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1.3
SAFETY SIGNAL
The present manual contains different safety signal to individuate and to point out precautionary statements.
The safety signals are sentences providing information on potential hazards, and proper procedures, as is
provided below:
DANGER
: indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury. This
signal word is to be limited to the most extreme situations.
WARNING
: indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION
: indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.
NOTICE
: address practices not related to personal injury.
SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
: is used to list steps, procedures or instructions that might otherwise constitute a
DANGER, WARNING or CAUTION notification. Note that equivalent phrases, such as SAFE OPERATION
PROCEDURES or SAFE SHUT DOWN PROCEDURE, can be used in place of the words “SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS.“
1.4
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Operator:
it is intended a person who, by virtue of training and professional experience, has a specific
competence in the field of safety and mechanical equipment and is familiar with the related national rules on
health protection and safety at work and with the rules of good technical practice (technical regulations
issued by the Country in which the hoist is used). The expert must be able to verify the safety and
mechanical equipment and give the related evaluation.
Maintenance:
a combination of all technical and administrative actions, including supervision actions,
intended to maintain or restore an entity in a state where they can perform the required function.
Maintainer:
personnel authorized to perform maintenance
Lifting Machinery
: also known as lifting gear, is a general term for any equipment that can be used to lift
loads. This includes jacks, block and tackle, hoists, rotating screws, gantries, A frames, gin poles, shear legs,
sheerleg, windlasses, lifting harnesses, fork lifts, hydraulic lifting pads, air lift bags, and cranes.