2
SAFETY CONDITIONS
Any person who is involved with the operation,
maintenance or repair of the compressor, must
read and follow the safety conditions.
Gardner Denver accepts no responsibility for ma-
terial damage or injuries that arise from non-obser-
vation of safety conditions or the failure to observe
normal levels of care and attention, even where
this is not expressly stated in these operating in-
structions.
2.1
General safety instructions
Organisational measures
The following organisational measures contribute
to the safe use of the compressor:
Only appointed personnel may work on the
compressor. The personnel have been trained
and briefed about the compressor.
Before starting work, the personnel must have
read the operating instructions, in particular the
"Safety Conditions" chapter. Don’t leave this
until you start work – it’s too late. This applies
in particular to personnel who only work on the
machine occasionally, e.g. to carry out mainte-
nance.
The responsibilities of the personnel for oper-
ation, maintenance and repair must be clearly
defined.
The safe and hazard-aware working of the per-
sonnel must be checked regularly.
Personnel who are to be trained in, taught
about or instructed as part of a general training
course, must only work on the compressor un-
der the constant supervision of an authorised
person.
If safety-relevant changes are made to com-
pressor or arise in its operating behaviour, the
compressor must be immediately shutdown
and the fault reported to the responsible post/
person.
Faults, especially those that could impair
safety, must be immediately rectified. Other-
wise the compressor must not be operated.
All danger signs on and in the surroundings of
the compressor must be regularly checked for
completeness and legibility. Missing danger
signs must be immediately replaced.
The intervals between tests and inspections
must be adhered to.
The operating instructions must be supple-
mented with instructions for the observation of
operating peculiarities including monitoring and
reporting obligations, e.g. in respect of working
organisation, working processes, responsibili-
ties, etc.
Personnel selection and qualification; funda-
mental responsibilities
Only reliable and authorised personnel may work
on the compressor.
The authorised personnel must:
be trained by Gardner Denver.
be trained according to its responsibilities, du-
ties and activities and instructed about the
compressor.
have the physical and mental capabilities to
fulfil its responsibilities and carry out its duties
and activities on the compressor.
have understood the operating instructions in
respect of its responsibilities, duties and activ-
ities on the compressor and be able to practi-
cally implement this.
2.2
Instructions about particular
types of danger
Electrical energy
DANGER
Electric shock
Life-threatening electric shock
➯
When carrying out any work on the
electrical equipment, exercise ex-
treme care.
➯
Before starting the maintenance
work, switch the compressor to a
voltage-free state and secure to pre-
vent switching back on.
For all work on the electrical equipment of the
compressor the 5 safety rules for working on elec-
trical equipment must be observed.
