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INTRODUCTION
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Description
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Glossary and pictograms
This paragraph lists some terms which are not commonly used or with a meaning different from the common
one. The meaning of the abbreviations and pictograms used is described below. The abbreviations and
pictograms are used to indicate operator qualifications and state of the machine; they provide, in a quick and
univocal manner, the information necessary for the correct and safe use of the machine.
GLOSSARY
(Annex I point. 1.1.1 Dir. 2006/42/EC)
HAZARD
A potential source of injury or damage to health;
DANGER ZONE
Any zone within and/or around machinery in which a person is subject to a risk to his health or safety;
EXPOSED PERSON
Any person wholly or partially in a danger zone;
OPERATOR
The person or persons installing, operating, adjusting, maintaining, cleaning, repairing or moving machinery;
RISK
A combination of the probability and the degree of an injury or damage to health that can arise in a
hazardous situation;
GUARD
A part of the machinery used specifically to provide protection by means of a physical barrier;
PROTECTIVE DEVICE
A device (other than a guard) which reduces the risk, either alone or in conjunction with a guard;
INTENDED USE
The use of machinery in accordance with the information provided in the instructions for use;
REASONABLY FORESEEABLE MISUSE
The use of the machinery in a way not intended in the instructions for use, but which may result from readily
predictable human behaviour.
O THER D EFINITIO NS
MAN-MACHINERY INTERACTION
Any situation in which the operator interacts with machinery in any of the operating phases during the
lifecycle of the machinery.
OPERATOR QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum level of skill that an operator must have to carry out the described operation.
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