ATEX Retractor System TANKO-RT/-RTS
2 Safety
Translation - Operating/installation instructions 2020/01
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A continuous hazard assessment must be carried out for workplaces, including temperature
conditions for the medium and the place of use (falling). The measures are to be defined in
operating instructions. Personnel must be instructed accordingly.
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Supervisors must monitor compliance with the measures specified in the operating instructions.
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Throughout the entire operating period of the device, the owner must check whether the operating
instructions he has compiled reflect current legislation requirements and adapt them as necessary.
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The owner must clearly regulate and specify the responsibilities of personnel (e.g. for operation,
maintenance and cleaning).
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The owner must allow only sufficiently qualified and authorized personnel to work on the device.
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The owner must ensure that all employees handling the device have read and understood the
instructions.
Furthermore, he must provide personnel with training at regular intervals with certification and
inform them of the hazards.
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The owner must provide sufficient workplace lighting at the plant in accordance with the locally
applicable regulations for occupational health and safety, in order to prevent hazards occurring as
a result of poor lighting.
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The owner must provide personnel with personal protective equipment and make sure that this is
used (see
Section 2.4.1 Personal Protective
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The owner must make sure that the danger area of the higher-level plant in which the device is
installed is not accessible to unauthorized persons.
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The owner must make sure that no one is permitted to work on the device whose ability to react is
impaired by drugs, alcohol, medication or similar.
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The owner must take appropriate measures to inform groups of persons who are not intended to
come into direct contact with the device (e.g. visitor groups), about the potential dangers involved.
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The owner is responsible for making sure that the device is only ever operated in perfect condition.
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Wherever high pneumatic pressures develop, there is a possibility of sudden failure of or damage
to the lines and connections. This poses a hazard risk. The owner must instruct operating and
maintenance personnel at least once a year on the possible hazards.
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The constructor of the overall plant must install the switching and safety devices required for setting
up, inspection, shutting down (including emergency shutdown), operation, maintenance, cleaning
and repairs.
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The owner must design the disconnection of the energy sources on the higher-level plant technically
in such a way that the
Section 7.3
can be adhered to.
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The owner must define and adhere to the intervals for inspections and control measures in
accordance with the environment and media used.
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The owner must provide fire safety devices, e.g. the appropriate quantity of suitable hand-held fire
extinguishers of the appropriate size, in easily accessible places and provide employees with training
in fire safety.