Wacker Neuson RD24, Instruction Manual

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Preface
Personnel
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1.07 Personnel
1.07.01 Qualification and duties
Operating personnel
All activities at the machine must be carried out by authorised operating
personnel only. For the purpose of this instruction manual, operating
personnel shall be deemed to include every authorized person entrusted
with operating, maintaining, installing, setting, cleaning or transporting the
machine.
This comprises the following persons:
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Machine operator
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Maintenance personnel
Persons are deemed as authorised that have been trained, qualified and
instructed for carrying out relevant activities at the machine and that have
proven their skills to the operating organization. The operating personnel
must be authorized by the operating organization for those activities at
the machine.
In addition to the qualifications specified in the safety
instructions, the operating personnel must:
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Have read and understood the instruction manual.
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Be trained and instructed according to the rules of action in case of
trouble.
Please adhere to the following instructions:
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Please drive the machine only if you are entirely familiarized with the
operating and control elements and the method of operation.
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Please use this machine only according to its intended purpose.
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In case you detect any defects, such as at the safety equipment, that
may affect the safe operation of the machine, please immediately
notify the supervising body.
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With defects that may endanger persons, please stop operating the
machine immediately.
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Please ensure that the machine is compliant with all requirements
concerning traffic law.
Banksman/Spotter
Only such persons are allowed to instruct others in machines
independently who also:
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Have been trained in instructing others (the machine).
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Have successfully proven their participation in such a course.
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Have proven their skills to the operating organization.
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Fulfil their tasks in a reliable manner.
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Have been appointed by the operating organization as a banksman/
spotter.
The meaning of signals must be unambiguous between driver and
banksman/spotter.
To avoid ambiguities, clarify hand signal, such as specified by the
German BG Directive "Safety and Health Protection Signals at Work",
must be used.