger of cutting and crushing
This danger is generated near moving parts: During the normal production cycles
these zones are not accessible. The solution adopted consists of the segregation
of the dangerous area with fixed guards
with special interlock devices following
in compliance with the general requisites UNI EN 953:2009 and of the UNI EN
ISO 13857:2008 “Safety of machinery -- Safety distances to prevent hazard
zones being reached by upper and lower limbs
”.
The fixed guards have been designed and applied in such a way that their
adjustment requires a deliberate action, e.g. the use of a tool or spanner (UNI EN
ISO 12100:2010) and also produced in such a way that without fixing elements
they cannot stay in their positions.
10.3.3
Stability loss
The machine must stand on the ground or a flat, stable surface that is strong
enough to hold it. The accessible elements do not, within the limits permitted by
their functions, have sharp corners or edges or rough surfaces that could cause
injuries (UNI EN ISO 12100:2010).
